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MS Office Forum / Publisher / Web Design / November 2004Downloadable Files
Hi, What is the best way to add files to my website which visitors can download? Thank you. I use either a word (short phrase) or an image to identify the file, i.e., Mama Bochwurst's "Sauerkraut Chocolate Cake". Get the recipe here. Create a hyperlink with the word "here" or if you use an image, create the hyperlink with the image. The hyperlink operation is found under the Insert drop down menu. The hyperlink would be something like http://www.tech27.com/kroutcake.pdf. The kraut cake file would need to be uploaded with your website files. Some uses of available files to download can be found at www.vanusa.org Software and Odd, Ends & Funny Things pages. Right click on any of the linked works/images to see what the hyperlinks look like. Note I use a separate folder on the site for downloads, i.e., http://vanusa.org/downloads/Italian American.pdf <= sample of a linked word/s. On the Odds, Ends,.... page are several links to images.  SignatureDon Vancouver, USA > Hi, > > What is the best way to add files to my website which visitors can download? > > Thank you. Thanks. So I all need to do is upload the file(s) and create hyperlinks to them? Thanks again. >I use either a word (short phrase) or an image to identify the file, i.e., > Mama Bochwurst's "Sauerkraut Chocolate Cake". Get the recipe here. Create [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> >> Thank you. I'm still having problems. I uploaded the file to a new "downloads" folder, but I can't seem to get the syntax correct. The file is at /httpdocs/downloads/lg.zip. My address is www.eventservices.ca. Could you please help me get the path correct? Thank you VERY much. > Thanks. > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >>> >>> Thank you. you used httpdocs/downloads/lg.zip literally, that is incorrect for your account. your account uses httpdocs as the web root meaning httpdocs/index.htm IS www.eventservices.ca/index.htm your hyperlink should be /downloads/lg.zip David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP] www.publishermvps.com www.davidbartosik.com > I'm still having problems. I uploaded the file to a new "downloads" > folder, but I can't seem to get the syntax correct. The file is at [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >>>> >>>> Thank you. Thanks David, but I'm still not getting it. Would you mind giving me the exact hyperlink that I should paste? I've tried "/downloads/lg.zip and it still says document not found. Thanks > you used httpdocs/downloads/lg.zip literally, that is incorrect for your > account. [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] >>>>> >>>>> Thank you. Giving your instructions a try I've found I've been using too much address in my hyperlinks. I was using (on about 100 links) a file address, i.e., http://www.vanusa.org/downloads/OhmsLaw.pdf when I could have been (should have been) using /downloads/OhmsLaw.pdf While both paths work, is there any performance difference between the two ways of hyperlinking? Seems the way I was doing it required a re-pathing to my site a second time. Thanks for the lesson. Don Vancouver, USA > you used httpdocs/downloads/lg.zip literally, that is incorrect for your > account. [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > >>>> > >>>> Thank you. Got it now. Didn't realize that the file name was case sensitive. Thanks Great! I do like stories with happy endings. This one did some good in two camps. (Thanks to David.) Don Vancouver, USA > Got it now. Didn't realize that the file name was case sensitive. > > Thanks I cover case and naming in this article - http://www.davidbartosik.com/2004/11/web-site-advice.htm there are two types of url, relative and absolute, I've covered this topic in this forum lots of times. I typically recommend users go with the absolute as it's less likely to get screwed up. Relative is generally used to provide for portability of a site. With relative links you can move the site to any domain and it doesn't break any links. As for performance, well maybe, but I highly doubt it's noticeable by any means. And I only say maybe because of the mere fact that relative is telling the browser that the file is "local", it's already here, whereas with absolute the browser is going out and resolving the domain name first which in turn is translated via nameservers into the server's IP address. David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP] www.publishermvps.com www.davidbartosik.com > Giving your instructions a try I've found I've been using too much address > in my hyperlinks. [quoted text clipped - 71 lines] >> >>>> >> >>>> Thank you.
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