newbee needs help loading pdf files

[lipripper]

Please help I am new to this stuff--
I need to load pdf files that link to the "more info page"
The only help I can find directs me to load in images---did it-but all I get is the redX--
Thanks,
Dave-the web dummieeee---

[loren_d_c]

You can upload your PDF file through the Images -> Upload an Image function to get your file onto the server. However you cannot select that file as an image setting for a ShopSite page or product, these settings should only be used with actual images because the HTML to put an image on a page is different than what you would need to link to some other kind of file, such as a PDF file. You would have to create the HTML for the link yourself and put that in one of the text fields (for example, if it is for a product, you could put the HTML link in the Product Description field and/or the More Information Page Text field). If you upload through ShopSite's Images function, then the file is always going to be somewhere with the 'media' subdirectory of the directory where your ShopSite-generated pages are. So if your ShopSite pages are at:

http://www.yourdomain.com/store

then your file uploaded through the Images menu may be at something like this:

http://www.yourdomain.com/store/media/yourfile.pdf

In which case the HTML for your link to this file could look something like this:

<a href="http://www.yourdomain.com/store/media/yourfile.pdf">Download the PDF File</a>

The the text 'Download the PDF File' that would be on your HTML page would then be a link to the file you uploaded.

-Loren

[lipripper]

it worked first time---bless UUUUU

[johnlang]

I'm wondering if I can use a variation of the technique described here to let my customers shop for a pdf file and purchase it all in a secure environment. Specifically, I'd like to sell an electronic pdf version of my book. Any ideas on how to set this up correctly? I don't want customers to get to the file until after they pay!

[robm]

If you have ShopSite Pro, you can use the digital download feature which is designed to allow the selling of electronic software/files such as PDFs securely. Reference:

http://www.shopsite.com/help/9.0/en-US/ ... files.html