If you are a website publisher or you blog on wordpress.org or Blogger (blogspot) software and want to offer your blog printable articles and/or PDFs (newsletters, ebooks, etc.) to your readers watch the video.It demonstrates how you can generate either a free printer friendly version or a free PDF version of a web page .
You can also embed it in your blog posts and/or pages by getting the printfriendly.com button.
Those self hosting WordPress.ORG installs can download the PrintFriendly WordPress Plugin
- Unzip the folder into your wp-content/plugins directory
- Activate PrintFriendly in the plugins section of your admin panel
- Click on ‘settings’ link given in the plugin description to choose your button style
1. Select Site Type
Website
WordPress
Blogger
2. Choose button
Print Friendly
Print Friendly
PDF Text link, or use your own button
3. Get the Embed Code
Copy-and-paste this code into the pages you would like the print button to appear.
<script src=”http://cdn.printfriendly.com/printfriendly.js” type=”text/javascript”></script><a href=”http://www.printfriendly.com” id=”printfriendly” onclick=”window.print(); return false;” title=”Print an optimized version of this web page”><img style=”border:none;” src=”http://cdn.printfriendly.com/pf-button.gif” alt=”Print”/></a>
(Note: wordpress.com bloggers. The button code will work only in a post or on a page when inserted into the HTML editor. It will not work in a text widget in the sidebar.)
Print Hat tip to Z’s Cup of Tea
Hate being the bearer of bad news, tt, but the above and current codes are stripped out on save, leaving you with only a link button to the Print Friendly website.
Yes, that’s how it works. We insert the button code into the HTML editor of a post, and when clicked by a reader it takes them to printfriendly.com where they enter the url of the post they want to print. Please see the video in this post > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/08/03/bloggers-publish-your-book-ebook-or-your-blog/
I don’t understand. Based on your last sentence I insert the button code into the HTML editor of a post but it just takes me to printfriendly.com where users would have to reenter the url of the post they wanted to print. Is this the only option for WordPress.com users or is there a way for the button to actually take you to a printfriendly version of the post they clicked from?
Yes, that’s how it works. No, I don’t know of any other options. Sorry.
I think, This is best technique.
So, those of us on WP.com can’t do this, is that right?
No. Please read my last sentence above:
” Note: wordpress.com bloggers. The button code will work only in a post or on a page when inserted into the HTML editor. It will not work in a text widget in the sidebar.”
Excellent post to a useful service.
I passed on the word with an attribution to your article:
http://hotpixel.posterous.com/make-a-print-friendly-version-of-any-webpage-2
@David
Thanks so much for doing that. :)
not yet, first time hearing about it.
I wanted to focus on current blog and develop it fully.
thank you for sharing,
sharing is caring,
or loving.
happy 2010!
Hi Jingle. Maybe one day you will want to offer printable articles of PDFs to your readers. If so then you will remember this post. :)
yes, thank you for the hopeful words.
I will bookmark this link and
take care.
if you have a moment, stop by my place and we can have a sip of coffee…
sincerely
jingle
:)
Thank you timethief, this is extremely helpful since I’m at a point where I want to offer my readers print friendly downloadable documents that I have been offering to provide for a long time but was looking for a way of making it easily accessible etc. to them. This is perfect.
BTW, I was so impressed by your blog’s theme, Vigilance, that I switched to it on my heritage blog and I must say it really looks nice and is much easier to navigate.
Thanks, again and Happy New Year!
Thanks for the feedback on printfriendly. I expect that some bloggers will want to use it. I can’t find your blog because the url linked to your name does not produce a blog. Perhaps you should consider linking your username to the blog. If so, here are the instructions http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2007/10/06/wordpresscom-profile-link-your-username-to-blog/
Happy blogging :)
Interesting. I have no use for it though due to the sheer amount of videos I blog about.
I think it’s interesting too. However, I do not wish to place a button on my blog as I’m serious about copyright. Placing it in a post like this one provides access to the whole page.
Sorry about that timethief. Here it is again.
@Cober Roberto
That did the trick. G’night :)