Re: Problems linking to MP3 files

Alan,

In IE4/Win98, these files are reacting as they should (opening Get Right and
starting the download).  I'm not quite sure how the Mac handles this, but
I'm guessing that your Mac is trying to start your MP3 player and play the
file.

Mike E.


-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Wilson <lightstorm(at)jps.net>
To: hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
Date: Monday, March 27, 2000 1:35 PM
Subject: Problems linking to MP3 files


>Hi everyone,
>
>I'm having trouble solving what appears to be a simple problem. I need to
>set up a couple ftp links for MP3 files on a website that I'm working on. I
>put the MP3's in the /pub directory and set up an ftp link to the files.
>When I tested the links, they don't default to downloading to disk. In IE,
I
>just get an error message and in Netscape, the mp3 just starts loading into
>a separate window. If I option click on the link, it will download to disk,
>but I want that to happen automatically. I've never worked with these file
>types before and am wondering what I did wrong? Here's the link to the
page:
>
>http://www.hlao-roo.com/music.html
>
>Thanks in advance for the help!!!
>
>
>Alan Wilson
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