Legacy Dashboard

Valued Clients and Partners,
 
In April of 2014, we proudly released a modern version of our Dashboard. The new Dashboard was created using feedback from clients and partners and features many of the changes that further improve the overall user experience.  

The new dashboard is an extension of Flip Page's commitment to put the experience first and develop intuitively designed solutions. Your positive feedback over the last 10-months supports our decision to remove direct access to the Legacy Dashboard beginning tomorrow, February 24th, 2015. 
 
We are confident that this decision will not cause a disruption for you. Further, we plan to permanently discontinue support for the Legacy Dashboard on Tuesday June 2nd, 2015
 
If you require further information please contact your account representative!
 

Feature Update - 'Rollover Item Quantity'

Flip Page Publishing’s unique rollover tool provides flyer and catalogue readers with the ability to add products to a wishlist. We have now updated this feature to include an item or product quantity.

From an application perspective a reader can now specify the number of each individual item for their wishlist.

The implementation of the rollover quantity is a precursor to another rollover feature to be launched in the near future.

WANT TO SEE THIS FEATURE IN ACTION?

Flip Page circular and catalog visitors can now specify the quantity of items to be added to their wishlist.

New Feature - 'Switchboard'

Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone was groundbreaking. The early devices,  although great, were only able to connect between a single start and end point. The switchboard changed that interaction entirely. It allowed users to connect from a start point to multiple end points.

Inspired by our *local hero Flip Page has added a unique tool for Flip Page readers to contact multiple end points. It is now possible to build a ‘switchboard’ link in a Flip Page edition which when tapped will dial the appropriate phone number.

From an application standpoint this new tool will allow a Flip Page reader to connect with the publisher, advertisers, customer service, ordering departments etc. with a single tap on their smartphone.

This new feature is only supported on the HTML5 viewer due to its phone-based nature. Need more information? Call us 519-756-3547

*Alexander Graham Bell completed the first telephone call in Brantford, Ontario.

New Feature 'Mobile Notes'

Flip Page Publishing is pleased to announce that we have added the ‘Notes’ functionality to the HTML5 viewer. As we had outlined with the initial release of the new HTML5 viewer we are continuing to add more tools to complement the Flex/Flash viewer.  

Want more information? Click here.

New Feature 'Visual Checklist'

Flip Page Publishing’s Visual Checklist offers a new method for flyer and catalogue readers to view the items they have added to their virtual wishlist. Previously items added to the wishlist could be viewed by clicking on the wishlist icon in the toolbar. With the new Visual Checklist items that are added to the list will display with a checkmark directly on the page. Want to give it a try? Click here.

*This new feature applies to the HTML5 viewer only

New Feature 'Limited User'

Limited User

Flip Page Publishing has added a second tier user for each Flip Page account. Previously, any user login and password that was applied to the dashboard login page would provide access to the dashboard. However, with the new ‘Limited User’ option it is possible to setup an account which provides access solely to the analytical data with no access to the editing dashboard.

How do I create a Limited User account?

A ‘Limited User’ account can be setup as follows;

1. Login in to the dashboard 2. Click on ‘My Account’ in the header 3. Click on ‘Edit Users’ in the Account Preferences panel 4. Fill in the required user fields 5. Under the ‘Type’ field select ‘Thermostats’ from the drop down menu 6. Click ‘Save’

New Feature allows publishers to export to HTML, Flash, and HTML5!

Flip Page offers three formats to push your digital editions to the browser - HTML, Flash and HTML5. When setting up a Flip Page edition it is required to select one of these options. But now, one publication can be exported in all three formats.

Using the new URL parameters feature you are able to provide any or all Flip Page editions in any or all formats. Simply add the URL parameter to the Direct URL string.

How do you add a URL parameter? See below.

If Direct URL is...

http://flippubs.com/publication?i=178843

HTML  – add “&ver=html” to URL Flash – add “&ver=flex” to URL HTML5 - add “&ver=html5” to URL

Click for the Flash version of newsletter!

Flash version sample

Click for the HTML5 version of newsletter!

HTML5 version sample

*Note – on mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones the HTML5 version is the default regardless of which URL parameter is defined.

Flip Page Publishing expands HTML5 viewer to Desktop

Flip Page Publishing announced today that they have expanded the output capabilities of their HTML5 publication viewer. Originally slated to be the mobile viewer of choice for Flip Page readers the HTML5 build has now been expanded to desktop viewing as well.

“Sometimes it is just a matter of meeting demands” replied Sean McKenna - Flip Page Publishing’s Sales Manager.

Flip Page Publishing had released its new HTML5 mobile viewer just weeks earlier but was already receiving requests to make this a desktop option as well.

