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Hello:
I'm working on my churches website and I need to be able to have the monthly newsletter available for downloading for church members. I"m not shurch what tags to use. The site is hosted through a college Concordia University - Ann Arbor, Michigan. I've just began contacting them. I'm not sure if I'll be allowed to edit the content on the webserver or if I have to email it to them. For right now I just need to know what tags to use. Can I leave the document in .rtf so that whatever wordprossesor they use can read it, or do I have to have a MS Word and Adobe version available. The only concern I have is how much space I have available to use. tia, Klutz
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11-06-2005, 04:12 AM
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personally i'd save them as PDF's with some sort of protection on. Just keep a link on the host page to the adobe site to get the adobe reader. PDF files are also resonably small for what they are.
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11-06-2005, 06:19 AM
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rtf files are generally quite large, especially if you want to include pictures... thebranded's suggestion of .pdf files is a good one, that's the approach I'd take
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11-06-2005, 12:32 PM
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thanks,
Ok, pdf it is, but what does the html look like? thanks again, klutz |
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11-06-2005, 12:35 PM
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If you newsletters are just going to be .pdf files, all you need is a link on the page to open the file.
PHP Code:
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11-06-2005, 12:39 PM
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ok,
I did some looking do you just make it a targeted link like a normal page, but like this: a href - "document.pdm,rtf,txt,etc" >name<> ?? I want to make so that once the user clicks the link it will start to download. thanks, klutz |
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11-06-2005, 12:48 PM
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The example in my post will display the pdf inside the browser window. The user can also right-click on the link to save it to their hard drive if they want.
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11-06-2005, 12:53 PM
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ok,
Otherwise does it have to be setup server side? thanks, klutz |
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11-06-2005, 01:11 PM
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Nope. All you do is upload the .pdf file and everything else is handled client side.
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11-08-2005, 12:52 AM
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Ok,
I've got it all now. I just need to get the documents around from the responsible parties. (Which could be more difficult that it sounds.) Anyway, thank you all for the help. I'll post a link to the site once it's up. (Which could be a bit yet. I think the Church needs to ratify my design.) Don't critique me too hard; I'm a newb. thanks, klutz |
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