I need to include PDFs on my site and I'm concerned.

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I need to include PDFs on my site and I'm concerned.

about the users with smaller devices

myrrh

3:53 am on Oct 12, 2014 (gmt 0)

I have a WordPress site and I need to include/link to a number of documents in PDFs. The site is temporary (it's an online brochure for an employment position) and will be viewed by a limited number of people (candidates for the job).

I went with WordPress because it was an easy way to have a responsive design. But PDFs aren't responsive.

I know PDFs are understandably frowned upon in terms of UX, but I know of no workaround. I don't have the time or resources to re-create all the PDFs as HTML pages.

With so many people using tablets (as opposed to smartphones) these days, do I really need to be concerned that the users with smaller devices are going to be slightly inconvenienced when viewing the PDFs?

In other words, am I worrying about a non-issue?

Note: An obvious consideration is the demographics of the candidates. Due to the nature of the position, the candidates can range widely in age and technical savviness.

piatkow

9:25 am on Oct 12, 2014 (gmt 0)

A quick look at my last week's stats gives just under 20% of visitors with screen widths of less than 800px and another 4% between 800 and 1000px

Anybody who is looking for a job will know that they are likely to get documents in PDF or other downloadable formats. To be brutal about this jobs aren't exactly two a penny at the moment and ff they can't be bothered to use a suitable machine, even if it means using a public computer in the local library, then they weren't that interested anyway.