I've looked around at the forum and found a few posts on this topic, but I'm still unable to get my link to work.
I've saved my PDF file and my storyline files in a folder on my desktop. I hyperlink as per usual (insert text, Hyperlink on the Insert tab>To file). But once I publish this the link does not work. What is up? I don't have a way to test this at the end user's site, unfortunately... let me know if anyone has tips!
I had this same issue and it puzzles me why Articulate doesn't clearly state this. The link will only work after you publish it to the web, not on preview or your shared network.
Interesting! So let me make sure I understand: If I click "Publish" and share with my team via e-mail, should they be able to open the link? Or is it really only after publishing to the Web (and you cross your fingers that it works)? THANKS!
It may work if you publish it as an .exe, but I don't think so. If you go here you can test what it would look like uploaded. Upload your published project and test it out.
I just tested it on a google site website I use for testing my projects, and the pdf opens from the storyline project, though as the previous user said it wont open in preview or on my local machine.
Thanks Matthew, you just saved my life. Thought I was going crazy (may of course still be going crazy) and then I found your solution to the attachments issue. Life saver- cheers.
This is a really strange behavior indeed. I inserted a few PDFs into the 'Resources' section of a recent project and then followed the instructions here:
...to link the various resource files to be opened via a click on a button on a slide. However when it was published and uploaded to the LMS we use, it did not work.
Interestingly enough, a coworker explained to me that I was going about this the wrong way. Apparently, you're actually supposed to NOT upload the PDFs into the 'Resources' section but rather just link directly to the files on your desktop or wherever they might be found locally. When you publish and upload the Storyline file, the PDFs somehow are packaged up and made accessible when you launch the course through your LMS. I published to SCORM 1.2 standard, if that helps any in understanding this situation.
It may seem strange, but there are real security issues circumvented by this process. I understand why they do it, but it should be made clear within the program.
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I had this same issue and it puzzles me why Articulate doesn't clearly state this. The link will only work after you publish it to the web, not on preview or your shared network.
Interesting! So let me make sure I understand: If I click "Publish" and share with my team via e-mail, should they be able to open the link? Or is it really only after publishing to the Web (and you cross your fingers that it works)? THANKS!
It may work if you publish it as an .exe, but I don't think so. If you go here you can test what it would look like uploaded. Upload your published project and test it out.
I just tested it on a google site website I use for testing my projects, and the pdf opens from the storyline project, though as the previous user said it wont open in preview or on my local machine.
Thanks Matthew, you just saved my life. Thought I was going crazy (may of course still be going crazy) and then I found your solution to the attachments issue. Life saver- cheers.
This is a really strange behavior indeed. I inserted a few PDFs into the 'Resources' section of a recent project and then followed the instructions here:
http://www.articulate.com/support/storyline/how-to-link-to-a-file-resource-attachment
...to link the various resource files to be opened via a click on a button on a slide. However when it was published and uploaded to the LMS we use, it did not work.
Interestingly enough, a coworker explained to me that I was going about this the wrong way. Apparently, you're actually supposed to NOT upload the PDFs into the 'Resources' section but rather just link directly to the files on your desktop or wherever they might be found locally. When you publish and upload the Storyline file, the PDFs somehow are packaged up and made accessible when you launch the course through your LMS. I published to SCORM 1.2 standard, if that helps any in understanding this situation.
Thanks for sharing Glen! There is another thread here where Mike and Geert explain this as well.
It may seem strange, but there are real security issues circumvented by this process. I understand why they do it, but it should be made clear within the program.
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