Separate links for online vs download play?

Competitions IFComp
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How can I upload a direct link to a website for the “Play Online” button, and also a downloadable file by itself for the “Download” button? Is this even possible?

For specifics, I have an online version of my game but it can only be played at the website and not from a downloaded version and I want the Play Online button to immediately open the link, whereas the Download button I want it to download a game file (.z5).

(The game crashes when trying to use Parchment or Quixe, so I specifically want the online website…)

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I believe the IFComp website adds a “play online” link if and only if you submit a single file in a recognized format (blorb, HTML, etc), or a zip file with a file named “index.html” in the root directory. So you could upload a ZIP file with an index.html file, the downloadable version, and a README file that says they shouldn’t try to view the index.html file locally.

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Another question - is there a reason that this doesn’t work if you click “Other” in the list?

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Have you reported the crash? I don’t remember any crashes for Parchment recently..

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Not a crash, sorry. But the game does use some things which Parchment doesn’t appear to support, like the automatic saving and ending a READ with a mouse click.