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Can I add a PDF document to the generic section type?

Christine Cahoon   Fri 07 Mar 2014   updated: Tue 11 Aug 2015

Yes, but you must place the PDF document into your own personal Documents file store within your ETINU web site.

Go to Administration -> Documents and choose the option Add document and a simple form is displayed (see second screenshot) giving the document a title, keywords, comments (to help you identify the document) and use the Choose file option to select the document from your local machine and select Add.

Now it will appear in the list within Documents. In order to add it to a generic section you first have to copy its filename. Hover over the filename and select the right-hand button of the mouse (or select the right hand part of your track pad) and a mini menu will appear. Select Copy link (see first screenshot) and that will save the path to the document into your machine's clipboard.

Now go to the generic section type you want to add it to and select the text that you want the document to be associated with. Go to the Add Link option and a mini form is displayed (see second screenshot).

In the URL text box, replace the http:// with what you had copied in Documents by selecting the right-hand button of your mouse and pasting the document's web address (URL). Add a Title and choose from the dropdown menu if you want to replace the Current window when the document is selected or if you want it to open in a New window.

Select Update to update the page and you will see the page as the visitor will see it with the document appearing as a link.