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Templates & Styles (Requests & Discussions) / Displaying PDFs
« on: April 22, 2005, 09:29:13 PM »
I hardly think this counts as a Mod when stacked against some of the fantastic stuff in here (and it's probably been discussed elewhere) but I couldn't find a better place to post this.
With the standard layout the only option for a PDF file is to download. So I wanted to give an option to view online.
From the templates/default/media I edited pdf.html to read:
Obviously the path to the icon is hard coded as I haven't figured how to make {media_icon} display properly.
Also I haven't figured how to be able to display a thumbnail other than the default.
'View In a New Window' is only there because so many people block new windows opening.
It's real rough but it works in IE, Firefox and Opera. I think it also allows a PDF to be added to a lightbox or sent as an e-card too.
Feel free to polish or pull it to pieces
With the standard layout the only option for a PDF file is to download. So I wanted to give an option to view online.
From the templates/default/media I edited pdf.html to read:
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<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>PDF File</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<BR>
<CENTER>
<A HREF="{media_src}" TARGET="_blank"><IMG SRC="http://SITENAME.com/gallery/templates/default/icons/pdf.gif" BORDER="1">
<BR>View In a New Window</A>
</CENTER>
<BR>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Obviously the path to the icon is hard coded as I haven't figured how to make {media_icon} display properly.
Also I haven't figured how to be able to display a thumbnail other than the default.
'View In a New Window' is only there because so many people block new windows opening.
It's real rough but it works in IE, Firefox and Opera. I think it also allows a PDF to be added to a lightbox or sent as an e-card too.
Feel free to polish or pull it to pieces