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- Lemontwist
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Sorry posting this here, but after waiting for 2 weeks for a reply on another forum I am giving up. You guys are helpful here.
I was sent a PDF file of an article that was in a magazine and I cannot figure out how to post it on my site. I am using Mixxmag if that helps.
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- Ragdata
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- Upload it using your Joomla Media Manager ... then you can click the little pencil icon for a link you can copy and paste into any article (does 1.5.x still do that?? I gotta spend more time on the new stuff).
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- Lemontwist
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- Ok I will try that, thank you very much. See that is why this is the number 1 forum. I bet a year from now my post on that other forum still won't be answered, lol.
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- Ragdata
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Bah ... you just caught me in a good mood ... at least I didn't beat you with a fish
Don't forget to tick the thread if it works for you. - Ragdata's Rubber Duck
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- Lemontwist
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I think I need to be beat by a fish!
It didn't work. And no pencil icon in 1.5
JFile::read: Unable to open file: ''
Warning: Failed to move file!
Error. Unable to upload file.
By the way, what does it mean to tick the thread?
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- John Hodgkinson
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- Retired, but build and run websites for organisations of school leaders and others - e.g. http://www.icponline.org, http://www.aspa.asn.au, http://www.appa.asn.au
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If Media Manager does not work for you, then you can use an ftp program to upload the file to one of the folders on your site. I put my uploads in folders under the images folder - that way, you can find them in Media Manager later.
Then you can link to that file inside your article by:
1. Typing something like "Click here to download the pdf file."
2. Highlight that sentence.
3. Click on the Link symbol above the editing window, and a small window will open.
3. Type "images/subfoldername/filename.pdf" in the top line of the small window, and then click on Update/Submit or similar at the bottom of the small window.
4. Save the article with the link on it, and check on the site that the link works.
I am sorry if you know all the above steps, but I thought that I might as well put all of it into this message while I was here.
I find that Media Manager does not always work for me, as far as uploading goes. I understand that it has something to do with folder permissions, but I don't know much about that. FTP always works for me. Filezilla is a useful ftp program (same developers as Firefox).
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- Lemontwist
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Omg my brain is on overload. Between this and trying to upload REC and it not cooperating I am ready to beg for and or pay for someone to do it.
John don't be sorry about posting all those steps. It is much appreciated by me and I am sure will help others.
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- Ragdata
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It's a folder permissions problem. MOST LIKELY you are running on a platform that doesn't have the equivalent of mod_suphp (Apache) installed or correctly configured - mind you, you need to dot your I's and cross your T's with that one to make sure you don't leave a gaping wide security hole (and given your post, you probably didn't understand a word I just said).
It's a problem many hosts have. John's excellent instructions above will definately help you - but perhaps only in the short term. Check your 'System Info' in Joomla - it's a page that tells you whether particular directories which are essential to the smooth running of Joomla are 'writeable' or not. Be prepared for a shock ... if you see a lot of red, you need to either:
- Find a host who knows how to correctly configure an account for Joomla
- Pay someone to fix it for you - and this will most likely involve a wrestling match with your host
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- Yves
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Donna,
You could use www.scribd.com/
Upload the pdf to scribd, you can customize the code and embed it in an article with different view modes, like list, book, slideshow or tiled.
Exemple of integration here: www.privatel.ch/index.php?option=com_con...icle&id=75&Itemid=84 - Yves
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