First, install pdftk . Next, visit http://www.pdfhacks.com/skins/ and download pdfskins-1.1.zip. Unzip, and move pdfskins.exe to a convenient location, such as C:\Windows\system32\. On other platforms, compile pdfskins from the included source code. Just cd pdfskins-1.1 and run make.
Download a skin template from http://www.pdfhacks.com/skins/. The template pdfskins_classic_js uses client-side JavaScript to create the dynamic pieces. pdfskins_classic_php uses server-side PHP instead. Pick one and unzip it into a new directory:
unzip pdfskins_classic_js-1.1.zip
Copy your PDF document into this new directory and burst it into pages with pdftk. This also creates doc_data.txt, which reports on the document's title, metadata, and bookmarks:
pdftk full_doc.pdf burst
Finally, in this same directory, spin skins using pdfskins. It reads doc_data.txt, created earlier, for the document title and other data. Pass the PDF filename as the first argument, if you plan to make the full PDF document available for download. This first argument is used only for constructing the Download Full Document hyperlink. It can be a full or relative URL. Omit this filename, and this hyperlink will not be displayed.
pdfskins full_doc.pdf
Fire up your web browser and point it at index.html, located in the directory where you've been working. The portal should appear, showing the table of contents and graphic placeholders for your logo (logo.gif) and document cover thumbnail (thumb.gif). If you used the php or comments templates, the pages must be served to you by a PHP-enabled web server.
The PDF pages that make up our skinned PDF do not need to be linearized; nor does the web server require byte serving configuration . The only requirement is that the user has Adobe Reader configured to display PDF inside the browser, which is the default Reader configuration.
