I have a basic idea of HTML. I want to create the download link in my sample website, but I don't have idea of how to create it. How do I make a link to download a file rather than visit it?
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This answer is outdated. We now have the download attribute as described here.
If by 'the download link' you mean a link to a file to download, use
the target=_blank will make a new browser window appear before the download starts. That window will usually be closed when the browser discovers that the resource is a file download.
Note that file types known to the browser (e.g. JPG or GIF images) will usually be opened within the browser.
You can try sending the right headers to force a download like outlined e.g. here. (server side scripting or access to the server settings is required for that.)
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In modern browsers that support HTML5, the following is possible:
You also can use this:
This will allow you to change the name of the file actually being downloaded.
In addition (or in replacement) to the HTML5's <a download attribute already mentioned,
the browser's download to disk behavior can also be triggered by the following http response header:
This was the way to do before HTML5 (and still works with browsers supporting HTML5).
A download link would be a link to the resource you want to download. It is constructed in the same way that any other link would be:
To link to the file, do the same as any other page link:
To force things to download even if they have an embedded plugin (Windows + QuickTime = ugh), you can use this in your htaccess / apache2.conf:
This thread is probably ancient by now, but this works in html5 for my local file.
For pdfs:
<p><a href='file:///........example.pdf' download target='_blank'>test pdf</a></p>
This should open the pdf in a new windows and allow you to download it (in firefox at least). For any other file, just make it the filename. For images and music, you'd want to store them in the same directory as your site though. So it'd be like
The download attribute doesn't work in IE, it ignores the 'download' completely. The download doesn't work on Firefox if the href points to a remote site. So Odin's example doesn't work on Firefox 41.0.2.
The download attribute is new for the <a> tag in HTML5
<a href='http://www.odin.com/form.pdf' download>Download Form</a>
or <a href='http://www.odin.com/form.pdf' download='Form'>Download Form</a>
I prefer the first one it is preferable in respect to any extension.
Like this
So a file name.jpg on a site example.com would look like this
How To Create A Link
i know i am late but this is what i got after 1 hour of search
and for downloadable link i did this
How To Create A Download Link On Your Website Youtube
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