This document provides instructions for setting up a digital magazine archive feature in 3 sentences or less: The digital magazine archive feature allows readers to access back issues from within the current issue. To set it up, select the "Archive" option and enable the archive button, set the location for the archive file on your web server above the issue folders, and organize the archive library layout which will then be visible to readers. Completing the upload process will add each new issue to the archive which updates across all magazines.

1. SETTING UP YOUR DIGITAL
MAGAZINE ARCHIVE IN MINUTES

2. One of the features 3D Issue digital magazine software offers you the creator
is to allow your readers to have access to related or back issues from inside the
magazine they are currently viewing.
This is commonly referred to as the Archive Feature.
It is very simple to set up, and once done your readers can access a graphical
library of front covers of other publications you think may be of interest to them
also, clicking on a front cover takes them to that edition.

3. So here’s how to set up your archive.
1. Select the ‘Archive’ option from the features list
When creating your digital magazine after you have uploaded your PDFs into the
‘Content’ tab go onto the ‘Design’ tab, select the ‘Features’ menu from the left of
the screen and check the box ‘archive’.
This will then enable the archive button in the reader interface.

4. 2. Set a location for the ‘Archive file’
When you are ready to upload your publication to your website, navigate to the
‘Output’ screen. Select whether you want to create an ‘Online’ or ‘Offline’ edition
(or both) by selecting the check boxes.
Then check ‘Upload’ the first time you do this you will need to enter in your
website details.
During this process the wizard will ask you where the software can store the
‘archive file’ This is a simple xml file that needs somewhere on your web server to
be saved. Then once there it stores the names and locations of your editions and
forms what is shown in the graphical library.

5. Don’t save this inside a
particular issue folder,
this should ideally be at a level
above your issue .
Simply select a folder on your web server for this to be saved.
For example, if your website is www.
mywebsite.com and you create magazines
that will be saved in locations such as www.
mywebsite.com/magazines/January/, www.
mywebsite.com/magazines/February/ and so
on it would be best to create a folder ‘archive’
and place it here:
www.mywebsite.com/magazines/archive/

6. 3. Complete the upload process
Once you have entered in the hosting details, complete the upload and creation
by clicking ‘BUILD’ This will then upload your digital magazine to your website
and create the archive file.
When the upload is complete you will see a message asking if you want to add
this to your archive.
Click Yes.

7. 4. Organise the layout for your archive library
You will then be displayed a tree structure which allows you to organise the
structure of your archive. You can add tabs for the magazines by clicking ‘New
Group’ then place you mouse where you want this publication to site and click
on ‘Add current Publication’ If you edited the tree to look like this:

8. This is how it would look to your readers:
That’s it!
Then for each new digital magazine when you ‘Build’ the software will always
show this message box so you can choose to add this latest magazine to your
archive.
This will also update all the other graphical
library displays for your other magazines
related to this archive.

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