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Guest
I want to post a downloadable PDF file in a Front Page website but don't know
how. Using the usual "insert file" doesn't work.
how. Using the usual "insert file" doesn't work.
J
Jens Peter Karlsen[FP MVP]
Import the file and create a link to it. Publish.
Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.
Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.
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=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28aka:_Crash_Gordo
Zip it so it doesn't try to open when a user is directed to it.
Import the zipped pdf into your FP Web, then create a hyperlink to it from whatever page you want.
| I want to post a downloadable PDF file in a Front Page website but don't know
| how. Using the usual "insert file" doesn't work.
Import the zipped pdf into your FP Web, then create a hyperlink to it from whatever page you want.
| I want to post a downloadable PDF file in a Front Page website but don't know
| how. Using the usual "insert file" doesn't work.
A
Andrew Murray
Link to the file . Insert > Hyperlink.
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Paul S. Wolf
Rob,
I've seen that suggestion quite a few times. IMHO, that's really a
waste of time.
If the user wants to see it (and if he doesn't, why download it in the
first place), why have him do the following?
(1) download the zip file
(2) choose a location to save the zip file
(3) Open Windows Explorer or his Unzipping program
(4) Browse to the saved zip file
(5) Open the Zip file (compressed folder)
(6) Unzip the file
(7) Open Acrobat Reader, then
(8) open the pdf.
When he can, instead just
(1) click on the pdf, which causes (with just one click)
(a) the file to be downloaded,
(b) the acrobat reader to open in the browser, and
(c) the pdf to open.
If he wants to keep it, he then
(2) clicks on "Save" on the reader toolbar inside the browser window
and
(3) chooses a location for the file.
The file is then copied from the cache to a permanent location on the
hard drive, since its already been downloaded.
I also did a quick check. I zipped 48 pdfs of 2-10 pages each to see
what the compression ratio would be. Unzipped - 6522 KB, Zipped - 5984
KB, a net reduction of 9%. So the download time difference is probably
negligible and would be more than equaled by the time needed for the
extra steps.
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=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28aka:_Crash_Gordo
Because that was how the original question was phrased "downloadable" pdf. If the OT had been 'worded' differently I would have suggested a mere link to. As phrased the OT may have wanted a list of pdf's displayed for 'downloading'.
| On 10/15/2004 10:29 PM, Rob Giordano (aka: Crash Gordon®) wrote:
|
| > Zip it so it doesn't try to open when a user is directed to it.
| >
| > Import the zipped pdf into your FP Web, then create a hyperlink to it from whatever page you want.
| >
| >
| > | I want to post a downloadable PDF file in a Front Page website but don't know
| > | how. Using the usual "insert file" doesn't work.
|
| Rob,
|
| I've seen that suggestion quite a few times. IMHO, that's really a
| waste of time.
|
| If the user wants to see it (and if he doesn't, why download it in the
| first place), why have him do the following?
| (1) download the zip file
| (2) choose a location to save the zip file
| (3) Open Windows Explorer or his Unzipping program
| (4) Browse to the saved zip file
| (5) Open the Zip file (compressed folder)
| (6) Unzip the file
| (7) Open Acrobat Reader, then
| (8) open the pdf.
| When he can, instead just
| (1) click on the pdf, which causes (with just one click)
| (a) the file to be downloaded,
| (b) the acrobat reader to open in the browser, and
| (c) the pdf to open.
| If he wants to keep it, he then
| (2) clicks on "Save" on the reader toolbar inside the browser window
| and
| (3) chooses a location for the file.
|
| The file is then copied from the cache to a permanent location on the
| hard drive, since its already been downloaded.
|
| I also did a quick check. I zipped 48 pdfs of 2-10 pages each to see
| what the compression ratio would be. Unzipped - 6522 KB, Zipped - 5984
| KB, a net reduction of 9%. So the download time difference is probably
| negligible and would be more than equaled by the time needed for the
| extra steps.
|
| --
| Paul S. Wolf, P.E.
| mailto
[email protected]
| On 10/15/2004 10:29 PM, Rob Giordano (aka: Crash Gordon®) wrote:
|
| > Zip it so it doesn't try to open when a user is directed to it.
| >
| > Import the zipped pdf into your FP Web, then create a hyperlink to it from whatever page you want.
| >
| >
| > | I want to post a downloadable PDF file in a Front Page website but don't know
| > | how. Using the usual "insert file" doesn't work.
|
| Rob,
|
| I've seen that suggestion quite a few times. IMHO, that's really a
| waste of time.
|
| If the user wants to see it (and if he doesn't, why download it in the
| first place), why have him do the following?
| (1) download the zip file
| (2) choose a location to save the zip file
| (3) Open Windows Explorer or his Unzipping program
| (4) Browse to the saved zip file
| (5) Open the Zip file (compressed folder)
| (6) Unzip the file
| (7) Open Acrobat Reader, then
| (8) open the pdf.
| When he can, instead just
| (1) click on the pdf, which causes (with just one click)
| (a) the file to be downloaded,
| (b) the acrobat reader to open in the browser, and
| (c) the pdf to open.
| If he wants to keep it, he then
| (2) clicks on "Save" on the reader toolbar inside the browser window
| and
| (3) chooses a location for the file.
|
| The file is then copied from the cache to a permanent location on the
| hard drive, since its already been downloaded.
|
| I also did a quick check. I zipped 48 pdfs of 2-10 pages each to see
| what the compression ratio would be. Unzipped - 6522 KB, Zipped - 5984
| KB, a net reduction of 9%. So the download time difference is probably
| negligible and would be more than equaled by the time needed for the
| extra steps.
|
| --
| Paul S. Wolf, P.E.
| mailto
[email protected]
?
