[WSG] Download box in Firefox
I think this is off topic for this list, so please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In my HTML I am using a a href= to an mp3 file. IE will give me a dialog box to open or download and Firefox 1.0.4 will not. Firefox 1.0.4 just plays the file. How would I get a open or download option for all browsers? Any advice for dialup users? Any advice to clean up the commented out object/object. Angus MacKinnon MacKinnon Crest Saying Latin - Audentes Fortuna Juvat English - Fortune Assists The Daring Choroideremia Research Foundation Inc. 2nd Vice president Choroideremia Research Foundation Canada Inc. 1st Vice President http://www.choroideremia.org ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Download box in Firefox
Angus at InfoForce Services wrote: In my HTML I am using a a href= to an mp3 file. IE will give me a dialog box to open or download and Firefox 1.0.4 will not. Firefox 1.0.4 just plays the file. How would I get a open or download option for all browsers? Various ways. If you are using Apache, you could (in .htaccess or httpd.conf) AddType application/octet-stream .mp3 http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_mime.html#addtype or, if they're all in a directory with nothing else ForceType application/octet-stream http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_mime.html#forcetype Not bullet proof, as some browsers will still try to guess the file type from incoming data and act accordingly... On a more general note though: Firefox only behaves that way because at some point you probably told it to. Some users may actually have their browser set specifically to how they want it to handle such files, and it may be rude (read: against usability precepts) to override their choice. Sent to list because I do think it's relevant to a certain extent... -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com __ Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force http://webstandards.org/ __ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Download box in Firefox
Patrick Various ways. If you are using Apache, you could (in .htaccess or httpd.conf) AddType application/octet-stream .mp3 http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_mime.html#addtype or, if they're all in a directory with nothing else ForceType application/octet-stream http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_mime.html#forcetype Not bullet proof, as some browsers will still try to guess the file type from incoming data and act accordingly... I am very new to all this. I like option one, however, I am not the system adminastrator and I could not modify the httpd file. I do not know if I should send the above to the system administrator of the web host I am using or the modification is on my end. HTML: http://infoforce-services.com/personal/englishocanada.php CSS:http://infoforce-services.com/cssmain.css Angus MacKinnon MacKinnon Crest Saying Latin - Audentes Fortuna Juvat English - Fortune Assists The Daring Choroideremia Research Foundation Inc. 2nd Vice president Choroideremia Research Foundation Canada Inc. 1st Vice President http://www.choroideremia.org ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Download box in Firefox
Stick the AddType line in a text file, rename the file .htaccess (notice the leading dot) and upload that into your site's home directory. If your host has allowed it, .htaccess files can define local rules for your site without the need to change the core httpd.conf (which is unlikely to happen on a shared hosting solution). Patrick Angus at InfoForce Services wrote: Patrick Various ways. If you are using Apache, you could (in .htaccess or httpd.conf) AddType application/octet-stream .mp3 http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_mime.html#addtype or, if they're all in a directory with nothing else ForceType application/octet-stream http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_mime.html#forcetype Not bullet proof, as some browsers will still try to guess the file type from incoming data and act accordingly... I am very new to all this. I like option one, however, I am not the system adminastrator and I could not modify the httpd file. I do not know if I should send the above to the system administrator of the web host I am using or the modification is on my end. HTML: http://infoforce-services.com/personal/englishocanada.php CSS:http://infoforce-services.com/cssmain.css Angus MacKinnon MacKinnon Crest Saying Latin - Audentes Fortuna Juvat English - Fortune Assists The Daring Choroideremia Research Foundation Inc. 2nd Vice president Choroideremia Research Foundation Canada Inc. 1st Vice President http://www.choroideremia.org ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help ** -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com __ Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force http://webstandards.org/ __ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Download box in Firefox
Hi As Angus has said, this is off topic. It's more browser centric/web dev issue than about standards on the web. Please reply off list. Thanks James Admin ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
[WSG] using scalable vector graphics
i am beginning to experiment with svgs and find them fascinating. the problem i have found with using them is they will not validate because of the embed tag. i'm not sure at this point what to ask or how to ask it, except how to use them so they will validate. your thoughts, resource links on use, etc. please. dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning The Spiritual In Art ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] using scalable vector graphics
On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 22:34 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i am beginning to experiment with svgs and find them fascinating. the problem i have found with using them is they will not validate because of the embed tag. i'm not sure at this point what to ask or how to ask it, except how to use them so they will validate. svg xmlns=http://www.w3.org/2000/svg; version=1.0 rect stroke=black fill=none rx=5px y=16px x=72px width=202px height=61px/ /svg Is how the W3C's Amaya creates a rectangle object with curved corners... I'm not sure how that works in other browsers, but I'd _assume_ it's valid code. No embed or object tags in sight... Kind Regards, Joshua Street base10solutions Website: http://www.base10solutions.com.au/ Phone: (02) 9898-0060 Fax: (02) 8572-6021 Mobile: 0425 808 469 Multimedia Development Agency E-mails and any attachments sent from base10solutions are to be regarded as confidential. Please do not distribute or publish any of the contents of this e-mail without the sender’s consent. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to the e-mail, and then delete the message without making copies or using it in any way. Although base10solutions takes precautions to ensure that e-mail sent from our accounts are free of viruses, we encourage recipients to undertake their own virus scan on each e-mail before opening, as base10solutions accepts no responsibility for loss or damage caused by the contents of this e-mail. ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] using scalable vector graphics
On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 13:39 +1000, Joshua Street wrote: svg xmlns=http://www.w3.org/2000/svg; version=1.0 rect stroke=black fill=none rx=5px y=16px x=72px width=202px height=61px/ /svg Err, of course, it closed the /svg tag properly... oops. Josh ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] using scalable vector graphics
Browsers that dont support SVG natively require some type of embed tag. On 7/18/05, Joshua Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 13:39 +1000, Joshua Street wrote: svg xmlns= http://www.w3.org/2000/svg version=1.0 rect stroke=black fill=none rx=5px y=16px x=72px width=202px height=61px/ /svgErr, of course, it closed the /svg tag properly... oops.Josh**The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfmfor some hints on posting to the list getting help**
