I want to upload a .pdf file to my blog so that I can then reference it. I know the write post has an option, but its not serving my purpose well. I want the file to be accessable by typing in www.myblog.com/anderson.pdf I've tried all kinds of ways, but can't seem to get it to work. The reason I want it up there this way is so that I can update the analytics code to track the downloads too. I'm really trying to see how many people download the .pdf's I'm uploading. The blog is www.publicrecordsguy.com I want the anderson.pdf file uploaded to the blog itself, not necessarily displayed yet, but want to link to it in a post using <a href> Your help would be greatly appreciated. Sorry if its such a basic topic...
You just upload the .pdf to your public_html folder (your main folder in hosting) and then in a wordpress post you can link to it with <a href="myblog.com/whatever.pdf">PDF</a>
My public_html folder is for the main site. I use hostgator so I have multiple domains on the account. My blog and domain are a second domain... There is no specific public_html folder for that domain, at least as far as I can see.
Just upload it in the folder that has the wp-admin, wp-content, etc. for that specific blog and you should be good.
Upload it to the main folder for your url (like myblog.com) where you see the wp-admin, wp-content, etc. like Crynos said
Why not upload the PDF to scribd.com and then embed it in your blog using the new iPaper format. You can also generate revenue via AdSense.