<em>@questbg 70264 wrote:</em><blockquote>Hi Bosse
Too right. Seems they are in the same situation as the rest of us, waiting for a Joomla bug fix!!
Interesting post re the plugin, unfortunately, I’m on 1.5.3.</blockquote>
Hi Chris,
I did not jump into this topic when I first read it because it might confuse you, and you might not like what I would suggest, just like you jumped on me when I tried to provide alternatives in another thread. 🙂
I was about to suggest early on that iJoomla suggested in one of its Tips that it is not good to Turn on the pdf generator.
Reason: When a pdf generated page is created of pages like Joomla, it does not “copy” backgrounds, so that the logo of the site (which is actually just a background) is not included. The pdf copy, without the page logo, therefore does not create much promotion for your site, except for the gray copyright notice at the bottom.
Also, unlike a true pdf generator — for true copy of documents in the standard page — pdf generated pages from online materials are downright ugly in their format because it is truncated at the wrong places,and format depends on the user computer settings.
I am not sure if these are the reasons why online papers like New York Times, BBC, etc. do not provide the pdf option for download (although you can still do it using Safari). They much prefer either “email this” or “print”, the latter usually is pre-formatted to include not only the company logo in all pages, but also ads and other promos.
Of course, allowing “printed” material or “email to a friend” makes it much easier to be copied electronically.
So, there are pros and cons for each alternative.
Cornelio
