HOW TO ADD .PDF DOCUMENTS

1) Where to upload the .PDF document

By default, all uploaded product images are stored in the /public_html/media/catalog/product/ folder. A logic place to store the pdf documents, would then be to create a pdf folder under the product folder. If you choose to add a folder for each product brand, the ‘any_pdf_document.pdf’ can be stored here:

http://mydomain.com:2222/CMD_FILE_MANAGER/domains/mydomain.com/public_html/media/catalog/product/pdf/productbrand_1/any_pdf_document.pdf

2) How to find the url to a uploaded .PDF document

If you want to link to the document from any web page, the url reference will then be: “http://www.mydomain.com/public_html/media/catalog/product/pdf/productbrand_1/any_pdf_document.pdf”

I prefer to sort the documents by product (brand), to make it more structured.

Please note that you can store your Documents in any folder in the public_html area, for example you might consider to make your own pdf and video folders direct under the public_html folder, like this:

http://mydomain.com:2222/CMD_FILE_MANAGER/domains/mydomain.com/public_html/pdf/
To link to the same pdf document, use this url: http://mydomain.com/public_html/pdf/

http://mydomain.com:2222/CMD_FILE_MANAGER/domains/mydomain.com/public_html/video/
And to link to the video, use this url: http://mydomain.com/public_html/video/

If you prefer to sort your documents and videos by product brand, it will look like this:

http://mydomain.com:2222/CMD_FILE_MANAGER/domains/mydomain.com/public_html/pdf/brand/
To link to the pdf document, use this url: http://mydomain.com/public_html/pdf/brand/
That will look like this in the url address bar: http://mydomain.com/pdf/brand/

http://mydomain.com:2222/CMD_FILE_MANAGER/domains/mydomain.com/public_html/video/brand/
And to link to the video, use this url: http://mydomain.com/public_html/video/brand/
That will look like this in the url address bar: http://mydomain.com/video/brand/

3.  How to link to a .PDF document within Magento

To link to my_document.pdf on the detailed product page or on a cms page, you may use this code:

<h4>Downloads / Support / Product Videos:</h4> <a href="http://www.mydomain.com/pdf/brand/my_document.pdf" target="_blank" title="Download Product User Manual” onMouseOver="window.status=’Product User Manual; return true” onMouseOut="window.status=’ ‘“><b>User Manual</b></a> (528 Kb) .pdf Adobe Reader document

If you add the code to your product under the ‘Product Information, Decriptions, Short Decription’, you have now added a link to a pdf product document (that opens in its own window) on the detailed product page. With Modern Theme Layout installed, the link will appear below the ADD TO CART button (please see the enclosed screen photo).

You can also easily add a CMS page that display a collection of Document links, by creating a new ‘Product Documents Title’ in the CMS section, under the ‘Manage Pages’.