/**
 * @article	Better attachment link
 *  		practices for WordPress 
 *
 * @since	December 18, 2010 
 * @package	Wordpress 
 *
 * Should images in WordPress posts
 * link to [file], [attachment-page],
 * or [none]? Some thoughts. 
 *
 * @tags	attachments 
 * @comments	% comment
 *
 */

I recently answered a support question on one of the WordPress question and answer sites about forcing pdf links to download in Acrobat or another pdf application, rather than opening in the browser window. I came up with what I thought was a pretty elegant solution, which involved creating a pdf.php template which set the HTTP headers necessary to force a download, rather than allowing the browser to attempt to render the file.

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/**
 * @article	Front-end file uploads in
 *  		WordPress 
 *
 * @since	July 3, 2010 
 * @package	Wordpress 
 *
 * @tags	attachments,
 * 		upload handling 
 * @comments	77 comments
 *
 */

I was recently working on a WordPress project that required a specialized front-end panel for users to add new posts, including images and videos. Adding a post wasn’t a challenge, but handling file uploads was looking like a pain… at least trying to follow the codex documentation. After browsing the wp-includes core files for a few hours, though, I found a much easier way of handling it.

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