Themes

How do you code a download function on a website to allow downloading desktop themes?

I'm a freelance web-designer who knows his XHTML and CSS pretty darn good. However I am not so good when it comes to scripting. I was wondering how easy is it to script a function so you download a desktop theme by hitting a link? Any takers? I haven't tried MSI Builder yet; however, is there a way to do it so that allows both MAC and PC platforms to download the desktop graphic

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1. You'll find that many scripting languages have dropped most of the operations for working directly on the client computer. It was a necessary measure against hackers. You need to create a Setuo utility. Check out the following link. I guess you're talking specifically about Windows so pay particular attention to the MSIBuilder. The result will be an .EXE file; you create a link to that and the browser takes care of the rest, asking the user if they want to run it or save it.
2. as a designer, you should make the jpeg available in all the popular sizes and some of the larger , less popular sizes (I like 1600x1200). as a html author, you should simply give links to the images, and instruct the user to right-click or control-click (on the mac) and tell them where to save them. as a scripter your hands are tied. I would never download an exe file, and on a mac, I couldn't anyway! If you have hundreds, and really want to make it easy for the users, present little scripts (bat or applescript or shell unix) that the user can use if she wishes. Instructions are the best thing you can do for your users.