Force download url

Does it offer many features? Original review in Spanish translated with Google Translate. Read the original. Very good. Thanks 19 votes. Thanks 4 votes. We'll try to value better. Thanks 27 votes. Thanks 3 votes. How do you rate Force Download? Dreadful Bad Moderate Good Brilliant div'. Language English Spanish. Total Views 6, Works with All the bew browsers. It is likely that people who use these browsers would likely rather view the document rather than saving it to their phone.

New to HTML 5. This markup is easier to understand and is supported by all modern browsers, but may not be supported by all content management systems. If for whatever reason, you cannot add the download attribute in the case that you cannot directly edit the HTML of your web page , you can optionally compress the file using zip, and instruct the user to download the zip file. You can alternatively explain to the user that they should right click on the link and select download.

Is it possible to force a download to mobile devices? For instance can we prompt the user to auto install an. Or an html file for web capable apps? Pls advise on procedure if so. My files are also stored on S3 and each product has its own post and protected download button. Thank you. Modern mobile devices have security features that prevent this; unless the owner takes specific actions to allow it; which are comparable to asking them to program their VCR clock.

You can however, use the APR feature of eStore to permit access to protected pages and web apps. I tested your code from option 3 in my htaccess file as you suggested above. Since this being to undownloadable works for mobile ios, I was trying to use the above code to force a download on PC, but it has no effect.

The mp3 still immediately plays in the browser? Is the code correct? What exact code did you use? This topic has 12 replies, 7 voices, and was last updated 6 years, 6 months ago by HowardYeomans. Viewing 13 posts - 1 through 13 of 13 total.

January 14, at am How Browsers Work With File Downloads Usually when a user goes to a file URL for example: a download link , the file will show in the browser if the browser supports it.

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