I’ve done a few on request of customers – but I don’t like the result. In my opinion the best way is to add a pdf to your site is to add a link and let the browser handle the pdf when the link is opened.įorget about the fancy effects… like flipbooks.įlipbooks are in my opinion annoying. It appears you don't have a PDF plugin for this browser. A dedicated PDF viewer stack would probably be the better option if you didn’t have that constraint. For my purposes, I needed to be able to display PDFs on non-Stacks pages. For my likely readership, I’ve decided this is acceptable. There, it displays just the front page of the PDF, but viewers still have access via the Download link. This approach doesn’t work as well on mobile devices (at least iThings).

The third line displays the PDF in a scrollable window. The second line provides an easy way for someone to download the document. The first line has nothing to do with this question. It’s probably something simple but for the life of me, I haven’t been able to figure it out.Īnother approach, which can be used in Blog entries is to take embed it as an Object. I am using Yosemite and the latest versions of Stacks and stacks and RW 6.3.5. I have watched Joe’s videos but he doesn’t use the PDF embed stack in his PageSafe videos. I have tried several pdf files and can’t get any of them to show up. resources/…pdf) or to just the name of the pdf file that I have in Resources. I have tried setting the PDF Embed link to the complete URL (http. I can unlock the page but everything shows up except the pdf file when I preview or publish. I have a button link on a Membership Page for Members Login that goes to the PageSafe page. I was able to get the PageSafe lock to work just fine but when I try to view the pdf file, nothing shows up either in preview mode or if I publish the page. I made a pdf file of an excel file am am trying to use the stack PDF Embed in PageSafe. I am using JW’s PageSafe to protect club members info. I have a different question re PDF embed and PageSafe.

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