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PortableMag

A suit for publishing portable periodic magazines on mobile platforms.

The Basics...

PortableMag Navigation and Linking

Finger controls

  • Single finger swipe left/right – prev/next page.
  • Two finger swipe left/right – prev/next article.
  • Single finger swipe up/down – toggle thumbnail view.
  • Pinch in/out – go in/out of thumbnail view.

Navigation via #URLs

The basics

Page #1
Named page

Anchor on page #3
currently navigation via existing anchors will break the layout, so use the name attribute on any other tags (see example).

Special anchors

These show up in the page URL

Magazine cover
Last page
Thumbnail view
Toggle a hidden layer

Relative special anchors

These will get replaced by corresponding page numbers in the URL

Next page
Previous page
Next article
Previous article

History support

NOTE: this is still a bit flaky...
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PortableMag Anatomy

The magazine consists of:

  • Magazine cover
  • Articles:
    • Article cover
    • Pages
Each of these elements can be styled separately...

The Page content has a fixed size...

Using the content block...

The content block can contain any HTML.

The contents will allways fit the screen, the aspect ratio of the content block is fixed regardless of the viewer.

Contents will not get clipped as long as they are within the block.

NOTE: by default the overflow is visible (see next page), so be carefull.

You can still use the full page area...

Though anything outside the content block can and will get clipped, depending on viewer aspect ratio...

You can see this by resizing the page in browser or rotating the device.

Page Templates

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Article Cover

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Configuration demo

Pages in ribbon:
Fit page to view:
Animate window resize:
Drag in full page view:

NOTE: this is not an actual configuration page, just a live demo of some of the available configuration option effects.

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