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Posted by calinelbogdan
calinelbogdan
2,298 Points

What is the easiest way to create a download button?

I'm trying to design a website for a software I've created and I want to create a well-shaped download button for it. At first I thought it will be an easy task finding this out but I can't seem to find anything.

2 Answers

Bryce Santos
Bryce Santos
11,157 Points
Bryce Santos
Bryce Santos
11,157 Points

I'm thinking either use an image as your download button or use one of bootstrap's buttons. Or you could just style the word DOWNLOAD in CSS to make it look like a button using borders and such.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points

Do you mean just how it looks? There are several ways, but the easiest and still one of the most versatile would be with CSS. Luckily, there are many CSS button style helpers around, including:

I prefer the ones without a lot of advertising and listed those first, but the others have more cool presets.

Bryce Santos
Bryce Santos
11,157 Points

Just by clicking the first site, that's pretty simple and amazing. Good stuff!