Settings
To access the Settings page, click the “GDE Settings” link under Settings in the admin section, or the “Settings” link underneath the plug-in from the main plug-ins page. The settings page will allow you to:
- Set a default width and height for the embedded document. This can be overridden in the shortcode for individual items as needed (see Usage).
- Choose whether or not to provide a download link directly to the file by default (again, this can be overridden on individual items).
- Choose the position of the download link, when applicable. It can either be displayed above or below the viewer.
- Customize the download link text or change the link behavior (see below).
Download Link Text
Here you can customize the text displayed as part of the download link. A few codes can be inserted to dynamically change the download link text:
%FN – insert the filename
%FT – insert the file type (PDF, PPT)
%FS – insert the file size
Note: This may be most useful for non-English sites, where you can enter the download text in your own language.
Link Behavior
By default (and when set to Browser Default), the download link points directly to the file and is handled according to browser settings – usually, this means a PDF will view in the browser’s internal viewer, and a PPT will prompt the user to download the file. To override this behavior you can choose one of the following options:
Force Download – Prompt the user to download the PDF file (rather than load in their internal viewer, if installed)
Force Download (Mask URL) – Does the same thing as Force Download, only using TinyURL to shrink/obscure the true address to the file. Note, this is not a high security option, but it may be useful in some cases.
Advanced Settings
Click the plus sign [+] to show these settings. These are additional options, primarily for troubleshooting purposes.
Let Google Doc Viewer handle all errors – Bypasses all of the internal error checking of the plugin and loads the viewer. Use force="1" in the shortcode first for problematic files, but if you wish to turn off the internal error checking globally, check this box. Errors will be displayed by Google’s viewer after it loads instead of in the page source in HTML comments (default).
Show help message to IE8 users – Displays special usage instructions for users of Internet Explorer 7+ only. (more info)
Turn off plugin conflict warnings – Disable warnings (only visible to the logged in administrator) about any other currently active plugins that are known to conflict with the proper functioning of GDE. (more info)
Turn off beta notifications – Opt out of receiving notifications in your plug-in list when a beta version is released. (more info)