[ervier]

This is probably a really simple question, but for the moment I can't seem to find the answer. I want to put a vcard-file on my website, so people can download this and use it in their addressbook or organizer. But if I use a normal link, Opera 7 and Netscape 7 (Win) show the text instead of a save-window.

Is it possible to make a link so that the file behind it will always be downloaded instead of opened in the browser?

[Simon Mundy]

If you have access to the server's configuration, or you know a bit of scripting, you can create a default mime type for a certain suffix.

So (for example) a file called card.vc could be mapped to a bogus type of 'application/x-custom-vcard' so any browser that requests it will bypass most of its inbuilt handlers and, in most instances, ask you what you'd like to do with that file.

Or you could change things at server level and create a script that forces a "Content-Disposition" header with the content of "attachment; filename= yourfilegoeshere.vc"

What kind of setup do you have? More information, please!

[OptimusG4]

What I had to do unfortunately was make a .zip file out of my vcf card and included instructions on it.