=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28aka:_Crash_Gordo
btw, the reason to zip them is not to make them smaller but to force the download.
| On 10/15/2004 10:29 PM, Rob Giordano (aka: Crash Gordon®) wrote:
|
| > Zip it so it doesn't try to open when a user is directed to it.
| >
| > Import the zipped pdf into your FP Web, then create a hyperlink to it from whatever page you want.
| >
| >
| > | I want to post a downloadable PDF file in a Front Page website but don't know
| > | how. Using the usual "insert file" doesn't work.
|
| Rob,
|
| I've seen that suggestion quite a few times. IMHO, that's really a
| waste of time.
|
| If the user wants to see it (and if he doesn't, why download it in the
| first place), why have him do the following?
| (1) download the zip file
| (2) choose a location to save the zip file
| (3) Open Windows Explorer or his Unzipping program
| (4) Browse to the saved zip file
| (5) Open the Zip file (compressed folder)
| (6) Unzip the file
| (7) Open Acrobat Reader, then
| (8) open the pdf.
| When he can, instead just
| (1) click on the pdf, which causes (with just one click)
| (a) the file to be downloaded,
| (b) the acrobat reader to open in the browser, and
| (c) the pdf to open.
| If he wants to keep it, he then
| (2) clicks on "Save" on the reader toolbar inside the browser window
| and
| (3) chooses a location for the file.
|
| The file is then copied from the cache to a permanent location on the
| hard drive, since its already been downloaded.
|
| I also did a quick check. I zipped 48 pdfs of 2-10 pages each to see
| what the compression ratio would be. Unzipped - 6522 KB, Zipped - 5984
| KB, a net reduction of 9%. So the download time difference is probably
| negligible and would be more than equaled by the time needed for the
| extra steps.
|
| --
| Paul S. Wolf, P.E.
| mailto[email protected]
| On 10/15/2004 10:29 PM, Rob Giordano (aka: Crash Gordon®) wrote:
|
| > Zip it so it doesn't try to open when a user is directed to it.
| >
| > Import the zipped pdf into your FP Web, then create a hyperlink to it from whatever page you want.
| >
| >
| > | I want to post a downloadable PDF file in a Front Page website but don't know
| > | how. Using the usual "insert file" doesn't work.
|
| Rob,
|
| I've seen that suggestion quite a few times. IMHO, that's really a
| waste of time.
|
| If the user wants to see it (and if he doesn't, why download it in the
| first place), why have him do the following?
| (1) download the zip file
| (2) choose a location to save the zip file
| (3) Open Windows Explorer or his Unzipping program
| (4) Browse to the saved zip file
| (5) Open the Zip file (compressed folder)
| (6) Unzip the file
| (7) Open Acrobat Reader, then
| (8) open the pdf.
| When he can, instead just
| (1) click on the pdf, which causes (with just one click)
| (a) the file to be downloaded,
| (b) the acrobat reader to open in the browser, and
| (c) the pdf to open.
| If he wants to keep it, he then
| (2) clicks on "Save" on the reader toolbar inside the browser window
| and
| (3) chooses a location for the file.
|
| The file is then copied from the cache to a permanent location on the
| hard drive, since its already been downloaded.
|
| I also did a quick check. I zipped 48 pdfs of 2-10 pages each to see
| what the compression ratio would be. Unzipped - 6522 KB, Zipped - 5984
| KB, a net reduction of 9%. So the download time difference is probably
| negligible and would be more than equaled by the time needed for the
| extra steps.
|
| --
| Paul S. Wolf, P.E.
| mailto
[email protected]
G
Guest
LOL. I had this exact issue two days ago, frustrating isn't it? You need to
find the file on your computer, right click and copy it. Then go to the file
your web page is located in (probably called "Web"... the file folder looks
different) then paste it in there. Then go to FP and create a hyperlink, the
file will now be located in the same directory as your web page therefore it
will be uploaded along with your website. If the file is somewhere else on
your computer other than the proper file when you upload the hyperlink will
be looking for a file path along the lines of C:/My documents...., obviously
this file will not be found on the net. Good luck, I hope this helps.
find the file on your computer, right click and copy it. Then go to the file
your web page is located in (probably called "Web"... the file folder looks
different) then paste it in there. Then go to FP and create a hyperlink, the
file will now be located in the same directory as your web page therefore it
will be uploaded along with your website. If the file is somewhere else on
your computer other than the proper file when you upload the hyperlink will
be looking for a file path along the lines of C:/My documents...., obviously
this file will not be found on the net. Good luck, I hope this helps.