.pdf links don't work

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  morewastematters · Member · Feb 20, 2016 at 12:57 pm

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  Please help! This blog is part of a citizens action group about an incredibly offensive landfill and folks need the info in these .pdf files. I’ve posted this question to the forum twice before but gotten no reply. Thanks in advance!

  Here is my query:

  Hi. I have made several posts on my site, http://MoreWasteMatters.wordpress.com, that included links to documents formatted as .pdf or .ppt or .doc. I upload the documents into the media library without problem then click ‘insert into post.’ A link appears with the full address but when I preview the post or upload and look at the post, the links are not active. When I go back to the original posting (in edit mode) on the admin page, I see that the address that originally appeared from the media library and that was inserted has been shortened. I have tried viewing the posts in both Firefox and Safari (I work from a Mac) but neither are linking appropriately. Do you have any idea what could be causing the problem?

  Here is an example from a few days ago then the link did not work:
  https://morewastematters.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/landfill-issues-get-attention-in-richmond/

  And here is a link from a few weeks ago when the link did work:
  https://morewastematters.wordpress.com/2015/12/08/notice-from-neighbor-of-the-landfill-about-odors-resources/

  Thank you in advance.

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  morewastematters · Member · Feb 20, 2016 at 3:46 pm

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  The last time that a .pdf file that I uploaded to the blog worked properly, i.e. opened for people to read, was on December 15, 2015. Did something change with the Theme? Did something change with WordPress?

  The .pdfs do not open in Firefox or in Safari.

  Any suggestions? I’m really desperate to get these documents into the hands of people in the community.

  Thanks again.

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  morewastematters · Member · Feb 20, 2016 at 4:01 pm

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  In the post I am working on now, I click “add media” and click on “attachment page” so that the text version looks like this:
  Letter to Matt Fariss from KPayne 2-3-16

  But when I update the post, the text version CHANGES and looks like this:
  Letter to Matt Fariss from KPayne 2-3-16

  And that new, CHANGED version does not work.

  Why is this happening? Does anyone have a suggestion?

  Thank you!

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  morewastematters · Member · Feb 20, 2016 at 4:33 pm

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  I found a workaround by using the Media Library.

  Hope it continues to work!