XtGem : link

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The html anchor link is one of the most basic items in html
Add block - Basics - Link

Use the file browser to select a local file or page
Or else you can add the address yourself

Url
The address of the link
Title
The text to show on the page
Insert newline
Add a linebreak
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<br />
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after the link
Color
Select a color for the link or enter a 3 or 6 digit hex value
Class
Select a CSS class for the link from those declared in the pages internal stylesheet or global_stylesheet.css

Forced download

There is a special query string variable that can be added to the url of files uploaded to your XtGem site that will cause files to download instead of opening in the browsers/devices default application
__xt_download=1
This will only work on images if the 5mb upload limit is set in additional features
It will not work for text based files

<a href="/folder/file?__xt_download=1"> link </a>

Test forced download

Example code

<b>Standard link</b><br />
<a href="/manual/xtgem/">XtGem index</a>
<hr />
<b>XtGem download link</b><br />
<a href="/manual/xtgem/files/italian_job.mp3?__xt_download=1">Download Italian Job</a>

Show in textarea

Example output

Reload
Standard link
XtGem index

XtGem download link
Download Italian Job