Most types of documents can be uploaded directly to your website.
Links can then be created to these documents so visitors can view or download. Your DotGO website has enough space to store over 5000kb worth of documents.
As you add change your business website you may need to uppload and add lots of extra assets and documents to your business website
There are several types of document that can be uploaded to your website
You can always tell which program created a document by the last 3 or 4 letters added to the end of the name. Each program has its own set of identifiers as shown in the list above.
For Example:
SampleWordDocuments.doc
SampleAdobeDocument.pdf
SampleExcelSpreadsheet.xls
In 2008 Microsoft updated all their software products. Any documents created using this new software are given a different set of endings that now have an extra character on the end which for most files is an x .
For Example:
SampleWordDocuments.docx
SampleExcelSpreadsheet.xlsx
The downside is that to view these documents you need to have the same version of the software that was used to create them.
Unfortunately he majority of people still use the old versions of Microsoft’s software. This means that if you upload and link to a document in the new format then most of your clients would not be able to read it.
To prevent this from happening we have blocked the uploading of the new type of Microsoft documents.
Converting your document to a format that all your users can read is easy. The following steps will show you how:
For full instructions on Uploading and linking to documents please see our User guide entry Linking to a document
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