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I cannot upload attachments

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The community member is trying to add a PDF as a downloadable resource on Webstudio, but is facing issues as PDFs are greyed out in the file manager and dragging to the asset upload does not work. The community members discuss that the attachment link type should allow uploading PDFs, but it only accepts image types. They also mention that Webstudio currently does not support hosting these types of assets, and the community member would need to host the PDF elsewhere and link to it. However, the community members indicate that Webstudio is considering allowing hosting of small files, including PDFs, in the future. In the meantime, the community members suggest using a link to any URL and adding the "download" attribute to make the file downloadable.

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KKelwinsj
I need to add a PDF as a downloadable resource, and from the documentation, I should be able to do this using the attachment link type.

However, it doesn’t work despite my best efforts. PDFs are greyed out in my file manager and dragging to the asset upload does nothing.

Am I missing something?
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OOleg Isonen
which documentation are you referring to?
KKelwinsj
https://docs.webstudio.is/university/core-components/link
KKelwinsj
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MMJCaX
I get your problem, you add a link type attachement and it should let you upload the resource to download but it only accept img types, so you can not upload a PDF. I think on webstudio we can upload images only (I can be wrong )
MMJCaX
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OOleg Isonen
You can link a file and make it downloadable, but you have to host it somewhere else, e.g. dropbox/googledrive etc. We currently don't support these type of assets
MMJCaX
I think he was confused by the Upload button, maybe it should be removed and a text field for URL source should be added.
OOleg Isonen
Figured out the reason, somehow we lost the input field there, which allows you to link an external resource and we automatically would make it downloadable
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OOleg Isonen
here an issue to follow, will be fixed asap https://github.com/webstudio-is/webstudio/issues/4018
KKelwinsj
Thanks folks. But, just to confirm, is it possible to host PDFs on Webstudio?
OOleg Isonen
right now, no, but we are discussing to allow hosting small files, under 4.5mb of different types, including pdfs, stay tuned
KKelwinsj
That would be awesome. It would solve the hassle of having to put this on another platform.
OOleg Isonen
Discussed internally, we found a solution that would work, so yes, this is coming.
OOleg Isonen
Right now you can use a link to any url and add an attribute download, so it will download when user clicks.
OOleg Isonen
I am also making that attribute download by default visible now, but you can already use it by adding it yourself.
JJeremy
Is there a github ticket to follow for this?
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