This is a technical note on how to link to a pdf file stored on your webserver.
For this example we will link to Chris Hayner's excellent critical care newsletter, Critical Point Volume 1 and Volume 2.
How to make a post
1. Store your selected file to a webserver. I use Corner Host. (In this case I have stored two pdf files, Chris's newsletters, on Corner Host's server.)
2. Use blog software to make a text link to your file.
Options
Instead of Corner Host, use any of a myriad of webhosting services. For blogging software I use MovableType. Or try any of a galaxy of blogging software. Blogger is a free place to start. Mac users can play with basic options offered with .mac accounts.
Beyond the blog concept is the post & find anything fast anytime idea. I have not yet used BackPack. Google may soon offer a similar free service, called googlebase.
Basic Help (A smidgeon of HTML script)
If you need basic help with how to use HTML (hypertext markup language) to make a link to a file, here are two references--one written for the faculty of University of California Santa Cruz, and the other an excellent online tutorial.
Behind the scene of a hypertext link that links text to a pdf file is HTML script. A sample HTML script would look like this...
http://yourwebsite.org/foldername/filename.pdf
Another option: save your newsletter as an HTML file and link to it
1. Export the newsletter as HTML file (for example, using Pages software for Macintosh)
2. Upload that HTML document to your webserver and link to it (see example)
Compare the pdf version of this mock newletter with the HTML version. (HTML displays faster. But relative to pdf some formatting is lost in the auto-conversion to HTML--as done by Pages software. Content is there, it just looks different and displays faster as HTML.)