How do I add a PDF or Word document to my site?

Step 1: Add document to your website

Log into your admin panel, go to Site>Media Manager

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Double-click on the 'docs' folder. If there is no 'docs' folder, create one by entering the name 'docs' and clicking on the 'Create Folder' button just above all the folder images on the right. After you've created it, double-click on the 'docs' folder.

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You will see the 'docs' item highlighted on the left, indicating that you are now in the 'docs' folder. At the bottom you will see some buttons which can be used for uploading documents on your own computer, to the website. **Please note that your document name cannot contain spaces, otherwise you will have problems trying to view it. You can use dashes to separate words eg standing-order-form.pdf.

Click on the 'browse' button and find the document you want to add, and double-click on it. You will then see the location appear in the field next to the 'browse' button. Click 'start upload'.

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Eventually you will see your document appear in the 'docs' folder and a message 'Upload complete'.

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Step 2: Create a menu item linking to your document (or see step 3 for inserting link into a page)

Go to menus>mainmenu and click on 'New' at the top right to create a new menu item. Select 'External Link' as below:

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Fill in the details as follows. The 'Link' field will always begin with images/docs/ and then will include the filename. Replace 'filename' with the name of the file you're linking to (the one you uploaded in the first step above). When you're filled the form in, save it.

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Step 3: Insert a link in your page to your document

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