Linking to a File (for download)

Friday 18 January 2008 12:57:16 pm

Hi,

In some cases I want to create a link to a file directly, where, clicking on a link to it will download it from within the article (or summary) instead of going to a sub page/object where you can do it. Is there anyway I can create a link to a file which will mean it downloads when you click on the link rather having to drill down to the item?

i.e. article > link > file download instead of article > link > article > file download..

Hope this makes sense....

Saturday 19 January 2008 11:14:53 am

Hi Rémi,

What I mean is (and this is my problem) is that when I am editing content and I want to include a file so that you can download it direct from the link - eZ (my install anyway 3.10.x) will allow me to upload file and I can select that file post upload for the hyperlink *but* when you click on that link it will take you to another page listing the file with a hyperlink. I wans to remove that extra step and have it when you link an object/node to a file that it is downloadable from that link.

Again, I hope this makes sense.

Thanks

Sunday 20 January 2008 3:21:28 am

Hi Remi,

I suppose the only problem here is you will have to get the link to a file directly before uploading/including the file etc. I suppose it is no big deal but it is a long way around to something you woudl think should be a case of edit article > create hyperlink > select file. If I am misunderstanding you, let me know! but it seems that you need to know the URL to the file first..?

Thanks

Tony.

Wednesday 26 March 2008 4:25:39 am

Hi Tony Stark!

You have to do to embed your file inside xml block of your article as a object and select view "embed-inline" then you make a override rule in your override.ini file:

[your_override_name]
Source=content/view/embed-inline.tpl
MatchFile=embed/file_embed-inline.tpl
Subdir=templates
Match[class_identifier]=file

inside the template file_embed-inline.tpl put this link to the file:

<a href={concat( 'content/download/', $object.data_map.file.contentobject_id, '/', $object.data_map.file.id,'/version/', $object.data_map.file.version , '/file/', $object.data_map.file.content.original_filename|urlencode )|ezurl}>{$object.name|wash}</a>

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