How to make .gpx files downloadable from my webpage

sirichmond · 17 Jul 2012 at 12:10

Morning,

I have a website with mountain bike routes that are downloadable. http://routes.allthegearnoidea.net/ At the moment they are saved as .rar so they download as I could not get the .gpx files to download, they just open in a new window see this link. http://www.allthegearnoidea.net/test.html.

Now the problem is the less technical people who use the site dont know what a .rar is so is there anyway of making the .gpx file download instead of opening in a new window. This appears to be beyond my skill at the moment.

Many Thanks
Simon

UncleRuckus · 17 Jul 2012 at 13:13

Instruct users to right click link and then click save link as.

Swordfish · 17 Jul 2012 at 13:14

Use .zip format and windows will be able to extract without any new software.

Dj_Jestar · 17 Jul 2012 at 14:09

Add the following directive to your .htaccess file:

Code:

<Files *.gpx> ForceType application/octet-stream Header set Content-Disposition attachment </Files>

sirichmond · 17 Jul 2012 at 15:09

Dj_Jestar said:
Add the following directive to your .htaccess file:

Code:

<Files *.gpx> ForceType application/octet-stream Header set Content-Disposition attachment </Files>

Done the above but still no joy, do I need to add anything to my html page?

sirichmond · 17 Jul 2012 at 16:38

Also if using the above the webiste wont show, getting an internal server error page?

Dj_Jestar · 17 Jul 2012 at 22:11

What's the error from your server's error log?