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 **
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
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
Angus at InfoForce Services wrote: In my HTML I am using 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 **
[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 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 . 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 **
