Hi, Is it possible to host a PDF on a Discourse instance? Meaning that you could go to discourse.example.com/random-file.pdf and you’d be able to access it from there. Thanks!

There’s the Inline PDF Previews theme component that might be of some use, or a plugin variation that allows PDFs to be opened in the browser Discourse send PDF inline .

If the instance allows for file uploads with the .pdf extension, it will look like this: oakland-sorting-guide.pdf (2.1 MB) Does that answer your question? :slight_smile: Original link is https://www.oaklandrecycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/oakland-sorting-guide.pdf , found at Recycling - O…

Hi there, I wanted it to be viewable on the domain - not downloadable, so that instead of downloading to the user’s device, they could view it online. Is that possible? Thanks!

[Bild] anon82911141: I wanted it to be viewable on the domain - not downloadable, so that instead of downloading to the user’s device, they could view it online. What you are describing is called “reading the PDF in the web browser”. The links JammyDodger shared will assist you to achieve tha…

@JammyDodger @maiki Many thanks for your help - those are the solutions I wanted to achieve!

Ein PDF hosten

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JammyDodger 18. April 2024 um 18:13 4

Es gibt die Theme-Komponente Inline PDF Previews, die nützlich sein könnte, oder eine Plugin-Variante, die das Öffnen von PDFs im Browser ermöglicht Discourse send PDF inline.

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