How Did I Upload the Files/ make the PDFs

Hi,

A few people have asked how I made the pdfs and uploaded them onto the internet to be downloaded. Well the good news is that its simple.

First I downloaded the free alternative to microsoft word which is openoffice, see link:

http://www.openoffice.org/

This allowed me to make the documents, and it has a button at the top which instantly converts the file to PDF format.

Then to upload them. Most internet service providers (ISPs) supply you with a small amount of webspace in the form of a personal webpage. But instead of html documents, it is possible to use an FTP program to upload PDFs to this webspace. I then link directly to these documents you see here.

The free FTP program I use is called FileZilla

http://filezilla-project.org/

Instructions for using this are included in the download, and further instructions to FTP are often found on your ISPs website. eg tiscali.co.uk etc.

Hope that helps, any questions- fire away...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

To make PDF files I use a free PDF creator, and for uploading them on the web I set up a website with googlepages. The link and short explanation to each worksheet is done through my teaching blog. All worksheets are free to download by anyone interested.