We are super thrilled to welcome our newest magazine to the platform: Maxim+! Click here to get it in the iTunes store (there’s a free preview issue, but you should buy the full one – it’s worth it! Whether or not you like pictures of girls, hilarious content or stories about beer, I recommend anyone …
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Michael sent us his story about digital publishing
Posted on August 30, 2011, by
Björn Alberts
Sometimes you get those e-mails with a story that makes you feel you’re on the right track. Yesterday Matt got one from Michael Jones in California. We got happy about his story describing his way into digital publishing and asked if we could share his story with you. Thanks Michael for letting us! “Matt, Here’s a …
I’m baaack! And ready to work.
Posted on August 23, 2011, by
Matt Cokeley
Hey all! I’m back from a much needed vacation and ready to work. Shall we? As I’ve been exploring the infinite canvas that Mag+ provides, I’ve discovered the ability to display our floating “A-layer” as a cloak. Essentially by blocking out select imagery on the InDesign document’s “B-layer”, you can direct the user’s eye to …
Mag+ Manuals are Live!
Posted on August 19, 2011, by
Linda Wakeham
Speaking of learning new things, we now have a way for you to dive even deeper into Mag+ how-to than just my “Hi, I’m Mike…” tutorial videos. We’ve just completed and posted on the site PDF manuals We’ve changed to a web based knowledge base for every piece of the Mag+ family: Installation, Plug-in, Production Tool, Publish …
Simple Pop-Ups – no HTML!
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Linda Wakeham
I’ve been with Mag+ since it was a twinkle in our R&D director’s eye, so I love it when teaches me something brand new about the platform. Here’s an ingenius little trick I just picked up from the brilliant designers at one of our newest clients, CGI Interactive. There’s a little-used function in our system …
Fashion blog takes the shape of an magazine app
Posted on August 12, 2011, by
Linda Wakeham
Bonnier Magazines just launched C Mode – a new fashion weekly for tablets. It represents a real (and perhaps first) example of how a fashion blog takes the shape of a Magazine app. Launched on the Mag+ platform, the team behind C Mode has really pushed the boundaries of the platform. The result is really …
Let’s get to work!
Posted on August 10, 2011, by
Matt Cokeley
Greetings ladies & gentlemen, Thank you for checking in. For those new here, like myself, this is where you’ll find weekly updates on my progress as the new Creative Director, US, for Mag+. I’ll be sharing my experiences with the Mag+ tools as I build and design all manner of printed materials for the iPad …
Quick and dirty remote review
Posted on August 9, 2011, by
Linda Wakeham
The Mag+ Reviewer app lets you check out your vertical and issues on an iPad that’s on the same wireless network, but what if you want to show an issue to someone in another city? You can set up a remote review server, but here I’ll show you a quick and dirty way solution that …
Improve the storytelling with audio
Before the time of digital tablets, about two years ago, a few good examples of flash-based magazines were launched. The one that caught my attention the most was flypmedia.com. It presented the market with a good mix containing more or less traditional spreads with designed headlines, texts and pictures. So far so good, since at …
Tips and Tricks: Scrolling text inside a box
Posted on August 8, 2011, by
Linda Wakeham
Here’s a slick little use of HTML we just started playing with: making text scroll inside of a box. Default Mag+ behavior is of course that the A layer (top layer) scrolls freely over the B layer, but what if you want a B-layer-only design but still have scrolling text; or even have horizontally scrolling …