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Cant seem to successfully import a pdf file or excel file.

Is the file manager limited to image files only?

PDF is an image...

Nige

nige
 
elyon replied on at Permalink Reply
elyon
You should be able to upload PDF and Excel files. The File Manager does have an extension filter, but you can customize it by going to Dashboard > File Manager > Access > Allowed File types.

Could you be going over the PHP file upload limit on your server? Are the permissions on your server's upload folder configured so that it is writable?
nige replied on at Permalink Reply
nige
Ive seen what it is.

The file is there when I go into the file manager.

If however I go add file to a block for instance the pdf file doesnt show even when I search the pdf attribute extension...
nige replied on at Permalink Reply
nige
This seems to be a bug...
elyon replied on at Permalink Reply
elyon
Which block are you using?

You should be able to link to it using a Content block, but something like an Image block will only support standard types, like GIF, PNG and JPG.

Displaying a PDF requires the Acrobat plugin, so you will need to use an embed or object tag if you want to show it in your site, kind of like Flash or Quicktime. However, I would be careful, as PDF files can tend to be large in file size.

For more information on embedding PDFs, check out this post:

http://blog.flashcolony.com/?p=244...

Once you have the code you need you can put it in an HTML block
nige replied on at Permalink Reply
nige
Oh.

Oops I thought it was a bug.

OK so put it in a content block.

I'll try that cheers. pdf is optimized BTW.

Nige
nige replied on at Permalink Reply
nige
OK.

I want to DISPLAY this pdf as well as download it.

This doesnt see to be possible.

The content block lets me 'attach' the pdf and then lists it as blah.pdf.

But I want it to display?? Can I do this??

Nige
nige replied on at Permalink Reply
nige
I think I have to make a .jpg of the file, display that, then list the pdf for download.

mmm bit of a plaver.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Nige
elyon replied on at Permalink Reply
elyon
That sounds like a good idea. If a visitor doesn't have Acrobat installed, it's probably better for them to get that message after they download the file than when they try to visit the page.

Nevertheless, if you decided to embed it, you can also do it through a Content block if you click the edit HTML button, and paste in the embed code there.
nige replied on at Permalink Reply
nige
Oh right.

So the pdf has embed code? that when embedded it displays the pdf??

Nige
elyon replied on at Permalink Reply
elyon
Check out this article:

http://blog.flashcolony.com/?p=244...

It includes the syntax for a basic object tag as well as additional options you can use to control how it looks

Cheers
nige replied on at Permalink Reply
nige
Nice one thanks for that

Nige
tschram replied on at Permalink Reply
tschram
Thank you so much for your tips on how to add file types in the File Manager. It helped me load up xlsx files!

I really appreciate your tips.