Create a download PDF link on the confirmation page (WCMS 2)

How to create a download PDF link on the confirmation page

 

The following instructions build on how to create fillable PDF forms. Please complete these steps before creating a download PDF link on your confirmation page.


  1. Navigate to My Workbench > Create/Manage Content > Web Form > Manage PDF.

     

  2. Click Edit under Operations for the Web form you want to create the download PDF link.

     

  3. Under Form Info, copy the URL path before the ampersand 

    • Example: in "/fillpdf?fid=59&nid=10", copy "/fillpdf?fid=59"

       

  4. Navigate to the web form > Webform tab > Form settings sub-tab.

  5. In the Confirmation message field, enter link text for the download PDF link

    • Example: "Download PDF"

    • Note: Using a "Highlight" formatting style and/or bolding helps to emphasize the download PDF link.

       

  6. Highlight the link text for the download PDF link, and select the Link icon.

     

  7. Select URL in the Link Type field.

     

  8. Set the Protocol to <other>, and then in the URL field enter a forward slash "/" followed by the site name.

    • Example: "/web-resources"

       

  9. Paste the copied URL path from step three (e.g., "/web-resources/fillpdf?fid=112")

     

  10. Copy: &webform[sid]=[submission:sid]&token=[submission:access-token]

  11. Paste at the end of the URL path.

    • Example: "/web-resources/fillpdf?fid=112&webform[sid]=[submission:sid]&token=[submission:access-token]"

       

  12. Click OK.

     

  13. In the Redirection location field, select the Confirmation page option.

     

  14. Click Save configuration.