link to PSD imgs -- want them to download

[Frances Del Rio]

I have a bunch of Photoshop images on my server, I want when user clicks
on a link to a Photoshop img for it to start downloading (like when you
click on a Word file..) how can I do that? thank you.. Frances

[Steve Pugh]

Frances Del Rio <fd***@yahoo.co m> wrote:

I have a bunch of Photoshop images on my server, I want when user clicks
on a link to a Photoshop img for it to start downloading (like when you
click on a Word file..) how can I do that? thank you.. Frances

Just link to them and make sure that your server is sending an
appropriate content-type header.

What happens next is entirely down to how the user's browser is
configured and is out of your control as an author. So don't worry
about it.

Steve

[Harlan Messinger]

"Frances Del Rio" <fd***@yahoo.co m> wrote in message
news:34******** *****@individua l.net...

I have a bunch of Photoshop images on my server, I want when user clicks
on a link to a Photoshop img for it to start downloading (like when you
click on a Word file..) how can I do that? thank you.. Frances

There's nothing you can do to make an image download instead of displaying
in the browser if the user's browser is configured to display images of that
type. You can only give the user general instructions as to what he/she
needs to do to start a download: "In most browsers under Windows, you can
right-click the image and select a download option from a pop-up menu" or
something worded perhaps a little better than that. (Some will take issue
with "right-click" as rightie-centric language.)

[Frances Del Rio]

Harlan Messinger wrote:

"Frances Del Rio" <fd***@yahoo.co m> wrote in message
news:34******** *****@individua l.net...

I have a bunch of Photoshop images on my server, I want when user clicks
on a link to a Photoshop img for it to start downloading (like when you
click on a Word file..) how can I do that? thank you.. Frances

There's nothing you can do to make an image download instead of displaying
in the browser if the user's browser is configured to display images of that
type. You can only give the user general instructions as to what he/she
needs to do to start a download: "In most browsers under Windows, you can
right-click the image and select a download option from a pop-up menu" or
something worded perhaps a little better than that. (Some will take issue
with "right-click" as rightie-centric language.)

Harlan, thank you for yr response... browswers do not display Photoshop
(.psd) images, this is why I was hoping to find a way for them to
download when user clicks on link to that image (which is what I want
either way, instead of display..) oh well... thanks again.. Frances

[Harlan Messinger]

"Frances Del Rio" <fd***@yahoo.co m> wrote in message
news:34******** *****@individua l.net...

Harlan, thank you for yr response... browswers do not display Photoshop
(.psd) images, this is why I was hoping to find a way for them to
download when user clicks on link to that image (which is what I want
either way, instead of display..) oh well... thanks again.. Frances

If browsers don't display PSDs (and they don't!) then clicking a link to one
*should* cause it to download.

[Michael Fesser]

.oO(Frances Del Rio)

Harlan, thank you for yr response... browswers do not display Photoshop
(.psd) images,
You can never be sure about what browsers will do and what not. There's
even a plugin to open zip files directly in the browser ...
this is why I was hoping to find a way for them to
download when user clicks on link to that image (which is what I want
either way, instead of display..)

As already suggested: link to it, send correct content-type. That's it.
If the browser doesn't know how to handle the incoming data it will show
a download dialog.

Micha

[Frances Del Rio]

Michael Fesser wrote:

.oO(Frances Del Rio)

Harlan, thank you for yr response... browswers do not display Photoshop
(.psd) images,

You can never be sure about what browsers will do and what not. There's
even a plugin to open zip files directly in the browser ...

this is why I was hoping to find a way for them to
download when user clicks on link to that image (which is what I want
either way, instead of display..)

As already suggested: link to it, send correct content-type.

ok, this has be to done server-side, right?? we use java.. so:
response.setCon tentType("image/psd")?
will this download psd?
(this mans this has to done/processed with a form?)
If the browser doesn't know how to handle the incoming data it will show
a download dialog.

well, right now am getting a 404..
thank you for your help.. Frances

[Harlan Messinger]

Frances Del Rio wrote:

Michael Fesser wrote:

As already suggested: link to it, send correct content-type.

ok, this has be to done server-side, right?? we use java.. so:
response.setCon tentType("image/psd")?
will this download psd?
(this mans this has to done/processed with a form?)

No, no--that sets the content type for the page (or other item) being
generated, not for documents (other other items) that the links on the
page point to. He means:

<a href="..." type="image/psd">

[Steve Pugh]

Frances Del Rio <fd***@yahoo.co m> wrote:

Michael Fesser wrote:

As already suggested: link to it, send correct content-type.
ok, this has be to done server-side, right??

Yes.
we use java.. so:
response.setCo ntentType("imag e/psd")?
Dont know about the Java syntax. image/psd is one of the values I've
seen used for Photoshop files. I've also seen:
image/photoshop
image/x-photoshop
application/photoshop
application/psd

As there doesn't seem to be a IANA registered value there isn't a
correct value to use.
will this download psd?
Any link will download the PSD. It's what happens after it's
downloaded (displayed by browsers, displayed by another application,
saved to disc, ask the user) that is out of your control.

Using a sensible content-type header just helps the browser do what
the user wants it to do.
(this mans this has to done/processed with a form?)

No.

If the browser doesn't know how to handle the incoming data it will show
a download dialog.

well, right now am getting a 404..

That's a different problem. I'd worry about making sure the link
actually resolves to a file first and then worry about whether a user
will be able to easily save the file later.

Steve

[Steve Pugh]

Harlan Messinger <hm************ *******@comcast .net> wrote:

Frances Del Rio wrote:

Michael Fesser wrote:

As already suggested: link to it, send correct content-type.
ok, this has be to done server-side, right?? we use java.. so:
response.setCon tentType("image/psd")?
will this download psd?
(this mans this has to done/processed with a form?)

No, no--that sets the content type for the page (or other item) being
generated,

Good point. If the PSD is a static file on the server then there's
nothing to do in Java. The server itself should be configured to serve
the correct content-type.
It is possible that the entire response is being sent by Java - the
headers and the PSD content.
not for documents (other other items) that the links on the
page point to. He means:

<a href="..." type="image/psd">

I hope he doesn't mean that. The type attribute of links is pooly
supported by browsers and is only advisory, the actual content-type
header from the server is what is being spoken about here.

Steve