Embed PDF in HTML Website – The MacGyver Way

Today I'm going to show you exactly how to Embed a PDF file into any HTML web page. Typically, I would present you with a very technical approach, but during my research, I found a pretty straightforward solution with the free software YUMPU Publishing.

You only have to:

YUMPU Publishing provided the help I needed to Embed PDF in HTML files without slowing down my site.

Beyond that, it allowed me to fully customize the PDF and add links to my marketplace, directly from the PDF!

Table of contents

• The recommended way to Embed PDF in HTML

• The old-fashioned (not recommended) way

• Great for your websites

• 10 Benefits of inserting PDF to HTML

• Conclusion

The recommended way to Embed PDF in HTML

Here's the simplest and best way to embed Your PDF Document into an HTML file - I have tested it and it works like a charm:

1. Register a free account here

2. Open the Upload Section and drag PDF onto it

3. After the PDF conversion, grab the embed code provided

4. Open Dreamweaver or Textedit and insert the embed code
5. Save your websites HTML file and upload it back to your server

Through my research, I found that this solution was the easiest and fastest way to create a PDF to Flipbook and embed a PDF file onto my website's HTML code, and I couldn’t believe it!

I would recommend it to anyone looking for an easier and more convenient way of embedding a PDF onto their blog.

Of course, you can always use javascript to display your PDF files on your home page or blog, but the process of doing that is much more complex.

But what is it?

It is a free digital publishing platform that emulates the experience of reading a print publication.

Featuring leading and emerging titles in design, fashion, culture, arts, and hyperlocal content, all of which can be accessed on any device and browser. It's also used by many publishers and ensures that your print media article and images can be accessed easily and conveniently online.

The old-fashioned (not recommended) way

Of course, you can always do it the old fashioned way, but some browsers and google might open it:

<embed src="https://domain.com/example.pdf" type="application/pdf" width="100%" height="850" />

The HTML embed tag defines a container to load external content. The following parameters can be specified in the embed tag.

• src – Specifies the path of the external file to embed.

• type – Specifies the media type of the embedded content.

• width – Specifies the width of the embedded content.

• height – Specifies the height of the embedded content.

• https or HTTP – Specifies the if it's a secure communication over a computer network or not.

Great for your websites

Using an online PDF brochure on one of my webshops, the loading time of my site decreased significantly and it displayed perfectly on a mobile device.

It also was highly customizable - I was able to put my logo on the PDF file as well as change the colors of the document itself, without using an external program!

As an added bonus, it drew in viewers to my HTML page by being fully optimized for search engines like Google.

This service converts the PDF into a Flipbook which is what makes it so easy to Embed the PDF in HTML and access it from any device that may be used.

It also makes it much faster to render and easier to read!

One of the coolest features is, that you don't' need to download, open and install it.

If you're interested, don't miss my article about the 7 Best Flipbook Software Solutions.

10 Benefits of inserting PDF to HTML

In learning about to embed src PDF files I found these 7 benefits to be incredibly useful to know (taken from the “Digital Publishing 2013” study):

1. PDF can easily be embedded on any website, blog post, or web-shop and is readable on all major devices (smartphone, tablet or PC/Mac)

2. No need for knowing code - no HTML CSS, no PHP, no javascript it's pretty simple

3. Interactive: embed signup forms, videos, sounds and hyperlinks (perfect for presenting products or services or anything else) — I used hyperlinks in my WordPress page (something I didn’t know I could do!)

4. Data show that it has 2.5 times more page views than a downloadable PDF (Study Office View 2014)

5. Embedded PDF Files have a double-sided presentation and bring back a natural reading behavior

6. It has 12 times more readers by Google and Co. PDF documents are indexed by search engines which will convert into more traffic.

7. It can be shared on social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, image networks, etc.

8. The content significantly shorter loading times than PDF files whereas PDF files will slow down your web pages load time.

9. You can download or send the link of the created PDF to the email address of fans and friends

10. This solution is compatible with all browser versions currently on the market

I knew that I needed to utilize the embed src on my web pages since I have viewers from all over the world.

Since PDFs are universally used documents, it was important to me that they could be easily accessed and viewed.

Using the embed code made this so easy to do, and just made it easier to read!

I knew that any viewers would be able to view the PDF from whatever platform/device they were using.

I have every confidence that this improved the PDF experience for me, and for any viewer to my site.

Once uploaded, it will host the PDF document in the cloud, making it easily accessed and hosted. No need to dig through old files on a computer again!

I couldn’t believe that all of this was included for free!

Now that I’ve gone down this road, I can’t go back, I’ll use it for all of my Embed PDF in HTML needs in the future, and if I ever need to, I’ll know that for me it is the first place to go for digital publishing.

Conclusion

Overall I found YUMPU Publishing to be very helpful with my needs to Embed PDF in HTML.

It's pretty straightforward grabbing the embed tag.

Adding it to my website was fast and self-explanatory.

It supports all devices, entirely search engine optimized, fully customizable to your unique design and look, and it is integrated to work with all major social networks.

I found that had I needed it (I didn’t since it was so easy to use their program!), I also had all of the assistance of their support team at my disposal.