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UPLOADS

Nov 6, 2005 1:58AM PST

Hi, I'm just building my site which will have links to 2 pdf files and 2 excel files. I understand how to upload the website. How do I upload the 4 files? How do I link them from my site? Thanks for helping me out! Dimitri

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uploads
Nov 7, 2005 12:56AM PST

first of all it depends on what software you're using or if you're building it with your hosting. If you're using a software there should be an option to "insert object" or file or something along those lines. If that doesn't work then check the help section of the program. If you're using your host. There should be some kind of customer support. You'd have to ask them.

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UPLOADS
Nov 7, 2005 2:16AM PST

Thank you for your suggestions and help, Dimitri

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uploads
Nov 11, 2005 5:38AM PST

You should be able to upload the files to your server the same way you upload your html pages. Are you using FTP, or does your web host have an upload page? If so, just use the same process with your pdf's and Excel files.

To link them to your site you can insert a hyperlink from one of your pages, just make it a link to the file.

For example if you uploaded a file called form.pdf, and you uploaded it to your root folder on your web site, the address for the hyperlink would read:

http://www.yoursite.com/form.pdf

If you upload them to a different folder, for example, you upload form.pdf to your "documents" folder, your hyperlink address would be

http://www.yoursite.com/documents/form.pdf

This way when someone clicks the link to the form it will open up and they will be happy!

Cheers,
Matt

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d'oh!
Nov 11, 2005 5:41AM PST

I didn't realize www.yoursite.com is an actual site! I'm sure you figured this out, but in my last post www.yoursite.com is a reference to the domain you are actually using.

Ha that's funny