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Creating download links
A link to a file may do any of the following Exactly what happens depends on the device the file type and your settings in Additional features

Example links

Forced download

There is a special url variable 
__xt_download=1
that is used to force a file That would normally open in the default application to download
Note: This forced download variable will only work for files actually hosted on your XtGem site
It will have no effect on text or HTML based files or files that trigger the intersistal download page

Forced download example

<a href="/my_files/sample.png?__xt_download=1">Sample</a>
Test image
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