Calaméo, reimagining the digital publishing experience

In PRODUCT
13 April 2017
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Flash is now just a long and distant memory in the digital sphere, which makes us even more delighted to have successfully released our state of the art HTML5 publication viewer to the world—a form of technology that our users will be able to rely on for years to come.

But now is time for some greater changes. Today we are proud to unveil a re-imagined cutting-edge digital publishing experience using the latest technologies. We hope you like it!

The Technology

Our high performance document viewing solution offers publishers and readers alike an outstanding display of crystal-clear, full screen document reading. The new updates reflect the incredible technological advances in the industry and we are so proud to have created something that is both unique and technically sound.

The innovative Calaméo conversion technology is thoughtful of details and offers various new benefits for our users. Here are a few key improvements:

Better Reading Experience

With Calaméo, you don’t have to deal with blurred documents that you might see on some of our competitors’ platforms. Our new conversion offers an enhanced zoom, sharper text and vibrant images just like a print document!

Competitors’ Document Conversion Vs Calaméo’s Document Conversion

Smarter Document Conversion

We’ve made converting your print documents to digital easier than ever! Our document conversion technology enhances the HTML5 viewer for high-speed loading of documents, which makes publishing on Calaméo considerably more efficient.

Universal

Have no fear, our conversion technology is compatible with any browser and adapted to all desktop and mobile devices for smooth and seamless reading—no plugins required!

The Journey

Our team of developers worked long and hard to craft an advanced document conversion technology that not only serves to complement our sophisticated HTML5 viewer but is also tailored perfectly to our users’ needs.

Our team achieved amazing results and have succeeded in keeping 100% of the Calaméo features you know and love. Essentially, we’re offering you the same online solution but with excellent performance enhancements that will be available on all Calaméo publications; whether embedded on third party websites, blogs or social platforms.

Our new technology will progressively roll out by default on all future publications, we can’t wait for you to try it!

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Tell us what you think about Calaméo’s latest evolution! We would love to hear from you on our social media channels. Reach out on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn with your comments.

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Announcing our new Custom Themes Tutorial!

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One of the things that makes digital publishing on Calaméo such a standout experience is the amazing customization opportunities. We’re proud to say that ours is the only professional solution that lets you have full control of the publication viewer. Thanks to our powerful custom Themes feature, you can make sure that every detail—from the buttons to the branding—fits your needs perfectly.

However, we know that working with code can seem daunting. Although creating your own Theme is easier than ever with our user-friendly Elements feature, we wanted to show you just how simple custom can be. That’s why starting today you can enjoy our all-new Custom Themes Tutorial!

In this Tutorial, you’ll find step-by-step instructions for six key ways to customize our viewer. These include:

  • Getting started with an existing template and assets
  • How to use your own graphic assets
  • How to remove a toolbar button
  • Changing font, color and link styles in the viewer
  • How to add a button
  • Modifying viewer layout elements

Plus, we’ve added a handy guide to the basic building blocks of making a Theme. Whether you’re new to code or already a whiz with HTML, this resource will give you the tools to achieve your vision for the viewer.

The full Custom Themes Tutorial is available for you to browse, print or download below. We hope it helps inspire you to try out a new look for your publications! And stay tuned for more great tutorials coming to Calaméo this year.

GET THE TUTORIAL

Want to learn more about our customization options? Check out our Help Center and Developers page for all the details. Or write to us at contact@calameo.com and we’ll be happy to answer your questions.

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The Complete Guide to Embeds: Part One

In PRODUCT
4 October 2018

For many businesses, showcasing digital publications on their own website is a great business solution. Clients can enjoy the convenient presentation and interactive features of catalogs, magazines and more all while browsing the brand’s site.

To help you take advantage of this powerful tool, we’ve created a complete guide to embedding your publications!

In today’s post, we will explain how your publications on Calaméo can be embedded in your website, blog or displayed in a Library widget.

We’ll start off with the basics: what is an embed? Simply put, an embedded publication will be displayed in a webpage outside of Calaméo. In this example from DARRAN Furniture‘s site, their catalog appears ready to read in our viewer:

You can embed any digital publication that you’ve created with Calaméo. Even private publications can be included in your website, as long as they have not been set to be visible only to your account.

Getting Started

In order to embed your publication, you’ll have to work with a bit of code. You can insert your publication into your blog, a website built with HTML or in a dedicated tab on your Facebook page.

Finding the code is easy. In the Publications tab of your account, mouse over the title you want to embed, click the arrow and select “Embed” from the drop-down menu. You can choose from HTML, WordPress or Joomla for your embed code, depending on the needs of your site.

💡TIP: Be sure you’ve installed the appropriate Calaméo plug-in before using WordPress or Joomla embed codes.

Hit the “Copy” button and you’re ready to go!

Virtual Library

The only thing better than embedding one of your digital publications on your business’s website is embedding a whole series for your audience to discover. We’ve covered the brand benefits of creating a Calaméo Library Widget before, and here’s a great example from Hachette:

Our tutorial video recaps how to customize your Library Widget and get the embed code. The best part? New publications are added to your Library Widget display on your website automatically, so you never have to update the code in order to update your readers.

In the next part of our Complete Guide to Embeds, we’ll be reviewing the options to ensure your publication looks exactly how you want it to on your website.

Have questions about how to use Calaméo’s professional digital publishing features? Take a look at our Help Center or write to us at contact@calameo.com, anytime.