Link to a pdf

Hi Jason

Would you have a sample of the code to use on the front end.

Thanks

Hi,

In this example, we'll use a single record section called additional_information. In that section we'll have an upload field called "pdf" that only allows 1 pdf to be uploaded at any given time.

list($additionalRecord,$additionalMetaData)=getRecords(array(
'tableName' => 'additional_information',
'allowSearch' => false,
'limit' => 1,
));
$additional = $additionalRecord[0]; //get first record

We can now output a link to our pdf:

<?php if($additional['pdf']): ?>
<?php $pdf = $additional['pdf'][0];?>
<a href="<?php echo $pdf['urlPath'];?>">Download</a>
<?php endif ?>

Hope this helps

Hi

Can we upload a file, for example brochure.pdf to a directory called downloads and then just create a link on the front end wherever we want and point it to downloads/brochure.pdf.

And when a new pdf is uploaded it just gets called brochure.pdf overwriting the existing one.

Thanks again.

Hi,

You would upload the file through your sections upload field. You can set this field to upload to a specific directory if you don't want to use the default "uploads" folder.

If you only want to have one brochure available at any given time, the best thing to do would be to limit the field to only allow 1 upload. If you want to then put up a new brochure, just use the "remove" link beside your current brochure inside CMS Builder and then upload your new pdf. The code you use won't have to change, it will link to whatever file is currently uploaded.

Hope this helps