PDF Confusion

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I am trying to do something that seems like it should be simple, but I can’t seem to get it to work right.

I have a paragraph of html text and within the body of that text I want to tell them to click here to view the pdf. How do I do that? The only way I’ve gotten this to work in the past is to manually upload the file and link to that url, but then the next time I use freeway’s uploader the link won’t work any more. Freeway keeps amending the title of the file w/ a, b, c, etc. which further confuses me. The pdf file i’m trying to link to is in my media folder.

Everything in the manual that I can find has to do with using an image to click on. I don’t want to do that. I’ve gotten the acrobat action to work, but that seems so clumsey in the middle of a text block. I can’t get it aligned properly or the font style to match the rest of the paragraph.

Can someone give a clue what I’m doing wrong? Thanks!

Doty Shepard

P.S. Here is the page in question, bottom of the 2nd paragraph.
http://rentoys.com/funfacts.html

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On 30 Nov 2007, at 13:54, dodesters wrote:

I can’t get it aligned properly or the font style to match the rest
of the paragraph.

Place the text cursor where you want the Acrobat link to appear in
your run of text, and choose Insert > Action Item > Acrobat.

That places an Action in the text flow, so it picks up the style from
surrounding text.

Use the Actions palette to add the PDF to the Action, and you’re away.

;o)

Heather

PS: For those here new to Freeway, this “in-flow Action” technique
works for a lot of the Actions.

“Freeway - Web Design for All”

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Seems to me it should be easy to upload the pdf separately and link
to it using an external link. Not sure why Freeway would break the
link though. If you are using a separate FTP client like Transmit to
upload Freeway doesn’t argue with the pdf location and a text link
should then be fine.

Interesting to see what Arizona was like during the Rennaissance… :slight_smile:

Pete

On 30 Nov 2007, at 13:54, dodesters wrote:

I am trying to do something that seems like it should be simple,
but I can’t seem to get it to work right.

I have a paragraph of html text and within the body of that text I
want to tell them to click here to view the pdf. How do I do
that? The only way I’ve gotten this to work in the past is to
manually upload the file and link to that url, but then the next
time I use freeway’s uploader the link won’t work any more. Freeway
keeps amending the title of the file w/ a, b, c, etc. which further
confuses me. The pdf file i’m trying to link to is in my media folder.

Everything in the manual that I can find has to do with using an
image to click on. I don’t want to do that. I’ve gotten the acrobat
action to work, but that seems so clumsey in the middle of a text
block. I can’t get it aligned properly or the font style to match
the rest of the paragraph.

Can someone give a clue what I’m doing wrong? Thanks!

Doty Shepard
http://www.rentoys.com

P.S. Here is the page in question, bottom of the 2nd paragraph.
http://rentoys.com/funfacts.html

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Hi Doty - just looked at your page and it all looks great - the text is aligned correctly and the font is the same as the rest round about it.

It is just the link to the PDF that doesn’t work.

http://rentoys.com/Resources/Chivalry.pdf

Have you moved or modified the file since you selected it in the Acrobat action window?

Have you checked Edit>Resources to check its status in your resources? Did you get any errors at upload time?

And the other place to look - if you can - is on your server (with transmit or similar) to see if it actually is there.

David

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Thank you all! Heather, that “in flow” trick is what i was missing. Freeway did append the filename w/ an “a”, which drives me nuts! I have the same problem with my mals settings files. I always end up manually deleting them before i upload. If freeway needs to change the file, is there a way it could just overwrite the old one instead of renaming it?

anyway, it’s working now so i’m happy about that. thank you.

to answer dave & pete’s comments: i used transmit to upload and yes the files where there where the link pointed. i have no idea why that wasn’t working. regardless, when freeway’s ftp is working properly, i’d rather use that, so it’s all good!

thanks everyone.
doty

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