We are very proud to announce a brand-new issue of CALAMEO Magazine, available for you to read now!
Get ready to dive in to our spring 2020 Culture issue.
In this edition, we look at ways that technology is bringing culture right into our own homes. Explore stats about how the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic is changing digital access to culture and take a tour of the history of homemade zines, video and self-publishing. Plus, find more Calaméo news, team interviews and fun facts as we celebrate the second year of our magazine!
As always, thank you to all of our readers for supporting CALAMEO Magazine. We hope you enjoy the Culture issue and we’ll be back with another new edition soon!
Interested in launching your own magazine? Check out our practical guide all about how to start a magazine.
For quite a while, we’ve been blogging about digital publishing and showing you how to do more with your documents online. That’s why it was time to give the Calaméo blog a whole new look. Now, there’s even more to explore.
Ready for your tour?
First up, our homepage offers tons of great content to discover. Flip through the headlines to check out some of our top articles, then head to the “Latest” section to see the most recent posts. Plus, the selection of “Recommended” posts is updated regularly with great reads from our archives.
Speaking of archives, it’s easier than ever to browse all of the blog’s content thanks to new categories. You can choose from:
PUBLISHING: All about how to publish your documents online.
BEST PRACTICES: Tips and tricks for making the most out of digital publications.
STRATEGY: The best ideas and smartest trends focused on content and commerce.
NEW: Announcements, updates and news from Calaméo.
You’ll also find the Library page handy for keeping up to date with Calaméo’s publications. Built using our own Library widget feature, this section provides easy access to our in-depth, illustrated Tutorials series and CALAMÉO magazine. And watch for even more to come in 2021!
In addition to these new features, we’ve improved some existing parts of the Calaméo blog. For example, switching between English and French is simple. Just choose the language you prefer in the top navigation bar, from any page. We’ve also made the search bar easier to find and use. But if you can’t find what you’re looking for on the blog, no sweat: scroll down and click the link to visit our Help Center.
Best of all, the Calaméo blog and all its posts are ready to read and share on any device. We hope that you’ll enjoy getting to know the new look, learning more about digital publishing and following the great content we have planned.
Come back soon for new articles, fresh ideas and more in 2021!
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.
