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How to make your screensaver available for download

If you have built a screensaver and are trying to make it availabe on the web for download, these instructions should be useful.

Things you will need

A place to Host your web page.
A way to Compress your installer program for faster and easier download.
A way to Upload your screensaver Installer to your web page
A Link on your web page to the download file

Hosting your web page
Most ISPs (Internet Serice Providers -- the people that you pay to access the Internet via Dial Up Modem, DSL, or Cable Modem) provide a rudimentary homepage service along with your account), for example here are some information pages about hosting for various ISPs:

If you don't have an ISP, or you want a more professional service, you may want to check out some of these companies which offer inexpensive hosting:

DreamHost

Compressing your Installer file
In order to save space, reduce download time, and make sure your friends and/or customers can properly download the file, you may want to Compress the file before uploading it to the web site.

While iScreensaver Designer creates matching installers for all platforms from any platform, we cannot say the same about external existing web tools. We highly recommend that compression for each platform is performed on its intended platform.

For Macintosh Installers
NOTE: as of Mac OSX 10.4, Apple no longer includes Stuffit Expander by default. Thus, we recommend that all OSX users instead use either a ZIP or DMG format for downloads. If you are delivering your product to both OS9 and OSX computers, you may want to make two different downloads available (one using SIT, the other using ZIP or DMG).
Stuffing an Installer under pre-Mac OSX 10.4 systems:
We recommend you compress the Macintosh Installer file into a "SIT" StuffIt file:
Click here for information about Stuffit
Zipping an Installer under Mac OSX 10.4:
Control-click, or right-click the mouse, on the installer in the Desktop, and choose 'Create Archive'...

...which creates a Tiger-happy ZIP file in the same folder. Use this .zip file as the web file connected to the OSX download. (This is not recommended as the ZIP pathway for the Windows installer.)
For Windows Installers
We recommend that you compress the Windows installer into a Zip file. Tools that can help you do this include:
Click here for information about Stuffit
Click here for information about WinZip
Click here for information about PkZip

Uploading the Installer program to your web page
There are many ways to upload the installer program to the web, and the method you use will depend entirely on your hosting service (see above). The most common ways are HTTP upload and FTP.

Help for some common ISPs:

How to upload a file using Earthlink
For other ISPs, see the support links above (under "Hosting")

Creating a Link on your web page
Finally, you will need to create a link on your web page that when clicked, will automatically download the Installer program. We recommend that you use the following HTML code if at all possible:

<table border="1">
<tr>
 <td width="300" align="center" align="center"> for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, NT2000, XP</td>
 <td width="300" align="center"> for Macintosh OS 9 and OSX</td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td width="300" align="center" valign="top">
 <a href="MyWindowsInstaller.EXE">Download My Screensaver for Windows</a> 
 When you click the link, be sure to choose "Open" (or "Run") instead of "Save" 
 <a href="http://iscreensaver.com/dlhelp.shtml#win">Click Here if you are having Problems Downloading or Installing</a>
 </td>

 <td width="300" align="center" valign="top">
 <a href="MyMacInstaller.sit">Download My Screensaver for Macintosh</a> 
 File is a Stuffit file, you may need
 <a href="http://www.stuffit.com/expander/download.html" target="_blank">Stuffit Expander</a> to unstuff.
 </td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td colspan="2" align="center">
 <a href="http://iscreensaver.com/" target="_blank">
 <img src="http://iscreensaver.com/images/iScrPowLogo.gif" alt="Powered by iScreensaver"> 
 Powered by iScreensaver</a>
 </td>
</tr>
</table>

NOTE: the items listed in RED, above, will need to be edited to correspond to the name and filename / location of your actual screensaver.

When completed, this will look approximately like this on your web page:

for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, NT2000, XP	for Macintosh OS 9 and OSX
Download My Screensaver for Windows When you click the link, be sure to choose "Open" (or "Run") instead of "Save" Click Here if you are having Problems Downloading or Installing	Download My Screensaver for Macintosh File is a Stuffit file, you may need Stuffit Expander to unstuff.
Powered by iScreensaver

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