linking to a PDF file uploaded into the resources area

Aug 05, 2015

Is there a way to upload a file into the resources area, and then rather than use the build in resources tab in the player, trigger that same behavior on an object?

 

 

6 Replies
Christie Pollick

Hi, Ari -- Please bear with me if I am not understanding your query correctly, and I'd like to ask a few questions for clarification. Did you want a trigger to make the resource tab appear rather than have it in the player? Or did you want to link a button or such to the resource tab so it only opens at a certain time? Unfortunately, I don't think either option will be possible. 

What you may want to try is using a lightbox as described here. Otherwise, maybe some members of the community will be able to chime in with some ideas you can try! :)

Ari Avivi

thanks Ashley,

It doesn't seem to want to work for me.  Do i need to publish first to move the document into the story content folder.

RIght now I don't when I click on the link it doesn't do anything, any of the other links to external elements, come back as not available during preview, which is good that means they work.

any help is appreicated

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard

Hi Ari,

Yup - you won't be able to open links to URLs or hyperlinks as a part of the preview, and you can read about other things that don't work in Preview here. 

The story_content folder doesn't exist until you publish, but since publishing will create the same file structure including that folder each time, you can just utilize that method and text to include the link - but you won't be able to test or utilize it until you publish and then test within the intended publish environment. 

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