Hi Dave

Em 22/09/2020 09:51, DaveB escreveu:
> Sorry folks, I am back here again with yet another proposal.
> 
> It is starting to become our practice to link published guides on the
> website and wiki back to the Published Folder on the Documentation
> NextCloud instance. In *theory* this should not create any issues and is
> an extremely easy and convenient (lazy) mechanism for us to use.

Scattering files in several places increases work on file tracking, IMO.

> 
> I am currently involved with the on-line training of two people, who
> have been complaining that links I have given them to website and wiki
> copies of the documentation don't allow them to DIRECTLY download the
> required guides, without getting into a "jumping through hoops"
> work-around to download the required material. I encountered this myself
> when trying to offer Bernard John Poole some guidance on the mailing
> list. Namely that clicking the link-back links opens the files in the
> web browser and a browser right click "Save As" offers a weirdly
> formatted copy of the NextCloud html file.

Links to ODF files in stored in TDF Nextcloud triggers the LibreOffice
Online module and opens LibreOffice Online inside the browser. That
said, you cannot "save as" the file from the browser menu (it will save
the URL content which is an html gibberish). You must choose the menu
File - Download to be able to save the copy of the document in your
computer with the bonus of selecting the file format.

Links to PDF files will open the pdfviewer of NextCloud which just add a
blue header in the page and has a Download button on the right. As far
as I can see, the PDF file is rendered inside the browser. Likewise, do
not use the browser "save as", but use the Download button instead.

> 
> Even though the link-back mechanism is convenient for us, it really
> doesn't take a great deal of work to upload the published material to
> the wiki/website, but does make life much easier for our readers.
> 
> So can we please end this method of linking back to the NextCloud instance.

I beg to differ, not diminishing your remarks, but the links to
NextCloud is also a display of the LibreOffice technology and a live
example of the online features.

Kind regards

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