Best way to organize a PDF catalog on a web site?

[torndownunit]

Hey guys I am looking for some tips on the structure of a web site.

The company has a catalog in PDF form. They want the whole thing available as a download, but also want it set up on the site with links to each page. I am not used to setting something like this up on a site.

I am just looking for some tips on how to lay it out. Their current site, which i didn't work on, is really old and just uses frames like this: http://www.technicor.ca/content/catalog.shtml . Frames do work for the situation, but are pretty I guess design wise.

I would LIKE to be able to use Wordpress for the site and implement the solution into that because Wordpress would work well for their other site needs. But the catalog is a key part of the site, so I would have to base whatever design tool/site type I use around that.

Thanks for any tips!

 

[design-is]

You could check out this WordPress plugin, this one, or this one. They allow you to view a PDF on the page without the use of any browser plugins - Javascript only with the help of google docs. Might be useful for what you're trying to do?

Or, you could just create a 1 page PDF for each page in the catalogue and upload them all separately, listing them all on a page as links.

Or....... I found this article about using wp shortcodes to embed using google docs.

/Doug

 

[torndownunit]

Thanks! Working my way through the links now.

 

[torndownunit]

hm, anyone have a solution for trying to make multiple documents appear in a single viewer?

I think an iFrame may be what I need but I am not sure how to implement it.

EG have a set of links pdf1, pdf2, pdf3 etc. When clicked they open in an iframe. I am not sure how to implement this in Wordpress though. Could someone give me some tips?

Thanks