ARI Docs Viewer

ARI Docs Viewer package helps to embed remote pages, Joomla! articles and files in the following formats into any Joomla! content:
  • doc / docx - Microsoft Word Document
  • xls / xlsx - Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
  • ppt / pptx - Microsoft PowerPoint
  • pps - PowerPoint Slideshow
  • odt - OpenDocument Text
  • ods - OpenDocument Spreadsheet
  • odp - OpenDocument Presentation
  • sxw - OpenOffice.org Writer Document
  • sxc - OpenOffice.org Calc Spreadsheet
  • sxi - OpenOffice.org Impress Presentation
  • wpd - Corel Word Perfect Document
  • pdf - Adobe Portable Document Format
  • rtf - Rich Text Format
  • html - Hyper Text Markup Language
  • txt - Plain Text Document
  • csv - Comma Separated Values
  • tsv - Tab Separated Values
  • pages - Apple Pages
  • ai - Adobe Illustrator
  • psd - Adobe Photoshop
  • dxf - Autodesk AutoCad
  • svg - Scalable Vector Graphics
  • eps / ps - PostScript
  • ttf - TrueType
  • xps - XML Paper Specification
One note, if Google Docs Viewer or "Office Docs Viewer" service is used to insert documents into content, it requires an internet connection. It means that this feature might not work on local network sites if they does not have access to the Internet.

The add-on can also embed external pages and Joomla! articles into Joomla! content.

Video tutorial

Examples

Joomla! article

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Remote page

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Usage

How to embed document with supported format into content?

Use the following code:

{aridoc engine="google" width="600" height="300"}PATH_TO_DOCUMENT{/aridoc}

If you want to embed remote PDF file which is located by url http://www.domain.com/docs/doc1.pdf, use the next code:

{aridoc engine="google" width="600" height="300"}http://www.domain.com/docs/doc1.pdf{/aridoc}

If neccesary to load my_doc.doc Microsoft Word document which is stored on your site in [joomla_directory]/documents/ folder, use the following code:

{aridoc engine="google" width="550" height="450"}documents/my_doc.doc{/aridoc}

or

{aridoc engine="office" width="550" height="450"}documents/my_doc.doc{/aridoc}

Currently the extension supports two services for rendering documents: "Google Docs Viewer", "Office Docs Viewer" and "PDF JS" library. Use engine parameter of {aridoc} tag that choose which one do you want to use. For "Google Docs Viewer" use engine="google", engine="office" for "Office Docs Viewer" and engine="pdfjs" for "PDF JS".


How to embed external page?

Type the next code:

{aridoc engine="iframe" width="500" height="400"}LINK_TO_PAGE{/aridoc}

For example if you want to insert "ARI Soft" home page into an article, add the following code to necessary article:

{aridoc engine="iframe" width="100%" height="400"}http://www.ari-soft.com{/aridoc}


How to insert specific article into content?

Type the following code:

{aridoc engine="article" width="500" height="400" id="ARTICLE_ID"}{/aridoc}

If needed to embed article with ID equals to "45", use the next code:

{aridoc engine="article" width="500" height="400" id="45"}{/aridoc}

Parameters

{aridoc} tag supports the following parameters:
  • engine - indicates what engine will be used for showing document. Values: iframe, article, google, office, pdfs;
  • width - width of window where document is loaded. Values: number or number in percent;
  • height - height of window where document is loaded. Values: number or number in percent;
  • class - CSS class of container element. Can be used that add custom styles to container and document window. Values: class(es) name;
  • loadingPane - indicated show or not loading icon and message while document is loading. Values: 1 or 0;
Note: it is not necessary to specify all parameters in {aridoc} tag, omitted parameters will be loaded from plugin settings.