Creating new publication
We select ‘Create new publication’ in ‘Publications’ menu to define parameters of publication.
Publication General Data Configuration
Publication Name | name of the publication, e.g. Magazine |
Short Code (3 character max.) | shortened name, e.g. MAG |
Folder name | you don’t create the name of the folder, it is created by default within the base |
Default mutation code | label that marks version of mutations, it is used when creating PDF files, e.g. 2 (second edition) |
Language | default language format for a certain publication |
Month declination | defines whether names of the months will be declined (according to specific grammar) |
Order | Order of publications in a dropdown menu when sending articles from one publication to the other |
New publish date | basic publish date being used to create new articles |
Archive location (end slash) |
defines the location where StoryEditor will transfer all files of pages when archiving, path as Linux server sees it |
Archive SL location (end slash) | defines the location for StoryLink to be able to open the archived files, path as Windows client computer sees it |
Send Media location (without end slash) | defines location for sending photos to processing in Media processing |
Author auto generator convention | defines automatic generation of author’s name as it will appear with article. Display mode is defined through menu that opens by clicking the icon ‘I’. {FN} - Name {LN} - Last name {ii} - Initials {EM} - e-mail |
Media Credit auto generator convention
Defines automatic generation of photographer’s name as it will appear with photo. Display mode is defined through additional menu.
{AT} Author (All Caps) | NAME AND LAST NAME |
{CR} Credit (All Caps) | AGENCY |
{At} Author (Title Caps) | Name and Last Name |
{Cr} Credit (Title Caps) | Agency |
{at} Author (Small Caps) | Name and Last Name |
{cr} Credit (Small Caps) | Agency |
Media Caption auto generator convention
Defines automatic generation of signature under the photo.
{C} Caption | Signature under the photo |
{AT}Author (All Caps) | NAME AND LAST NAME |
{CR} Credit (All Caps) | AGENCY |
{At} Author (Title Caps) | Name and Last Name |
{Cr} Credit (Title Caps) | Agency |
{at} Author (Small Caps) | Name and Last name |
{cr} Credit (Small Caps) | Agency |
Article Title auto generator convention
Defines automatic generation of articles’ working title
{T} Title | Title |
{MM} Publish date | Month (06) |
{DDDD} Publish date | Day (Thursday) |
{DD} Publish date | Day (23) |
{YY} Publish date | Year (98) |
{YYYY} Publish date | Year (1998) |
{P}Page | page |
{I} Issue | issue/edition |
{PROJ} Project name | Project name |
E.G. for the article named Working that will be published on June 23rd for project named Today, sequence looks as follows: {DD}_{MM}_{PROJ}_{T}
And it will be shown in StoryEditor: 23_6_Today_Working
CMS Article URL convention
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Defines link for display of the article on web portal, with articles that are sent to web, there is External link option on the left side. |
By clicking this option, new window will open and you will see article published on web.
{cmsID} article cms ID | ID of the article in case when identification numbers of CMS are used on portal |
{seID} article storyeditor ID |
ID of the article in case when identification numbers of StoryEditor are used on portal |
Article Details iFrame URL
Defines iFrame window within the article where you can, for example, list the statistics of the article published on the web
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iFrame window is on the left side of the article under External link option. Article Details iFrame Height - defining height of the iFrame in which you list the statistics of the article published on the web. |
Alert Limit in Minutes | defines the time in minutes when the alarm will start warning which project is coming to a deadline. (background of the pages will turn red) |
Effective resolution (dpi) | minimal effective resolution of the photos that StoryLink will mark as too low (e.g. if you put 300 dpi as minimal, SL will alert you on all photos that are under 299 dpi) |
Target resolution (dpi) | optimal resolution that Photoshop will use to calculate resizing of photos during process |
Ads Fitting Options | StoryLink options for placing an ad into a frame during automatic insertion of ads on InDesign page |
Center Content | the ad will be centered inside the frame |
Fit Content Proportionally | the ad will be adjusted to frame proportionally (width and height) if they are not the same size |
Fit Content To Frame | fits content to specific frame that is set in advance the ad will ‘forcefully’ be adjusted to frame (width and height) so distorsions are possible |
Backup .indd files on locals? | defines if you want to make backup copy for InDesign documents on your computer |
Backup duration in days | defines the number of days that you wish the backup copy to be saved on computer, after which it will be automatically deleted in order to save computer space |
Publication Logo (.jpg only) | with this option you upload the logo of the publication in .jpeg format, to be used when printing global from Press module |
Archive Configuration
DELETE .indd Files (when archive project) | defines the automatic deletion of Indesign files after the archiving of the edition |
DELETE .pdf Files (when archive project) | defines the automatic deletion of PDF files after the archiving of the edition (preview PDF for display of pages in Press module) |
DELETE .jpg Files (when archive project) | defines the automatic deletion of .jpg files after the archiving of the edition. (big preview of pages in Press module) |
DELETE _mi.jpg Files (when archive project) | defines the automatic deletion of .jpg files after the archiving of the edition. (middle preview of pages in Press module) |
