Creating Downloading Link

Dear All
I'm trying to create a downloading link in my iweb using HTML snippet. I created the following code in the snippet
a href=Movie.mov> Movie
(I removed the "<".mov" files.
However, it does not work in Mac ! When I right click and selected download, it downloaded the following "Movie.mov.html". Notice the ".html" extension... for some reason I cannot download the file as a ".mov" file and Mac doesnt allow me to change the extension. FYI, I can play the move in the browser but unable to download unless I have quicktime pro... I do not want users of my website to be buying quicktime pro just so that they can download my files.
Is anyone able to help ? What changes in my coding do i need in order to allow both PC and Mac users to download ??
Please help.. thanks a million.
Jojos

There are two ways of doing this without any coding. Go to ......
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWebMusicWebsite/iWebTutorials.html
... download the tutorial Domain Files and Downloads and look at page 4.

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