3D Issue

free emag stats with 3Dissue & google analytics

3D Issue are delighted to announce the integration of a new feature that will allow our customers to generate FREE market validated statistical reports on their digital magazine readers.

About one month ago, Google and Adobe got together and announced the release “Event Tracking” in Google Analytics.  Before this release it was only possible to record the amount of people that were visiting flash applications on your site but nothing more. There was no way to record exactly what the visitor was doing within the flash application, because there was no way to report actions to google analytics from within flash.

That was until now. 3D Issue version 3.3 now allows your flash magazines to communicate with your own google analytics account directly and record all interactions that a user would have with your flash magazine.  All you need to do is enter your google analytics ID each time you create a digital publication.

While doing a keyword search through multiple issues is not built into the actual interface of 3D Issue, it is possible and very easy to set up.

At the point of each conversion, 3D Issue also generates an HTML page for each page in your PDF document. These pages were built so that your content would be available to search engines. These pages can also be used for your own sites’ search tool. Once a reader clicks on the HTML page it will open your page-flip edition and take the reader to the page containing the keyword they searched for.

The best way to understand how this works is to actually see an example. Follow the link below and search for the word “Survey”. You could use other words but I know the word “survey” will return results.

http://www.crosssection-online.com/search.asp

Screenshot of category section of 3D Issue

3D Issue can detect any bookmarks you have added to your PDF document and automatically convert them into categories.

Adding content categories or sections, to your digital publications can make it easier for your readers to find the content they are looking for.

Creating these sections has never been easier now that 3D Issue can convert any bookmarks into categories or sections automatically.

When converting a PDF into a digital publication you merely need to make sure the box is checked that says “look for bookmarks”.

If no bookmarks have been created in your original PDF document prior to your conversion, categories can easily be added within 3D Issue.

For instructions on how to add sections to your digital publication within 3D Issue click here.

For instructions on how to add bookmarks into your PDF Document continue reading.

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We get a lot of questions about web hosting and how to find the right host for all the 3D issue digital magazines produced using our software.

We developed 3D issue in way that allows you, the publisher, to be in control of your digital editions. This means no expensive service fees apply each time you produce a digital publication and this allows you to be in control of the complete process. You simply open 3D Issue, add your PDF and click publish. Since the final product of 3D issue is a Flash file, any hosting company can serve your digital versions with ease. However, in saying that, some hosting companies may provide better results than others depending on the content of your digital publication.

The size of your digital publication is just like any other multimedia file that you’ll find online such as a movie clip or a high resolution image. The more content you have in your publication the larger the end result will be and the longer it will take your users to download the content to their computers. With most publications that contain text and images, any host will be fine. In most cases there is no need to find a new web hosting company and your current hosting company should serve your digital editions with no trouble.

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In order to optimise the marketability of your digital editions we have added a new feature to 3D Issue Professional that will market these digital editions search engine friendly.

During the conversion process the text from each PDF page is extracted and added to a unquie htm page. For example page 2 texts is inserted into 2.htm, page 3 to 3.htm and so on.

These pages can be picked up & indexed by search engines and when the user clicks one of those htm pages, the flash magazine is opened automatically at that page.

The added benefit of this is that this would allow you to easily create a search feature on your website that searches all your publications.

Search Engine visibility

You can also enhance the visibility of your digital editions to search engines by adding meta tags to each of the htm pages that are generated. Along with the text content of your webpage, one of the primary methods that search engines use to rank the relevance of your website to search queries is to look at the meta tag information of your webpages. To do this it looks at the following meta tags:

- The title of your webpage
- The description of the webpage
- The relevant keywords of the webpage

In the converter tool, click on the “Edit publication” button to add the Title of your publications, Keywords relating to the publications and a description of that issue. During the conversion process this information is then applied to all pages in your issue.

Screenshot of the new 3dissue website.

www.3dissue.com has been given a complete overhaul with a new design and new features.

In addition to a new design the website for 3D Issue, the digital magazine conversion tool, has received some new features as well.

• Integrated blog with recent news and information.
• RSS feeds for anyone looking to stay connected with latest updates and information.
• Updated tutorials on how to use the latest features in the 3D Issue software.

3D Issue Professional Version 3.0 can now automatically detect and add URL’s and e-mail addresses to your digital edition. Simply click on the “Detect and Add check box” and choose which type of links you wish to have added to your pages.

During the conversion process, each time that a URL or email address is detected, 3D Issue Professional will add a link (whether it be a button or hotspots) onto the page, starting from the bottom right corner. All you have to do is drag them to the correct location and you have live links.

3D Issue Lite

3D Issue Lite is a new tool that we have introduced to cater for publishers who simply want to convert their publications into standard digital editions. 3D Issue Lite is a scaled down version of 3D Issue Professional that allows you to convert your publication in a matter of seconds.

If you do not require adding hotspots, links or videos to your digital edition and If you are looking for a solution that allows you to convert your PDFs in seconds then 3D Issue Manager Lite is the perfect tool. Simply add your PDFs, choose your output settings and click convert. That’s it. 3D Issue Manager Lite allows you to generate digital editions for viewing online in an intuitive manner.

3D Issue Lite Product Page

Article taken from the Westbic website. Click Here for the original version.

A Letterkenny company is a finalist in the Prove your Idea Awards, The Awards are aimed at acknowledging business ideas which are innovative and have a great chance of success. Paul McNulty’s Letterkenny based company Trinity Innovations won the BMW regional final for its innovative digital magazine software, 3DIssue.

The Prove Your Idea Competition is sponsored by Irish Entrepreneur and the Irish BICs. The criteria of success is whether each business idea has the greatest overall potential for long-term success. 3DIssue is being supported by WESTBIC who support knowledge-based ideas in the NW, through mentoring and training.

Aideen Brennan, WESTBIC commented, “We are thrilled for Paul and are pleased that the judges could see the merit in his idea. Over the last year we know the hard work which he has put into the project and we look forward to working with him into the future.”

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