Links to Media

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    dogle · Member ·

    I have a page that creates a list of links to PDF files that I have uploaded into my media files section. When I upload those files, they appear to be organized by date (e.g., the link will be something like — http://fishr.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/chapter11.pdf). If later, I want to upload a modified version of chapter11.pdf it will appear as a different link due to the link containing the date in it. In this case, I need to then change the links on my pages to this document, whereas I would prefer that the newly modified file simply replaces the old file such that any links that I made to it will remain the same.

    Is there a solution to this issue? Should I be uploading files in a different way? Can I link to them in a different way?

    Thanks in advance for the help.

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    justpi · Member ·

    No, there’s no solution if you upload the files to your blog: if you re-upload the same file a different month the date in the URL will be different, and if you re-upload it the same month the name will be different (“chapter11.pdf” will become “chapter111.pdf”), even if you have deleted the previous version.
    If you need non-changing URLs, you need to upload the files to a free file hosting site that allows replacing and gives direct URLs (for instance Fileden).

  • Unknown's avatar
    dogle · Member ·

    justpi,

    Thanks for the help, though that news is unfortunate. I had thought of the file hosting site route but did not find a site that met my needs. So, also thanks for the heads-up on Fileden (any other suggestions would also be welcome). Thanks again for the prompt and useful answer.

  • Unknown's avatar
    justpi · Member ·

    You’re welcome. Other candidate is Kiwi6.
    You can also display the PDFs, if you wish, via Scribd:
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/scribd/

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