There is not really a standard out there for document presentation on websites. Many webmasters rely on widgets and scripts to display documents on their websites making it sometimes confusing for their visitors who have to deal with documents that they can only download and various interfaces for document presentations on the website itself.
Doc Shots tries to bring in more control to the webmaster by allowing them to present documents on their websites easily. The visitor be able to view a selected document right on the website in an overlay that is providing basic controls such as being able to download, print, search and zoom the document at hand. It feels like a document viewer on the web and resembles desktop document viewers enough to make it easy for visitors to use it.
Webmasters have to be registered users of the service before they can configure the service for their website. Registration is free on the other hand and not problematic or time consuming at all. The configuration of the document presentation script can be customized by setting the width and height of the overlay window. Other options include the display of related items and document storing policies.
Webmasters receive a JavaScript code in the end that they have to embed into their website to make use of the document presentation engine. The script will automatically recognize popular document formats such as .doc, .pdf, .ppt, .xls. Hoovering over document links or clicking on the documents will open the document presentation overlay on the same website.
The first viewer will experience a small delay while opening the document as the conversion is initiated at that time. It is therefor a good idea to be the first viewer so that regular visitors do not experience the delay. Visitors can still right-click the document and save it to their computer system directly.
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Oh! Thanks for the tips here. I think this is also effective in a way.
its docstoc not doc shots