ReadPDF

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Stop making people download your PDF. Let them read it.

Turn any PDF into a page turning flipbook, a scrolling viewer or a plain embed, right on your Blocs page. No file paths, no uploads, no third party service.

The problem with download links

A download link sends your visitor away from your site, into a viewer they did not ask for, with no obvious way back. On a phone it often means a blank tab and a spinner. The brochure you spent money designing gets seen by the few people patient enough to wait.

ReadPDF keeps them on the page. The document renders where they already are, in your layout and your colours.

Three display modes

Flip – A proper flipbook. Two pages side by side, a real page turn, and an optional single cover page so it opens the way a book does. Best for brochures, menus and lookbooks.

Scroll – Pages stacked in a scrolling panel, with optional zoom controls running from 50% to 300% and a live percentage readout. Best for proposals, reports and manuals.

Embed – Hands the file to the browser’s own PDF viewer. The plainest option, and a useful fallback for unusual page sizes.

Switching mode hides the settings that no longer apply, so the sidebar never shows you a control that does nothing.

Section: Setup is two drags

1. Drop your PDF onto the Blocs canvas. Blocs copies it into your project and

creates a download button.

2. Drag that button into the ReadPDF container.

That is the configuration. The file travels with every export automatically and is served from your own domain, so there is no path to type, nothing to upload

twice, and no cross origin setup to get wrong.

Styled to match your site

• Icon colour, button fill, button border, button size, corner radius, counter colour, counter size, control spacing and control alignment. Page background and loading spinner take your colours too.
• Arrows, counter, zoom buttons and the zoom percentage share one set of styling controls on purpose, so a viewer never looks half themed.

Built properly

– Rendering through pdf.js, the engine Firefox uses for its own PDF viewer

– Retina sharpness, capped so long documents stay usable on a phone

– Pages drawn as needed, so a 200 page file opens as fast as a 4 page one

– Single page with swipe on mobile

– Your download link stays in the page for search engines and screen readers, even when hidden from view

– Nothing loaded from a third party server, every file ships in your export

What you get

– The ReadPDF Bric, one double click to install

– A 7 page user manual as a PDF

– Free updates through the built in Blocs updater

Documentation

Learn more, read the manual or watch the video about ReadPdf on its dedicated page here.

Your documents are worth looking at. Make them easy to look at.