In order to help you have the best experience of Weava and your use of highlights and annotations, we have made it easier to update the source of a website and PDF, so that you are able to see your highlights correctly even if the website URL or local PDF file path changes. You can do so by navigating to the Weava dashboard, and click “Edit” on the respective website or file.
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Overview of editing the source
Unless you are uploading PDFs directly to Weava, the website or file will have a “source reference” that may require update, such as if a website changes its URL or if you move your local PDF to another local folder on your computer. Here is a brief summary:
Local PDF: For Local PDFs the “source” refers to the file path on your computer to where the file is stored. This needs to be correct or else Weava will not be able to locate and open the PDF on subsequent visits. More information about how you update the PDF file path below.
Online PDF or website: For online PDFs and websites, the “source” refers to the URL of the respective website or PDF you are making the highlights and annotations on. This needs to be correct or else Weava will only be able to show you your previous highlights saved in the sidebar, but not be able to correctly visually render these with colours on the website/PDF you are looking at. More information about how you update the URL below.
Uploaded PDFs to Weava: Uploaded PDFs to Weava are referenced directly within our database, and there is never a need to update these URLs as it will always render the highlights correctly (a benefit to uploading to Weava).
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Editing the source file path of a local PDF
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Please note that Weava is currently not able to notify users when a URL change has occurred. And for websites this is especially difficult to realize has occurred. However, if you notice that your highlights are only saved in the sidebar, but not visibly rendered on the website anymore, then this is most likely what has happened. Please proceed to update the source URL to have this rectified. |
Uploaded PDFs to Weava
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(no editing of source ever needed).
As stated in the overview, Uploaded PDFs to Weava are referenced directly within Weava, and there is never a need to update these URLs as it will always render the highlights correctly. This is a clear benefit to uploading your PDFs directly to Weava - which will ensure that no URL or file path change will ever break the PDF opening and rendering of highlights.
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