Re: redirect after download?

2009-11-02 Thread Matt Feifarek
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Tim Bock wrote: > >I did note Matt's suggestion of the META tag in an earlier email, > but a > quick google search didn't yield anything that I was able to connect > with downloading. But as you've indicated that this is a common > If you look at the sour

Re: redirect after download?

2009-11-02 Thread Tim Bock
Gentlemen, Thanks again for your illuminating responses. As you have no doubt surmised, most of the problem is that I don't know what I'm doing! I'm not doing anything esoteric; I'm just a re-noob whose last serious foray into web apps was with cgi/perl over ten years ago. So I'

Re: redirect after download?

2009-11-01 Thread Matt Feifarek
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Mike Orr wrote: > > Will that work with downloads? What if the download isn't finished by > the refresh timeout? > > Interesting question. I don't know. Though, people like Sourceforge have been doing this for years. Maybe once the download starts, the browser wo

Re: redirect after download?

2009-11-01 Thread Mike Orr
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Matt Feifarek wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Mike Orr wrote: >> >> Somehow this issue doesn't come up on other sites.  I'm not sure if >> you have unusual requirements or you're not considering all the UI >> possibilities.  Maybe it's because when peopl

Re: redirect after download?

2009-11-01 Thread Matt Feifarek
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Mike Orr wrote: > Somehow this issue doesn't come up on other sites. I'm not sure if > you have unusual requirements or you're not considering all the UI > possibilities. Maybe it's because when people download something, > daysyn, don't forget the old-fashione

Re: redirect after download?

2009-10-30 Thread Mike Orr
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:49 AM, daysyn wrote: > Having the "yay" page come up and then automatically start the > download would be fine, though I assume that would mean I would have > to temporarily leave the sheltering embrace of pylons for the script. > I guess I could also just put a "Done" b

Re: redirect after download?

2009-10-30 Thread daysyn
On Oct 29, 2:16 pm, Matt Feifarek wrote: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Mike Orr wrote: > > > >    I would like to be able to redirect the user to another page after > > > the download has been initiated, or at least put up a "yay, it's > > > finished" page, but that doesn't appear to be p

Re: redirect after download?

2009-10-29 Thread Matt Feifarek
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Mike Orr wrote: > > >I would like to be able to redirect the user to another page after > > the download has been initiated, or at least put up a "yay, it's > > finished" page, but that doesn't appear to be possible. So I was > What about turning it around;

Re: redirect after download?

2009-10-29 Thread Mike Orr
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:32 AM, daysyn wrote: > > Hello, > >    I'm working on my first pylons app, and part of it allows a user > to download a file.  Following the example in ch.6 of the Pylons Book, > that is working ok.  I can successfully select a file and have it > download to my desktop.

redirect after download?

2009-10-29 Thread daysyn
Hello, I'm working on my first pylons app, and part of it allows a user to download a file. Following the example in ch.6 of the Pylons Book, that is working ok. I can successfully select a file and have it download to my desktop. I would like to be able to redirect the user to another