“The mobile viewer has been really well received” stated Flip Page Publishing President Brent Palmer.

Previously, the HTML or Flash based editions would ‘switch on the fly’ to the new HTML5 mobile viewer when a mobile user attempted to access a Flip Page edition. However, content publishers are now provided the ability to put the HTML5 version into non-mobile reader’s hands as well.

When asked how the new HTML5 desktop version is received on desktop browsers Flip Page Publishing’s Sean McKenna remarked “It is really slick. The toolbar overlay in the HTML5 version, which removes the visual toolbar, offers an expanded layout compared to the standard Flash and HTML based versions. It just means that paginated content occupies more of the display’s landscape which is what you want”.

Flip Page Publishing maintains that current versions of all of the major internet browsers (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple’s Safari, and Internet Explorer) support HTML5.  “An upgraded programming language for browsers is long overdue” stated IT Consultant Mark Reynolds. “As the HTML5 language continues to expand, the browser support for this language will follow suit” he concluded.

Flip Page has stated that the HTML5 desktop viewer renders exactly the same as the HTML5 mobile version and includes the same toolset as the mobile product. 

How does a publisher take advantage of the new HTML5 desktop version? Flip Page Publishing has made it very simple. There is a new option in the Issue Settings ‘Viewer Version’ dropdown called ‘HTML 5 Viewer’. Select this option during issue setup to offer your Flip Page editions in HTML5 to both mobile and desktop readers.

Flip Page Publishing Launches HTML5 Mobile Version 2.0

Valued Flip Page clients,Flip Page Publishing is very pleased to announce the launch of Version 2.0 of our mobile browser version. Our goal was to create a mobile viewing experience that closely resembled the desktop experience. With that in mind we have added a number of features that have helped reach this goal.

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For a full listing of features please see below.

Navigation Elements

   Pinch and Reverse Pinch Zoom   URL links   Article links – display in media deck   Page-to-Page links   Search enabled – per issue and publication   Archive issues (if allowed by publisher)   Orientation handling for mobile devices   Spread or Single Page Viewing   Left/Right navigation buttons for non-touch devices   Slide transition   Scrubber – visual page scroll and selection

Multimedia

   Embedded Video   Popup Video   Autoplay Video   Audio   Slideshows

Smart App Banner – reader notification that a Native App exists for that publication (iOS devices only)

Retail (Catalogs and Circulars) features – Rollovers

Supported customization

   Custom/masked publication domain names   Background color and text color of these areas can be customized:   Toolbar   Search Panel   Table of Contents   Toolbar can be completely customized with HTML coding

Authentication/subscriptions

Thermostats integration *The upgrade to our mobile viewer will instantly be applied to all publications (past/present/future) with no additional requirements from our clients!

 Contact your account representative with any questions you may have related to our new mobile version!

New Feature 'The Vault'

Do you have a sacred document that you would like to keep under tight wraps so it doesn’t get in the wrong hands? Maybe a corporate document that you would like to share within the office but would not like it to be viewable outside the office even by employees. Let us introduce you to the feature we call ‘The Vault’. The Vault allows the publisher to lock down a publication to a single or group of I.P. addresses. Unauthorized users will be prompted with a login page with no authorized credentials that will allow permission to access.

What is an I.P. address? It is the unique string of numbers that identifies a device that is connected to the internet.

Contact your Flip Page Publishing account representative for more details!

The Vault

New Content Distribution Feature 'Portage'

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According to Wikipedia “Portage or portaging is the practice of carrying water craft or cargo over land, either around an obstacle in a river, or between two bodies of water. A place where this carrying occurs is also called a portage.”

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Flip Page Publishing is happy to announce that we now allow you to portage your content from the dry surfaces of a digital edition to the warm currents of Google. What is Google Currents? Find out here. In a nutshell it is a newsreader App that allows publishers to push their textual and image content into a mobile savvy version for ‘on the go’ consumption. Currents features tidy categorization, reader subscription and of course full function searchability.

So what have we done? We have provided an ‘export’ URL that allows you to portage all of your ‘Article’ content across the great divide directly into Google Currents or Flipboard. Once your Google Currents account is setup, new articles are automatically pushed to the aggregator with no manual intervention from you.

Need some more information? Contact your Flip Page Publishing account rep!

App Update - Apple Developer Accounts

Valued Flip Page clients,  An important announcement from us on Apple Developer accounts...   Moving forward, all Apps submitted to Apple will require a client owned developer account. In accordance with Apple developer guidelines, we can no longer submit apps under the Flip Page Publishing developer account to Apple. This change will not affect any existing Apps.   Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.   If you require additional information about this change please contact your account representative.