How to display lots of PDF downloads stylishly?
Dubber Dan - September 10, 2009 - 16:18
I'm working on a site that will have several pages that have lots of PDFs to download. Rather than displaying them in the dull upload module attachment list, how would I present them in a more stylish/visually pleasing way that's easy to add to and change later?
Views
You don't specify how you want to improve their appearance, but you can list file attachments using http://drupal.org/project/views , which would give you more granular control of theming.
More details of of helped...
Sorry for not saying originally, but here's some thoughts.
Rather than the dull grey list of attachments that the upload module does, I'd rather have a grid or list showing the file name and a PDF logo for each item. Partly so they take up more screen space, but also so they are easier for the reader to see what's there and choose.
Or perhaps a coloured button/block for each item with the file name on that?
In both instances, it would be great if once the method & styling is set up, the files can easily be uploaded (I use FCKeditor and IMCE) and they then get displayed as per the settings.
I would imagine this is in the realm of CCK/views/panels but don't have much experience with CCK to date.
Dan
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You can of course do this with a view and some styling, but maybe checkout the http://drupal.org/project/itweak_upload module first.
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