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1. Starting with digital publishing 2. Triobo editor 3. Content publishing for tablets

Digital replica of print (based on PDF) in three minutes

We are open to publishers who lack the time to create portable optimised design, but still want to profit from all the benefits of Triobo digital publishing, such as detailed statistics, animations, web links etc. You can use so called Replicas, which are based on print quality PDFs.

What are the benefits?

  • Digital publishing in a blink of an eye – can be finished in just three minutes
  • Content created from print PDFs can be combined with interactive features created in Triobo editor – for example, you can comfortably create a 300 page catalog using replica and the cover page with Triobo, where you add animations, hyperlinks (e.g. for e-shop) and even animated advertisement for your client
  • The result can be easily published to web, tablets, smartphones (Android, iOS, Windows 10, Amazon Kindle Fire) and desktop PCs (Windows 10)
  • The support of all Triobo features remains (detailed statistics, animations, readers zone, non-public section, language versions etc.)
  • Very comfortable reading both on web and mobile devices
  • PDF file can be (optional) available for common download

What will you need

Whole publication in one PDF file in the best possible quality (don´t compress the images unnecessarily), without cropmarks, each page individually (meaning not exported as spreadsheets).

How to do it?

In issues overview (Issues) click on the button “+” to create a new issue. Based on your Default settings the following dialog box will appear.

New issue creation

Drag the PDF file with the mouse cursor to the top left rectangle.

Page title pattern – here you can select how should imported PDF pages be named. A pattern will be used, where # is automatically substituted with a page number. On the picture you see „Page #“ as and example, which means that first page will be named Page 1, second Page 2 and so on. You can name each page individually in the editor.

Optimization – We recommend to leave default value at 150 %, providing a reasonable compromise between quality (necessary for zooming) and file size. If you select higher value, publication could be zoomed-in futher at the cost of higher data transfer.

If you´re working with a portrait oriented content, you can set 2-page (centerfold) layout support – see red rectangle on the screenshot above.

If you want to offer PDF for common download (bonus for readers), set on the option Enable PDF downloading. If you allow this feature, the access to PDF download is the same like main publication: in case of paid content, download is available only after the payment. Keep in mind that your readers can distribute the downloaded PDF freely with no limitations. Note: The Triobo web platform is a prerequisite for using this feature.

Readers zone > Visibility of issue: you can set, who will be able to see the cover of the issue, usually just leave this on the default value (everyone). More in a separate article.

Title: is shown in the reader application under the issue’s cover. It is pointless to repeat the publication title (usually it is identical to the application or web name), rather specify the issue’s number etc.

Date: is decisive, beside other things, for sorting the issue in-between others.

Description: a short description of the issue. It is important particularly for the web version, it is used for search engines (Google etc.).

Availability Mode: if the issue is available for free or if it is necessary to use one of the available methods to pay for it. Details can be found in a special article.

Web price: you can set any price (regardless of Apple’s tier) to sell this digital issue on the web. Triobo web reader application is necessary.

Publish to public readers when import is finished: right after the PDF import is finished an automated process of publishing will begin. If you plan to make further changes to the content before publishing (typically renaming individual pages) leaves this option unchecked.

When everything is set, press Import.

In the issue list you can see the progress of the PDF import.

import progress

When the import is finished and digital replica is created, you can add hyperlinks or animations to any individual page or add new pages created in Triobo and, for example, combine animated title page with other catalog pages, which is automatically created by import as print PDF replica.

Do not forget: in order for any issue to appear on the web site or in your reader application, you must publish the issue (or have an automated process of publishing after the import is finished set as default).

Thumbnails and color – how to

You can set the preview mode of your publication issue detail. Plus, if you have the Triobo Professional subscription, you can set a color scheme. On the image below you can see „full page“ preview mode, that is particularly suitable for previews of print magazines replicas. Read the tutorial about these settings.

Color and thumbnails settings

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1. Starting with digital publishing 3. Content publishing for tablets 5. Succesfull digital publication 6. Marketing & digital publications

Digital replica of paper publication on the Web

For all publishers who want to convert their paper publication without hard work to reader application on tablet, smartphone or to convert print publication and publish it just on the web, we can offer them the digital replica solution. In a separate article information about making replicas was published where we have highlighted all benefits of digital replicas on the Web.

Benefits of digital replica on the Web

In short – everything what was said in Triobo web export article is still valid, but in addition:

  • digital replica can’t be easily stolen from the Web – when reader tries to save a page with replica image, he saves only a little cutout square.
  • support of centerfolds (on tablet rotate to landscape) – depends on publisher’s settings
  • on desktops zoom works by pressing the F button on keyboards or zoom icon from the menu, or using two fingers on touchscreen devices.
  • browser loading works automatically by portions, in a mosaic way, as shown below. Thanks to this readers see the content faster.
  • each page of digital replica has its own unique address (you can share it in email or on social networks as a specific page).
  • Scrolling between pages on touchscreen devices is conveniently done by sliding your finger (swipe), arrows on the sides of each page light up when moving mouse, arrow keys can be also used on classical computers
  • thumbnail menu for easy flipping through pages (see next picture)

Triobo webview replica loading

webview menu

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2. Triobo editor

Issue publishing

It is required to publish your publication on the distribution server so that it is accessible to all reading devices. Each publication can be published in several “channels”, and thus accessible to different readers. At this moment we support three public channels and web:

  • iOS – your publication will be available to readers who are running the application on Apple iPad tablets or Apple iPhone smart phones
  • Android – your publications will also be available on devices running Android operating system, which meets the minimal requirements for running the Triobo reader
  • Amazon Kindle – your publication will be available to readers with Amazon Kindle
  • Webview – web preview of tablet publication, on your own internet domain

The fifth independent channel is the editing reader Triobo Reader. In that you need to enter your login information. Right here you can test that your publication looks exactly as you desire.

How to publish an issue

On the list of issues, click the icon Issue attribute. You will find basic information about the issue. Firstly, instead of an envelope there will be only the question mark icon, as the issue has not been yet released and thumbnails of individual pages were not generated:

In the upper part of a dialog you may choose whether the first page of your issue cover will be automatically generated during publishing (overview of issues in your Reader), or if you want to upload your own cover page in PNG format. If you select “custom cover” using drag and drop mode for working with files in PNG format (required) drop it into the frame box on the left.

The bottom part of the dialog contains switchable tabs: The first one is called Triobo Reader – this is the distribution channel to the Triobo Reader. Here you will publish your unfinished publications. You can also select a quick publication preview with no image optimizations. The second tab is called Public channels – here you will publish your finished publications. The third tab is called Webview – here your web content will be published (when you have agreed with web publishing). Each tab contains a color that immediately indicates the state.

Issue properties

  • Not published – (red color). There is a Publish button available. When pressed, the entire issue of your publications will be generated. Remember that in Triobo Reader the content will be visible only to those users who have the right to see the given publication. For public reading devices you must first select in which channels will be the issue visible (iOS, Android …).
  • Published, no changes in articles – (green color). It has been published but no changes were made to the articles. There is an Update button available which makes the update (even though there are no article changes, for example you may publish a revised description of an issue) or in the case of public reading devices to change the selection of channel iOS, Android …) and an Unpublish button for issue removing.
  • Published, ready to update X articles – (orange color) the issue has been published, but X articles were changed. With the Update button you may publish these changed articles. Press the Unpublish button to remove the issue again.

After pressing the Publish, Update or Un publish buttons wait until the the entire action is accomplished. You will be informed about the status and estimated time period during publishing and updating. It takes about one minute to publish an ordinary issue.