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BobRoosth · 01-11-2008, 09:11 AM

One of my clients is an immigration attorney. He asked me how to do what one of his competitors does. The link follows. I don't like this implementation for at least two reasons: it uses frames and it only works as designed in IE.

But is there a good way to display a PDF while retaining a back link to the referring web site?

From Subject Received Size
Curtis Pierce Linking to pdf files and keeping it on the site.

http://www.shusterman.com/cgi-bin/ex...s/form/i-9.pdf

Howard Allen · 01-11-2008, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by BobRoosth

But is there a good way to display a PDF while retaining a back link to the referring web site?

I know nothing about web design, and this may not be "a good way," but you could, of course, place a link in the PDF itself that would jump back to the original web page.

ktinkel · 01-11-2008, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BobRoosth

[LEFT]One of my clients is an immigration attorney. He asked me how to do what one of his competitors does. The link follows. I don't like this implementation for at least two reasons: it uses frames and it only works as designed in IE.

But is there a good way to display a PDF while retaining a back link to the referring web site?

Dunno. Bet that one of the others here will some ideas.

It doesn’t work at all in Safari (which normally handles PDFs directly and very well), and in Firefox invites me to download and open the PDF.

I didn’t look at the content, but wonder if it is really something that needs to be in a PDF at all. Inserting PDFs into a web site is rarely elegant, and often problematic.

Mike · 01-11-2008, 10:28 AM

Works OK in my Safari.

The page is a frameset with the site banner in the top frame and the pdf loaded into the bottom frame.

Code:

<HTML>
<! -- EX-LINK.HTML 10/21/00 CS-->
<TITLE>The Law Offices of Carl Shusterman</TITLE>
 
<frameset ROWS="95,*">
<frame SRC="http://www.shusterman.com/ad.html" SCROLLING="no" BORDER=0 FRAMEBORDER="no" NORESIZE NAME="top" TARGET="_top">
 
<frame SRC="http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-9.pdf" BORDER=0 FRAMEBORDER="no"  NORESIZE NAME="bottom" TARGET="_top">
 
</frameset>
</html>

annc · 01-11-2008, 12:26 PM

In Safari under Leopard it tries to open the PDF but gives the black rectangle with the Acrobat logo in the middle which is (currently) normal when trying to display a PDF from any site.

Benwiggy · 01-12-2008, 07:50 AM

Works for me fine in Leopard with Safari:
Frame at the top displays advert and links; PDF follows below.

The question is whether you would want to display the form, rather than just download or print it.

annc · 01-12-2008, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benwiggy

Works for me fine in Leopard with Safari

Which version? I'm using Acrobat Pro 8.1.1 and get a black rectangle with a logo in the middle.

Mike · 01-13-2008, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by annc

Which version? I'm using Acrobat Pro 8.1.1 and get a black rectangle with a logo in the middle.

Are you waiting for it to load? I think I get that (a sort of spinning wheel-like thingy) before the pdf displays.

I do wish I hadn't upgraded to the latest Acrobat -- it has a clunkier interface and loads more slowly than earlier versions.

Michael Rowley · 01-13-2008, 07:54 AM

Mike:

Quote:

I do wish I hadn't upgraded to the latest Acrobat -- it has a clunkier interface and loads more slowly than earlier versions

It's much better not to rely on Acrobat merely for reading existing PDF files: download Adobe Reader, which opens faster.

annc · 01-13-2008, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike

Are you waiting for it to load? I think I get that (a sort of spinning wheel-like thingy) before the pdf displays..

No, I get a black rectangle with the Acrobat logo in the middle. See the attachment.

01-11-2008, 09:11 AM	#1
BobRoosth Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Los Angeles, Ca. Posts: 942	Insert PDF in site One of my clients is an immigration attorney. He asked me how to do what one of his competitors does. The link follows. I don't like this implementation for at least two reasons: it uses frames and it only works as designed in IE. But is there a good way to display a PDF while retaining a back link to the referring web site? From Subject Received Size Curtis Pierce Linking to pdf files and keeping it on the site. http://www.shusterman.com/cgi-bin/ex...s/form/i-9.pdf

01-11-2008, 12:26 PM	#5
annc Sysop Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Subtropical Queensland, Australia, between the mountains and the Coral Sea Posts: 4,592	In Safari under Leopard it tries to open the PDF but gives the black rectangle with the Acrobat logo in the middle which is (currently) normal when trying to display a PDF from any site. __________________

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