Hi,

PDF's have advantages and disadvantages. In general try to offer the user of a website the ability to view information in HTML first and then in PDF.

PDF's have some advantages:

1. Users can keep a copy of information on a local system.
2. Information can be sent to other people without having to access the website.
3. PDF's are a popular standard for sending information via email.
4. PDF's are not editable so information can be kept intact.

I recently developed an online newspaper application for a popular UK newspaper. www.easterneyedigital.com

For this application I used a combination of:

PHP 5
Mysql Server
PDF
HTML

to view a demo go to www.easterneyedigital.com

select "newspaper archive"

select issue 903

In most cases I would not use pdf's but you really have to judge the advantages of using pdf's within your website application.

regards

P Shah - www.dcpweb.co.uk