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.
Unless you are uploading PDFs directly to Weava, the website/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 colors 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).
Editing the source URL of a website or online PDF
Some websites host their web pages or files with dynamic links (where the URL may change frequently), and blogs and magazines may sometimes change their URLs for various reasons, such as SEO and internal referencing. If so, Weava will not be able to match the highlights with the new URL and you will therefore not be able to see your color highlights directly on the web page or on the online PDF - but you will still be able to see these saved in your sidebar.
Fortunately, Weava enables you to update the source URL for whenever a URL has changed.
Let’s do an example:
Please note however, that Weava is currently not able to notify for whenever a URL change has happened
Editing the source URL of a website or online PDF
Some websites host their web pages or files with dynamic links (the link changes every time). If so, Weava will struggle to match the highlights with the new URL.
Add Comment