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Overview
You can upload PDFs to be linked in your pages. You can also select PDFs that have already been uploaded elsewhere on your site and link to them.
This is similar to how we upload and link to PDFs on our Drupal 7 sites.
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Steps
Inserting PDFs using the "Link" icon
Step 1
): Select
your text to be linkedYour Text to Be Linked to the PDF
.
From within a page or piece of content with a text editor, type and select the text you want the PDF or doc to link to.
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Make sure that the link is as specific as possible. "Click here" or "Read more" or "this" is not specific enough and will not comply with accessibility standards. |
Step 2
) Click the chain icon that says "Link."
: Click the Chain Icon
Please note: File names can not contain an apostrophe. Rename the pdf without the apostrophe before uploading.
The Chain Icon should be to the right of the (URL) Link icon:
This is the same icon you click when you want to insert a link to a page on your site, or on another site.
3) Click the "Open File Browser" text.
This brings up IMCE, the File Manager.
4) Select your file.
Step 3: Select Your File
If your file is already in the File Manager, you can click on it and hit the "Select" option at the top.
If you don't see it, you can upload the file from your desktop.
Click "Upload" and "Add File."
I'm uploading and linking to this Color Guide PDF.
There are file size limits, usually 2 megabytes, so if the PDF doesn't upload, it may be too large.
Talk to your IT Professional about how to reduce the file size.
Your pdf will need need to be 2 megabytes or smaller to be uploaded. Here's a tutorial on reducing the pdf file size, if your file is too large.
I actually re-saved the original of this using Adobe Acrobat's "Save as Reduced Size PDF" option. 431kb is small enough.
Click on your newly uploaded PDF and click "Select."
You'll see the url to the PDF.
Step 4: View Link
It now appears in the document.
6) Save your document and test your link.
Step 5: Save Your Document
Test your link.
Your browser settings will determine whether the PDF appears in the browser or downloads automatically.
Inserting PDFs using the "
FileInsert Media" icon
Alternatively, if you know your PDF isn't on the site already, you can by pass the File Manager altogether.
1) As before, select the text you want to click to.
Step 1: Place the cursor where you want to add the link to the file
Step 2: Click on the Insert Media Icon that Says "Insert Media"
This takes you straight to your desktop to upload a file.
3) Select a file from your desktop.
4) Click save.
5) Save your document and test your link as before.
Under Add File, click on 'Choose File'
Step 3: Select a File from Your Desktop
Step 4: Click 'Save'
Step 5: Save Your Document
Step 6: Test Your Link
Step 7: Formatting Your Link
You can add a caption to your link and have text wrap around it. Click on the link and a list of icons will appear above your link. You can caption it, align left or right with text and create a line break.
Here's what your link looks with a caption and aligned to the right:
Getting a File to Appear in the Menu Structure
Let's say you want a PDF or other file to exist in the menu somewhere, not on a page.
We'll start a Basic Page and upload a PDF the usual way. We will save the page as published, which is different than the way we would go about this in Drupal 7, where we wouldn't have to save a page). We'll go to the File list, get the url for the file, and go into the menu structure and add the url to the PDF to the menu.
1)Follow the instructions below to add the PDF.
Step 1: Create a Basic Page
Go to Add Content and
selectSelect Basic Page.
You can use any content type with the text editor field, really.
Step 2: Upload a PDF
Upload a PDF using the instructions above for Inserting a PDF
file via the link iconFile Via the Link Icon, or the one
usingUsing the
file button, upload a PDFInsert Media button.
Step 3
): Save the
page as unpublished.Page as Unpublished
Make sure that the box next to Published is not checked and click on 'Save.'
Having a page, even if unpublished, tells Drupal that the file is permanent rather than temporary.
Step 4: View Files
Go to Content and
Look for the File tab.click on the 'Files' tab.
Under the files tab, we see our recently uploaded file.
If you don't see this "
Files" tab, put in a ticket to the web team via helpdesk.franklin.uga.edu.
5) Under the file tab, we see our recently uploaded file.
Step 5: Get the URL
Click on the file to get the url. We only want the part after the .edu. So starting at "/sites/default/files/etc..."
Step 6: Add Link
Go to the
menu structureMenu Structure and
clickClick "Add Link."
You can access via Structure >> Menus >> Main Menu, or via the Shortcut links in the main menu.
For more information on working with menus, click here.
Step 7: Save Link
Paste your url,
giveGive the
linkLink a
titleTitle, and
decide where it will goDecide Where it Will Go. Save the
linkLink.
Step 8: View Your PDF in the
menu structure.
Menu Structure
Deleting PDFs
permanentlyPermanently
To remove PDFs and other files permanently, from the File Manager, select a File and click on delete. Or, follow my instructions here: How to delete files in Drupal 8 or Drupal 7Delete Files
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