# Form - enter email address to download PDF

**URL:** <https://discourse.softpress.com/t/form-enter-email-address-to-download-pdf/10268>\
**Category:** Freeway\
**Created:** [February 23, 2011, 11:14am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/form-enter-email-address-to-download-pdf/10268 "2011-02-23T11:14:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![ian4](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@ian4](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/ian4)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 11:14am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/form-enter-email-address-to-download-pdf/10268/1 "2011-02-23T11:14:36Z")

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Hi guys,

I have a client who wants his site visitors to be able to select from 5 PDF documents that they can download.

The PDFs will only be sent when they have entered their email address and name.

Something like this: [http://www.skylinewhitespace.com/ContactUs/WhitepaperRequestForm.aspx](http://www.skylinewhitespace.com/ContactUs/WhitepaperRequestForm.aspx)

- Is this possible to automate? So the PDFs will be sent automatically without him having to attach and send the PDFs manually.

- Do you know if this is possible in Freeway - is there some kind of Action to do this?

- In terms of SEO, would it be better to have the PDFs ‘visible’ for normal download or as individual pages so they can be picked up by search engines? Would a PDF be ‘hidden’ from search engines if they are only sent when contact info is entered?

Any help/advice much appreciated…

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**Author:** ![davedesigner](https://discourse.softpress.com/user_avatar/discourse.softpress.com/davedesigner/32/61_2.png) [@davedesigner](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/davedesigner)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/form-enter-email-address-to-download-pdf/10268/2 "2011-02-23T11:28:33Z")

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Have a look at [http://www.bebosoft.com](http://www.bebosoft.com) this can send a confirmation email with a PDF attachment

There is a Freeway Formstogo Tutorial here: [http://www.softpress.com/support/tutorials/](http://www.softpress.com/support/tutorials/)

David Owen { Freeway Friendly Web hosting and Domains }

[http://www.ineedwebhosting.co.uk](http://www.ineedwebhosting.co.uk) | [http://www.PrintlineAdvertising.co.uk](http://www.PrintlineAdvertising.co.uk)

On 23 Feb 2011, at 11:14, ian wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> I have a client who wants his site visitors to be able to select from 5 PDF documents that they can download.

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**Author:** ![waltd](https://discourse.softpress.com/user_avatar/discourse.softpress.com/waltd/32/2720_2.png) [@waltd](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/waltd)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/form-enter-email-address-to-download-pdf/10268/3 "2011-02-23T13:33:11Z")

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One of the easiest ways to do this is to put the links to the PDFs on  
the Success page of the PHP Feedback Form. As far as search engines,  
you’re dealing with conflicting agendas here.

If the content within these PDFs is something that you want to be  
found and indexed, then you’d best duplicate it as HTML pages within  
your site. Then the content is free to be found.

If you are truly trying to hide that content, to make it exclusive and  
premium, then rest assured that search engines do not submit forms.

This is by no means secure, and it’s still possible that Google and  
other spiders can find this page through other channels. If you really  
must keep these PDFs “subscribers only”, then do as David suggests,  
and send them out as e-mail attachments. Understand though that then  
you’ve got another rampart to climb: spam filters.

Walter

On Feb 23, 2011, at 6:14 AM, ian wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> I have a client who wants his site visitors to be able to select  
> from 5 PDF documents that they can download.
> 
> The PDFs will only be sent when they have entered their email  
> address and name.
> 
> Something like this: [http://www.skylinewhitespace.com/ContactUs/WhitepaperRequestForm.aspx](http://www.skylinewhitespace.com/ContactUs/WhitepaperRequestForm.aspx)
> 
> - Is this possible to automate? So the PDFs will be sent  
> automatically without him having to attach and send the PDFs manually.
> 
> - Do you know if this is possible in Freeway - is there some kind of  
> Action to do this?
> 
> - In terms of SEO, would it be better to have the PDFs ‘visible’ for  
> normal download or as individual pages so they can be picked up by  
> search engines? Would a PDF be ‘hidden’ from search engines if they  
> are only sent when contact info is entered?
> 
> Any help/advice much appreciated…
> 
> * * *
> 
> freewaytalk mailing list  
> email@hidden  
> Update your subscriptions at:  
> [http://freewaytalk.net/person/options](http://freewaytalk.net/person/options)

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**Author:** ![ian4](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@ian4](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/ian4)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/form-enter-email-address-to-download-pdf/10268/4 "2011-02-24T20:31:52Z")

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Wow - massively useful guys - just what I was after.

Much appreciated!

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**Author:** ![ian4](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@ian4](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/ian4)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/form-enter-email-address-to-download-pdf/10268/5 "2011-02-24T20:42:47Z")

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Walter - just looked at your involvement with Freeway - impressive.

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