Press a button - download a pdf file

[johngwms]

Please forgive my lack of html knowledge.

I have inserted a button in a product page to download and display a datasheet pdf file.

Can anyone help me with the html code need to download the pdf file (resident in the main folder as a result of uploading as an additional file and display in a new window)?

I seem to have had a mental block with everything else to do and seem unable to work it out . I have searched the posts etc.

Thanks

John

[leehack]

<a href="http://www.mystore.co.uk/acatalog/example.pdf" target="_new">Download PDF</a>

Why don't you use the link tab and make your job easy?

[NormanRouxel]

Use Jont's idea but remember to keep your PDF in the Site folder.

You may also have to add it to Design / Additional Files to nudge Actinic into uploading it for you. Actinic automatically detects and uploads image files but I've a feeling it fails to detect PDF's.

[pinbrook]

Use Jont's idea .... .

or Lee's.......

[NormanRouxel]

Oops. I meant Lee'nts.

[johngwms]

Thanks, of course.

The filename is stored as a custom variable for each product. How can I construct the full URL for the href parameter based on this?

John

[peblaco]

You could use <actinic:variable name="CatalogURL" /> which takes the store folder name then put the custom variable on the end.

[leehack]

Why don't you use the link tab and avoid all problems?

[johngwms]

Thank you Louise

This takes me further - there is the last final issue to solve.

The variable is set setup by an inbuilt Actinic funtion which allows one to browse the folder structure to select a file. The complete path+ the filename is then inserted into the custom variable. This would need to be removed leaving just the filename.

I do not have any current experience of doing this so some help would be appreciated.

[johngwms]

The site layout uses buttons to implement a range of functions. How would the Link Tab work with these? I am not sure what you mean.

eg: http://www.thedebugstore.com/acatalo...ace__1494.html

[leehack]

The variable is set setup by an inbuilt Actinic funtion which allows one to browse the folder structure to select a file. The complete path+ the filename is then inserted into the custom variable. This would need to be removed leaving just the filename.

The browse facility on the link tab does all of this for you also. All you need to do is convert the link to be an image as you seem to be doing anyway. Get a standard link showing on screen that links to your pdf first, that's standard functionality to do that. Then the last bit can be to convert to an image.

[johngwms]

Lee

Where will I find the Link Tab? In which dialogue?

[leehack]

On any product or any fragment.

[johngwms]

Lee

I have found and tried the Link Tab (I assume I have the right one) but it only leaves a text link at the bottom of the product description.

I am using a button to make the link stand out more. This still leaves me with a problem.

[leehack]

So move it to where you want it to show in the product layout and adjust the code to use your image instead of link text, which i presume you've done on the others. I'm not getting why you are confused at this point?