DELETE Links/Articles Folder (when archive project) | defines the automatic deletion of the map with links to articles after the archiving of the edition |
DELETE Links/Media Folder (when archive project) | defines the automatic deletion of the folder with links to photos after the archiving of the edition |
Pitstop Configuration
DELETE ALL Files from Pitstop (when archive project) | defines automatic deleting of all files from ‘Pitstop’ after the archiving of the edition |
Absolute Pitstop ROOT location (with ending slash) | defines location of Pitstop folder |
Copy to Pitstop (with Publish from StoryLink) | copying files into Pitstop folder when creating PDF files for press in StoryLink (by clicking Publish in SL, files will automatically be copied to Pitstop folder) |
Absolute Pitstop input location (with ending slash) | the location where the PDF for quality control will be sent to |
Absolute Pitstop error location (with ending slash) | the location where the PDF with an error will be saved |
Absolute Pitstop success location (with ending slash) | the location where the correct PDF will be saved |
Relative Pitstop error location (with ending slash) | the location where the PDF with an error will be saved (a relative path used if the location is on some other web server) |
Relative Pitstop success location (with ending slash) | the location where the correct PDF will be saved (a relative path that is used if the location is on some other web server) |
PDFs Configuration
Publish PDF Name Convention
Defining name of PDF file when publishing pages in StoryLink
{I} Issue | issue |
{U} Mutation | shortened code of mutation |
{PP} Absolute page no. 2 spaces | absolute number of pages using 2 digits |
{PPP} Absolute page no. 3 spaces | absolute number of pages using 3 digits |
{YY} Year 2 spaces | year written using 2 digits |
{YYYY} Year 4 spaces | year written using 4 digits |
{MM} Month | month |
{DD} Day | day |
{CPT} Color page type | Color page type (in color or black and white) |
PDF Name Convention for Output
Defining name of PDF file when sending pages to press through StoryEditor
{I} Issue | issue |
{U} Mutation | shortened code of mutation |
{PP} Absolute page no. 2 spaces | absolute number of pages using 2 digits |
{PPP} Absolute page no. 3 spaces | absolute number of pages using 3 digits |
{YY} Year 2 spaces | year written using 2 digits |
{YYYY} Year 4 spaces | year written using 4 digits |
{MM} Month | month |
{DD} Day | day |
{CPT} Color page type | color of page type (in color or black and white) |
{V} Version 1 space (FTP only) | automatically printing PDF version of file sent to print (one digit) |
{VV} Version 2 spaces (FTP only) | automatically printing PDF version of file sent to print (two digits) |
Choose correct date for PDF Name (publish date / page date) - Defines which date will be generated when creating PDF files (date of creating PDF or date of publishing the publication).
InDesign PDF Preset for PRESS Pdfs - Defines the names of preset settings for creating the PDF files for press (.joboptions file that was integrated to inDesign, provided by press).
InDesign PDF Preset for WEB Pdfs - Defines the names of preset settings for creating the PDF files for publishing on web (.joboptions file that was integrated to inDesign).
PROOF Output Configuration (Sending PDFs for Proofing)
Sending PDF files for proofing before press.
Type (none/folder/ftp) | select whether the files will be sent to a local folder or through ftp |
PROOF Folder | if a local folder was selected, here you will enter the absolute path to that folder here |
PROOF FTP Host | if ftp was selected, you will enter the address of the ftp folder here |
PROOF FTP User | the username for connecting to ftp |
PROOF FTP Pass | the password for connecting to ftp |
PROOF Versioning Y N | options for writing versions in PDF file names (YES or NO) |
PRESS Output Configuration (Sending PDFs to Press company)
Sending the PDF files to press
Type (none/folder/ftp) | send the documents to a local folder or through ftp |
PRESS Folder | if a local folder was selected, you will enter the absolute path to that folder here |
PRESS FTP Host | if ftp was selected, you will enter the address of ftp folder here |
PRESS FTP User | the username for connecting to ftp |
PRESS FTP Pass | the password for connecting to ftp |
PRESS Versioning Y N | options for writing versions in PDF file names (YES or NO) |
Send Article to WEB Configuration
Configuration of sending the articles to the web. Option “Publish to web” in Articles module will send articles as XML files joined with photos in compressed format (.zip)
Type none (download)/folder/ftp/push | select the type of sending (manually to a local computer / local folder on server / ftp folder / automatic sending to web by script) |
WEB Folder | absolute path to the folder where the article with the photos will be sent |
WEB FTP Host | ftp address |
WEB FTP User | the username for connecting to ftp |
WEB FTP Pass | the password for connecting to ftp |
WEB FTP Folder | selection of the folder at the previously defined ftp address |
WEB Push Script | path to the script that will automatically open the .zip file and publish the sent article web {X}Article XML-ZIP File {AID}Article ID |
Get Push Script Response Y N | select whether you want to show the message created by the script after sending article to web or not |
Send Block to iPad Configuration
Option to send blocks of pages to iPAD (used in Press module - Block Preview type)
Type none (download)/folder/ftp/push | select type of sending (manual saving to a local computer / local folder on server / ftp folder / automatic sending to iPAD using script) |
iPAD Folder | absolute path to the folder where blocks of pages will be sent |
iPAD FTP Host | ftp address |
iPAD FTP User | the username for connecting to ftp |
iPAD FTP Pass | the password for connecting to ftp |
iPAD Push Script | address to script that will automatically open .zip file and publish sent article on iPad device {P} Page PDF File |