Re: Posting a gedcom on a personal website?

On 25 Jan 2006 in soc.genealogy.computing, Geoff Pearson wrote:

> I uploaded a gedcom to my website for a friend to download. When I
> try to download it, it opens in IE6 as a text file.

It is a text file.

> How do I upload it so that it downloads as a complete file - and
> doesn't open? Zip it up? (I tried that and it works - but is there
> a better way?)

That's probably the best way. If you just upload it (unzipped), and it
opens in the browser, the viewer can do a File > Save in the browser, and
save it to his/her computer.

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