Adding a PDF file to your Community Blog
To host a PDF file for a Blog we will have to make it alink for people to download/view it. To do this what we need to do is first upload the PDF to a freehosting site. This will keep the PDF file online for people to download it from. After we have it hosted we just need to make a link on the Blog for people to download it from. This would cause the PDF to open up in a new window on most peoples web browsers, if not then they could download it and open it from there. Here are some instructions taken from blogging basics 101 on how to host a PDF for Blogger:
"You can only upload pictures to your Blogger blog, you can’t upload
documents or pdf files. However, there is a work-around. You can upload your
document or pdf to a free host site such as scribd.com. An account with
scibd.com is free and allows you unlimited space forhosting your documents. This
helpful online application walks youthrough uploading your documents and then
sharing with your audience.
1. Create a free account with scribd.
2. Click the Upload Document button.
3. Click the title of the document you want to share. You will betaken to a
new page where you can add descriptions, change the titleof the document, add
tags, etc.
4. Click the Publish button. You will be taken to a new page withthat
document.
5. Click on the Share icon above the document. It looks like this:
Share
6. Copy the URL you are given.
7. Open Blogger and go to the post you want to edit. In your post,highlight
the word(s) you want to link to the pdf or document.
8. Click the Link button (looks like chainlink over a globe) andpaste the
URL of the document you uploaded to scribd in the box.
9. Save your work or publish."
