Best way to display PDF inside webpage?

RedTen · 6 Jan 2012 at 12:17

Hi all

I have just updated my CV and would like to have it hosted on my firstnamesurname.com and .co.uk. It's in a PDF format and would prefer that it just displays within the browser without the need to download.

What would be the best way to do this?

I would have a couple of small links at the top or bottom in case they don't have a compatible viewer.

Thanks

Goofball · 6 Jan 2012 at 12:32

http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=<url-to-my-pdf>

RedTen · 6 Jan 2012 at 12:38

Goofball said:
http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=<url-to-my-pdf>

Hmm I guess thats ok for the time being. Is there any way to recreate that on my personal site without having all the google branding?

Thanks

Fourstar · 6 Jan 2012 at 13:06

Scribd allows you to embed documents in your own pages. Seen it used on sites here and there though I've ever used it myself.

Staffy · 6 Jan 2012 at 13:20

There are a few ways of doing it.
The most common way is to convert it to a flash file (which is basically how scribd do it, I think) using a free tool like http://www.swftools.org/download.html and embed it in your page.