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I have noticed, that in Joomla 1.5 there was a PDF icon that could be shown next to the print end email icons above the articles, but in Joomla 3.x it is not there any more.
I have been searching for an extension for this but so far without success.
Can anyone give me some advice on this?
Specifically, I would recommend the Phoca PDF Content plugin: http://www.phoca.cz/phocapdf-plugins
You may want to customize the icon in your template if it has custom styles for the email and print so that it all matches. If you run into that situation, post the URL to an article once you have Phoca installed as well as the name of the template.
The PDF icon has been removed since Joomla 1.6. As an alternative you can use a 3rd party extension, have a look here
Creating PDF's from articles comes with many problems, getting them to look correct is hard just because the styling of it is very different then a normal article. Using print css can be a better solution and I am sure there are extensions for that sort of thing.
http://extensions.joomla.org/search?q=pint&q=print
This is just a suggestion though, from personal experience, below is how I added PDF views in Joomla Sites.
There is a way to "re add" the pdf views from a programming perspective.
http://docs.joomla.org/J2.5:Creating_PDF_views
This is for 2.5 however I have used it in up to 3.2 as well (not sure on 3.3).
It may be difficult to do but with an article override as well it is possible to re add the "pdf" button as well.
http://docs.joomla.org/Layout_Overrides_in_Joomla
This should allow you to add the extra button in all views you need. It does require some coding experience but the guides should help with that.
