How To: PdfMeNot plugin

The PdfMeNot plugin embeds PdfMeNot document viewers into your Omeka item pages.

Developed by the web startup workshop Stateless Systems, PdfMeNot is a free service that converts your documents to a format that is viewable within in your web browser. With Omeka's PdfMeNot plugin you'll be able to automatically convert your .pdf files and embed them directly into your website. PdfMeNot only supports Portable Document Format (pdf).

Installation

1. Upload and activate the PdfMeNot plugin (see Installing_a_Plugin)
2. Configure the plugin in Omeka (see below)

Using the PdfMeNot plugin

The PdfMeNot plugin has several configurations:

• The height of the PdfMeNot viewer, in pixels (required)
• The width of the PdfMeNot viewer, in pixels (required)

If you want to include the PdfMeNot functionality in your public theme, follow these steps:

Within your items/show.php template file write the following code anywhere you want the PdfMeNot document viewer(s) to appear:

<?php
if (function_exists('PdfMeNot_embed')):
    PdfMeNot_embed($item);
endif;
?>