download_tag.wmk - quick links to files for download

LOADING

  < use plugin="download_tag" />

HTML TAGS

  < download file="filename.dat" [text="template"] />

This WebMake Perl library provides a quick shortcut to make links to files for download.

The attributes supported are as follows:

The filename to link to. If a file by this filename does not exist, a warning will be printed.

Filenames should be specified relative to one of the following:

the top level of the site
the output file which contains the tag (not recommended, as it precludes the tag being used in another output file in a different directory)
a directory named in the FileSearchPath WebMake option

The link text to be used. The following content items are defined for use inside the link text:

download.path: The real path to the file.
download.href: The path to the file, relative to the current output file.
download.name: The file's name, without directories.
download.mdate: The file's modification date, in ctime() format, e.g. Thu Mar 01 20:54:34 2001.
download.mtime: The file's modification date, in UNIX time_t format.
download.size_in_k: The file's size, in kilobytes (rounded up).
download.size: The file's size, in bytes.
download.owner: The file's owner.
download.group: The file's group.
download.tag_attrs: The remaining attributes of the download tag.

template can be, and should often be, a $ {content_reference}. The default template is:

  < a href="$ {download.href}" $ {download.tag_attrs}>$ {download.name}
  ($ {download.size_in_k}k)< /a>

Note that this means that any unrecognised attributes of the download tag itself will become attributes of the A tag.

The default template can be overridden by setting the template content item download.template.

FileSearchPath - WebMake option

download_tag.wmk - quick links to files for download