Image Download Functionality

  • Resolved Winework

    (@winework)


    2 months, 1 week ago

    Hello David,

    I have recently discovered that the functionality of our Image Library has changed and I would be very happy to receive your advice or that of anyone else who has experienced a similar issue.

    Page: https://www.wineworkimages.com/image-library/
    Clicking on an image should, and has in the past, resulted in a “Save As” dialogue box, with which the user could navigate to the location on their device they wish to save the image file.
    However, clicking on an image now opens a new browser tab showing the image file, which can then be saved using a right-click and selecting Save Image As from the menu.
    This is consistent across Chrome, Brave & Edge.
    The check boxes and “Download Everything I’ve Ticked – Now” button still function as intended.

    Can you offer any advice to return the previous functionality?

    Many thanks,

    Colin Ford
    Winework Solutions Images

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Author David Lingren

    (@dglingren)

    2 months, 1 week ago

    Nice to hear from you again, although I regret the trouble you’re having with downloads.

    I had a look at the page you referenced. The links around each image in the gallery include a bit of JavaScript, e.g. onclick="ga('send', 'event', 'download', kumeu-river', 'WWKR6858.jpg');" I’m not sure where this is coming from, but I think it is either no longer working or has changed in some way. Microsoft Copilot says it might be a Google Analytics event tracking call. It also points out a missing quote mark before the kumeu-river parameter. Perhaps adding the quote will resolve the problem.

    I hope that helps. I am marking this topic resolved, but please update it if you have any problems or further questions regarding the above suggestion. Thanks for your continued interest in MLA.

    Thread Starter Winework

    (@winework)

    2 months ago

    Hello David,

    Thank you for your help, once again.
    I managed to restore the wanted functionality by simply adding the download attribute to the markup template in MLA.

    Blah,blah... href="[+downloadlink_url+]" download target="_blank">

    Regards,
    Colin

    Plugin Author David Lingren

    (@dglingren)

    2 months ago

    Thanks for your update with the good news regarding your solution. The “download” attribute is a simple and effective way to restore the earlier behavior. I didn’t suggest it because I believed you needed the Google Analytics onclick function to track downloads. Looking at your page today I see that the missing quote has not been added to your links, so the function call is still broken. If that’s a problem, the fix is easy.

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