Downloads

[Square Wheels]

I have a document download section.  People upload procedures and other forms.  There is an image that's associated with each, but it's always blank.  How do I get it to show the file type of each document?  Let's say a Word, or Excel image or ma maybe a pdf logo.

[Square Wheels]

These little camera images don't feel helpful.

[Adriano Faria]

52 minutes ago, Square Wheels said:

Let's say a Word, or Excel image or ma maybe a pdf logo.

That's not a feature in Downloads. It will show this "blank" screenshot if the user didn't upload one.

[Square Wheels]

6 minutes ago, Adriano Faria said:

That's not a feature in Downloads. It will show this "blank" screenshot if the user didn't upload one.

Thanks.

I don't have a million records, I am happy to add a screenshot to each one, but I don't see how.

[Jim M]

3 minutes ago, Square Wheels said:

Thanks.

I don't have a million records, I am happy to add a screenshot to each one, but I don't see how.

Edit -> Upload new version -> Add screenshots.

[Adriano Faria]

4 minutes ago, Square Wheels said:

but I don't see how.

The only way is to UPLOAD A NEW VERSION:

 

You don't need to provide a new .doc or .xls, etc. Just upload the screenshot and save it.

Note: this is an old request, by the way.

[Square Wheels]

Thanks both.

I tried, but I don't see a screenshot option.

 

Edited November 4, 2023 by Square Wheels

[Nathan Explosion]

Per-category setitng in the ACP:

[Adriano Faria]

14 minutes ago, Square Wheels said:

Thanks both.

I tried, but I don't see a screenshot option.

That's probably why people didn't upload a screenshot. 🙂

[Square Wheels]

OK, so I added my first screenshot, a simple pdf png.  

It seems the screenshot needs to be sized first.

Any idea, aside from trial and error, what size it needs to be?

The image is cropped.

Edited November 4, 2023 by Square Wheels

[Randy Calvert]

The space is a square. Your image should be also I believe.  It looks like that image is a tall rectangle which does not fit within the dimensions of a square. 

Edited November 4, 2023 by Randy Calvert

[Square Wheels]

4 minutes ago, Randy Calvert said:

The space is a square. Your image should be also I believe.  It looks like that image is a tall rectangle which does not fit within the dimensions of a square. 

Thanks, I'll add a background to the rectangular image to make it square.  🙂

[Chris59]

1 hour ago, Square Wheels said:

OK, so I added my first screenshot, a simple pdf png.  

It seems the screenshot needs to be sized first.

Any idea, aside from trial and error, what size it needs to be?

The image is cropped.

If you use some sort of graphic program i suggest 500x525pixels as template with transparent background

Icons you can dowload by click this link

Edited November 4, 2023 by Chris59

[Joel R]

Hi @Square Wheels

My community uploads hundreds of PDF resources and files too.  If users are uploading PDFs, one of my personal favorites for third-party tools is Boxoft PDF to JPG Converter.  It's a free Windows program to batch convert PDF files into JPG, which you can use as screenshots for Downloads.  I find this to be more useful than a generic PDF icon, since you can upload the first X pages of the resource.  

There are some very, easy settings

http://www.boxoft.com/pdf-to-jpg/

Edited November 5, 2023 by Joel R