Document link widget

Document link widget

Use this widget to display a link to a single document on your page. You can choose a document from a document library or upload a new document.


 

After you drag a Document link widget onto your page, you must configure it to display a link to a document. 

 

Click the Edit button  in the upper-right corner of the widget.


The 
Select Document window opens and displays recent documents.

If there are no documents currently in any libraries, you’ll be able to upload one here.

In the right side of the window under Already uploaded documents, you can select the library where the document you want to display is located. You can see all documents and sub-libraries in this library.

·         Click the document you want to display.

 

·         Click “Done selecting.”

 

To upload a document, click “Upload document” in the top left of the window. You can either or drag and drop the file into the window, or click Select document from your computer” to browse your computer to find the document you want to upload, then click “Open.”


You can select only one document.

 

·         Under Where to store the uploaded document? click “Select” to select the library where you want to store the document.

 

The tree with all created libraries appears. Select the library and click “Done selecting.

The Title of the document will be auto-populated with the file name, but you can change this if you’d like.

 

·         Click on Categories and tags to choose the categories and the tags for the document is assigned to.

 

·         Click “Upload.”

The document will now be uploaded.

 

To change the selected document, click the Change document” button and perform the previous steps again.

 

To edit the document, click “Edit all properties.

The Edit properties window opens.

 

When you are finished, click “Save.
The 
Document Link window closes and the widget is configured to display the file you have selected. 



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