Monday, October 29, 2007

Example of a Scribd Paper PDF Embed

Description: Hawaii Superfery House Bill Early DRAFT

Several problems are being experienced with this embedded window.

1.) The window must be resized to an apx. width of 400, so as not to collide with Blogger Profile panels on the right side of the page.

2.) If resized with the "advanced" Embed option in Scribd, the text download options at the base of the window become larger and scroll off the window's right side.

3.) In order to see a high quality preview in a default size window it is always necessary to right click in the Scribd window and reselect "Quality, High" , even though that is the current setting.

3a.) Please follow this link for Scribd's workaround: http://blog.scribd.com/2007/09/better-looking-flashpaper.html

4.) A lack of responsiveness for all scrolling controls and text selection functions.

Postscript: 10/29/07 @ 3:00 pm. Scribd informs that a new completely redesigned viewer will be released in a few weeks. Wonderful news!

ScribdPaper window in its default size of 450 x 500:



ScribdPaper window rezized to 400 x 500:



ScribdPaper window rezized to 600 x 500:

Google Pages as a PDF Archive

Creating a Google Pages web site will allow you to archive up to 100 MB of information. The ability to direct readers to a complete semi-custom designed resource is appealing.

In many ways a better solution than a free PDF file hosting service; albeit with a little more effort required of a reader wishing to view or download PDF files. The content and design of a Google Pages site is up to you and therefore can complement the look and feel of your blog. Although difficult to ascertain, and no doubt subject to debate, the reliability of a Google service may in fact be of some measurable advantage.

An intriguing benefit to a Google Pages site is as a backup to your blog, if the Blogger service should ever be interrupted. As well as providing an additional outlet for your content, making it available to the entire web community. All in all, a pretty neat creative option.

More test links:

  1. Test Link (http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/splsession2007b/bills/HB1_.PDF)
  2. Test Link (file located on Google Pages)