[thelist] Browser download on <a> link

Hassan Schroeder hassan.schroeder at gmail.com
Mon Feb 1 13:51:35 CST 2010


On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Amy Johnson <amy at rocky-hills.com> wrote:
>
> I have a GPX file that when it is linked to on a the first website, it
> brings up the browser download box.  But when I link to the same file
> sitting on a second site, it automatically throws me into a text editor.

The server on the second site is delivering the file as 'text/plain' --
you need to configure it to return an appropriate mime-type header.

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