Ant Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 I wasn't sure where to post this. I'm not even sure this is the appropriate site to ask. Since everyone here has been very helpful in getting me going on web design, I figured I would give it a shot. I want to take my companies pdf files and turn them into a digital edition, epub or whatever the proper terminology is. I need a whole list of options. Searchable across every issue. All issues archived and available. Links, etc etc. The problem is I cannot find any clear answers in my searches. Maybe the terminology I'm using is incorrect. i.e. "turning pdf's into digital editons" etc.. It's something like this: http://page-flip.com/products/publisher/ HOWEVER I cannot use this because it's for PC's only. I need a mac based option. One note, I assume I DO NOT want this flash based?? Any help is appreciated. Even pointing me in the right direction to research it, i.e proper terminology is helpful. Thanks Ant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
administrator Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 Just convert them into PDF documents. Any modern word processor should have an export to PDF option. We use Apple's Pages - cost $19.99. There are also free options out there like Open Office ... and I am sure Microsoft Word could do it too. Here is a link to my PHP OOP tutorial that I made into a PDF years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted April 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 Thanks. The options I need cannot be done using straight PDF's. I cannot have all the bells and whistles etc using them alone. I just checked out yudu's site, but thats a flash based option and won't work on the ipad. As far as i can tell. Ant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
administrator Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 What specific features are you looking for ... can you list them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted April 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 (edited) The best way for me to show you is to post a link to the company that I believe is behind our current digital edition. (one we pay to have completed by an outside source) http://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?m=2237&l=1 (done using http://www.bluetoad.com/BlueToad/) I want to do this myself for my newspaper, but so far I am running into issues. One of them being the flash based options are not compatable with the ipad, This company http://www.yudu.com/ is less expensive then Blue Toad BUT it won't work with the Ipad, Bluetoad apparently does... apparently. I don't think I can complete the task myself,(through coding etc) but my goal is to find the best option using companies like these for the best price etc. It needs: plain text options linkable text archive ability searchable through all archives viewable without needing to be downloaded ipad compatable etc etc So far it seems paying a source(like companies above) a monthly fee and doing it myself is the easiest /cost effective option. I guess I was hoping for a downloadable program I could learn to do it and post them to our site myself etc.. without paying a monthly fee. Ant Edited April 12, 2011 by Ant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
administrator Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 If the monthly fee is best and it does what you need, then in the end, that will be the cheapest method. Stefan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrylayla Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 @Administrator, may be they cant afford the monthly fee and want to know some free sources. @Ant, I think you should try on some torrent website may be you found some free programmed or the programmed with crack or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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