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Downloading from Concrete5 does not show progress bar

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When downloading a file that I have uploaded to our site, the browser does not display a progress bar instead it displays a barber pole and says downloading "xxMB of ?"

It seems to be unable to calculate the file size, therefore it cant show a progress bar so it shows a barber pole.

I noticed this is the same for the Concrete5.org website, so it seems to be a Concrete5 issue.

I am concerned about this because people are used to seeing progress bars for their downloads. If a user doesn't know how long it will take, they'll get impatient or think something wrong with the file and not download the it at all. From a business perspective this is concerning.

Is there a way to correct this problem?
 
hivoltage replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
I've solved my own problem - it appears this a bug in Concrete5 when downloading in Safari.

To fix this problem, add the following code to the file '/concrete/helpers/file.php' at line 113:

header("Content-Encoding: plainbinary");