Adding a pdf to an Joomla article – JCE
Click to view the video version of this lesson using Joomla 2.5Step 1
Login to your website and open the article you wish to add your pdf or other downloadable document to
Step 2
1) Add the text that will make the link to the document – highlight this text
2) Click on the add link button – a new dialogue window will open
Step 3
1) The advanced Link dialogue box will open – click on the browse button
Step 4
The media manager will open
1) Click on the file upload – The upload dialogue box will open
Step 5
1) Click the Add button – you will now be able to select the file from your own computer
2) You will see the file appear in the queue window – repeat step 1 for adding more documents
3) Click the Upload button – this will load the documents from your computer to the website file manager.
4) Close this window
Step 6
1) You will now see the new files in the media manager – click on the file you wish to link to
2) Details of the select file will appear here
3) Click the insert button – this dialogue box will close
Step 7
1) The link dialogue box will show confirmation of the linked document location
2) Click the Insert button to create the link
Step 8
You will see the text has now become a link
Save the changes to your Joomla article
Visit the website and check you pdf is downloading / opening correctly
Click to view the video version of this lesson using Joomla 2.5