Is is possible to have a link which lets you save target as rather than open the file in Acrobat - some of us do not have broadband and the save target as is a better option?
Thanks
Shirley
Moodle documentation: Documentation - Moodle 1.4.3 For Teachers & Trainers
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Re: Moodle documentation: Documentation - Moodle 1.4.3 For Teachers & Trainers
Hi Shirley,
If you right click on the document link it "Save target as" will be on of the options you can choose.
If you right click on the document link it "Save target as" will be on of the options you can choose.
Re: Moodle documentation: Documentation - Moodle 1.4.3 For Teachers & Trainers
Does this not just save the php/html file?
Re: Moodle documentation: Documentation - Moodle 1.4.3 For Teachers & Trainers
Yes, you're right (Sorry Shirley).
I was so confident that this would initiate the d/l I didn't check before posting.
I was so confident that this would initiate the d/l I didn't check before posting.
Re: Moodle documentation: Documentation - Moodle 1.4.3 For Teachers & Trainers
I raised this in using moodle before but have only just been able to to find the thread again. Here it is.
Re: Moodle documentation: Documentation - Moodle 1.4.3 For Teachers & Trainers
Shirley, Ray, Darren, et.al.,
I played with the documentation links a little. The three pdf documents (the manuals by Ray, Matt and Bryan) on top of the Other documentation for students, teachers and administrators section are now all created differently. Could you test those links and let me know which way of linking to a document is the best for downloading?
Przemek
I played with the documentation links a little. The three pdf documents (the manuals by Ray, Matt and Bryan) on top of the Other documentation for students, teachers and administrators section are now all created differently. Could you test those links and let me know which way of linking to a document is the best for downloading?
Przemek
Re: Moodle documentation: Documentation - Moodle 1.4.3 For Teachers & Trainers
Hi
The 1.4.3 for teacher and trainers is now working fine when right clicking but the other 2 manuals do not let you save the actual files, you only get links to either view.php or view.html
Shirley
Re: Moodle documentation: Documentation - Moodle 1.4.3 For Teachers & Trainers
Same here.
What do you have to do to get it to work like that?
Darren
What do you have to do to get it to work like that?
Darren
Re: Moodle documentation: Documentation - Moodle 1.4.3 For Teachers & Trainers
You have to cheat 
It's not a regular resource, but a label into which I inserted the pdf icon and a direct link to the file.
It's not a regular resource, but a label into which I inserted the pdf icon and a direct link to the file.
Re: Moodle documentation: Documentation - Moodle 1.4.3 For Teachers & Trainers
Very cunning 
Re: Moodle documentation: Documentation - Moodle 1.4.3 For Teachers & Trainers
Not sure if I have missed the point here - why not insert it as a regular resource?
Re: Moodle documentation: Documentation - Moodle 1.4.3 For Teachers & Trainers
A regular resource points to a php file which is what you get when you right click
Re: Moodle documentation: Documentation - Moodle 1.4.3 For Teachers & Trainers
Point taken, must be having a senior moment
Re: Moodle documentation: Documentation - Moodle 1.4.3 For Teachers & Trainers
Have just noticed that the other files in the directory have the same problem. Right clicking as using save target as will only save the html page.
Other documentation for students, teachers and administrators
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With regard to Darren's query, attached is a handout which I produced to explain how to force Word documents to open in IE. As we had Word documents with links to other Word documents in Moodle, when the links were clicked on in Word, Moodle would want you to login again each time, by forcing Word docs to open in the same window, we overcame this problem.
Although this handout does exactly answer Darren's query, it does also show how to tell IE to not open a document by selecting the confirm open after download, this will then mean that when a document is selected in IE, the dialogue box will open asking if you want to open or save the file. This can also be set as the default for all types of documents.
PS love the spell checker but why is Moodle not in the dictionary? 