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To create a download link, update your browser to a specific minimum version. The HTML code for creating download links is simple; you can optionally define a new filename for the download.
Create a download link with HTML5
Create a download link for each of your pages using this short HTML code:
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- With href= you instruct the user’s browser to open a link.
- You can only define the section download if you write the download link using the correct syntax. This element cannot stand alone in HTML. If desired, you can enter a new filename here, which your file will be given after the download. This is particularly useful if you store files on your server that consist of a sequence of numbers that the user downloading the file won’t recognize.
- If you don’t want to assign a new filename after the download—because you’ve already named your PDF optimally—simply shorten the HTML source code for your download link as follows: download>
- The section alt= is particularly useful for people who cannot or do not want to view images. This section is also ideal for your search engine optimization (SEO) if you can include a relevant keyword there. The alt text is always displayed when an image cannot be loaded.
- With this link, you not only enable the download of interactive or static PDF files from your website, but you can also offer many other files for download with extensions such as .img, .jpg, .png, .txt, .html, etc.
Browser versions that support PDF downloads
For your download link to work, you must use one of the following current browser versions:
- Firefox 20.0 supports the download function.
- With Safari 10.1 or later, users can access your stored files.
- In Chrome 14.0, this download code works.
- Opera 15.0 or a newer version is required for your HTML download link to work properly.
- Starting with Edge version 13.0 your PDF files can be downloaded via the link.
