[Xitami] targeting file downloads

[Alex Barna]

Rick Headly wrote:

>  hello,
>
>  i keep telling my visitors to right-click and "save target as" (or
>  other browser equivalent) when downloading various high-res video
>  files located on my server... but they don't pay attention. they
>  continue to left-click the links, forcing these files to load in
>  their media-players, often with very poor, choppy performance... as
>  my connection is simply not fast enough to support their play in
>  real-time.
>
>  i want these files to be downloaded to the user's hard-drives only
>  once (take the file and go away)... rather than having them return to
>  the site every time they want to view the clip.
>
>  how can i force a "file-download" without waking up their players?
>
>  rick

That is just what download sites like tucows.com & download.com do.
What you need is some java script code for auto download on the page. 
Then clicking on the file in a list brings up a page with the java code. 
Do a search for free java scripts.

Alex,