Posted on 08/05/2012 8:48:19 PM PDT by John Leland 1789
I am transcribing and digitizing articles from out-of-print books that are more than one hundred years old. The material has not been posted on the Internet anywhere, with the exception of less than ten articles out of perhaps 1,500.
I want to post many of the articles on Free Republic in the Religious forum.
Because accurate posting of the articles requires a lot of formatting, I want to post the PDF files that I have created.
I still cannot discover how to post the PDF files as PDF files.
We know that to post photos, we must upload the photo on to some site like Photobucket, or some similar site, and then copy the direct link on to a post on FR.
There must be some URL to which one can upload PDF files, and then use a direct link to post it on FR.
If so, I have not found such a site.
Would anyone like to give some instruction in this regard ?
I can provide space on my server- FReepmail me to set it up.
If you own a domain name had have hosting of same, you can post the PDF files there.
If not, try Scribd. Google it.
If you run out of room on your server, let me know.
I’m hosted by Netfirms, unlimited storage and transfer.
There are PDF to HTML translators. The should keep the format you want. I don’t know which are best but they are out there.
Now I need to know what HTML to use to get the post to grab the PDF article direct link and make it appear in the post, if that is possible.
Dropbox uses folders, the only one being available to the public being the “public” folder. If you place your documents in a different folder, you’ll have to change the attributes for that folder to make it available to the public.
BTW, Dropbox is great. I use it to provide up-to-date information such as rosters to other officers of my Legion post, my Kiwanis club, etc. We each have Dropbox accounts and I’ve invited them to add my appropriate folder. So, my folder with the updated files automatically appears in their Dropbox (even locally on their PC).
Steve Wozniak
“I really worry about everything going to the cloud,” he said. “I think it’s going to be horrendous. I think there are going to be a lot of horrible problems in the next five years.”
He added: “With the cloud, you don’t own anything. You already signed it away” through the legalistic terms of service with a cloud provider that computer users must agree to.
“I want to feel that I own things,” Wozniak said. “A lot of people feel, ‘Oh, everything is really on my computer,’ but I say the more we transfer everything onto the web, onto the cloud, the less we’re going to have control over it.”
I don’t disagree - certainly I’d never upload files containing anything I had a proprietary interest in. But for the original poster’s purposes - sharing digitized versions of works in the public domain - cloud storage seems ideal.
Yes, I've checked Gutenburg. Not there.
I read them and use Dragon Dictate to transcribe them.
Sure, I could just just scan them, but then I wouldn't be reading and absorbing them for my own edification. Creating the PDF files (after my wife and daughter does serious proof reading) is just one of my purposes. These materials form a part of my own personal study, both doctrinal and devotional.
I read them, and then read them again aloud while transcribing them. I take the time to look up the Scripture references in their contexts and make a lot of notes. I read them yet again while editing them and correcting errors found by my wife and daughter.
Much of the material ends up in my study Bible, and some in my preaching Bible for illustration or reference purposes.
Project Gutenberg has Johann Arndt’s True Christianity as one of its volumes. (I helped proof this one, which is what prompted me to download it once it was done.) As a major theological work, it’s worth checking out.
Put the files in the “Public” folder that Dropbox creates for you.
Click on the Dropbox icon in the lower right pane and select “Open Dropbox folder”
Double-click the Public folder
For each file you want to share, right click the file and select “Dropbox -> Copy public link” Where “->” means to traverse a menu.
The link is on your clipboard. Go to a post you’re composing for FR or to a Word file and type “CTRL-v”. That is hold down the Control key and type v at the same time.
This will put in the link to the file. Repeat for each file.
I was hoping to post entire articles without having to send anyone to a link, but I'll have to do it, I guess, the way you suggest.
When I find a PDF to HTML converter that I like, I'll use that.
Much appreciated, Friend !
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