# Externally hosted PDF still points at the original website after a site deploy, and breaks for some

**What you are seeing**

An externally hosted PDF still points at the original website after a site deploy, and breaks for some visitors.

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## Why it happens

The site build tries to copy the file into the published output and quietly falls back to the original web address if that download fails.

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## What to do

Attach the PDF to the page before deploying so the file is always copied into the site.

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## Settings involved

| **Setting**                     | **Where**                         | **What it does** |
| ------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| Unlicensed and anonymous access | Built into the macro registration | \-               |

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## Limits that apply here

| **Limit**             | **Value**                      | **What happens**                                                                                                                         |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Height dropdown range | 1 to the document's page count | If the config panel cannot read the document (bad address, permission failure, upload still in flight), the only selectable height is 1. |

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## Related

[Adding the PDF's host to the Suite's approved domains made the embed stop workingAn approved host is fetched directly by the reader's browser instead of through Capable's ](https://help.gocapable.com/pdf-embed/adding-the-pdf-s-host-to-the-suite-s-approved-domains-made-the-embed-stop-working.html)

[Pasting a PDF link into the editor does not create a PDF embedThe macro does not claim pasted links; there is no automatic conversion.](https://help.gocapable.com/pdf-embed/pasting-a-pdf-link-into-the-editor-does-not-create-a-pdf-embed.html)

[Export and published sitesThe rest of this family.](https://help.gocapable.com/pdf-embed/export-and-published-sites.html)

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