How to Put a File on Your Web Page
If you have a document that enhances the content on your website, consider publishing this file to the page to provide greater value to your visitors. You can include all kinds of files, including those in PDF or SIT formats, as a hyperlink download. Clicking the link displays the document, and viewers have the option to save it to their computer. Use your Web host and HyperText Markup Language (HTML) to put the file of your choice on your Web page.
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Instructions
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Log in to your Web host account to upload your document. Access the main directory where you keep your other website files by finding your control panel and double-clicking the "Public_HTML" or "Public_WWW" folder. Click the "Upload" or "Browse" button and follow the onscreen prompts to select your document and add it to the directory. Write down the address location for your file once the upload process is complete (for example, "http://www.yoursite.com/file.pdf").
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Bring up the Web page you want to put the file on in a text editor. Position your cursor in the area where you want the link to display.
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Type the following anchor code to attach your file to the Web page:
<a href=" "></a>
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Enter the URL address of your document between the quotation marks in the first tag. Enter the name of your file between the tags to create a hyperlink that alerts visitors to click the file. To illustrate:
<a href="http://www.yoursite.com/file.pdf">File Name</a>
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Save your document and place it back on your Web host to publish your work.
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