Online 'flip' brochure recommendations?

[Lucan Unlordly]

As per title, anyone using online brochure/magazine software?

I found something more than a couple of years ago that looked like a classy magazine and allowed for YouTube videos to be set within a magazine style page, and - from a fading memory - to click on products or adverts linking to a website, but I can't recall the name?


Mods please move if in wrong section?

 

[Paul Kelly ICHYB]

Do you want to host or use 3rd party?

What platform is your website on?

 

[Ozzy]

If you use Office365 you may find the Sway app may do what you need. I don't know what the Google Workplace equivalent may be, but I've had a dabble with Sway and it seems to do quite a lot.

 

[antropy]

anyone using online brochure/magazine software?

I've worked on developing software that takes a PDF and converts it into a page flipping brochure with mouse-turnable pages before so know a bit about this.

Have you managed to find anything similar yet?
Is displaying video in the pages a must-have requirement?

Paul.

 

[Lucan Unlordly]

Do you want to host or use 3rd party?

What platform is your website on?

I'm waiting for my web guys to call me, but they currently host everything for me as far as I know?

If you use Office365 you may find the Sway app may do what you need. I don't know what the Google Workplace equivalent may be, but I've had a dabble with Sway and it seems to do quite a lot.

Had a quick look but might not be quite what I've seen before?

I've worked on developing software that takes a PDF and converts it into a page flipping brochure with mouse-turnable pages before so know a bit about this.

Have you managed to find anything similar yet?
Is displaying video in the pages a must-have requirement?

Paul.

I've found the details of the example I mentioned in my opening post - Pagesuite - who look to have gone down a more corporate route. Adding videos was part of their previous offer.

I know there are FREE PDF converters out there and am now looking at Canva which I've used for reels and flyers for inspiration.

 

[antropy]

I know there are FREE PDF converters out there and am now looking at Canva which I've used for reels and flyers for inspiration.

Interesting, can that actually produce the HTML/JS necessary to implement a flipping brochure?

Paul.

 

[fisicx]

People use phones and tablets. They scroll. Page flipping apps are counter intuitive. It’s far better to have a scrolling brochure.

We had a page turner on our car club website for the monthly magazine but it never proved popular. It’s now just a scrolling page and far more interaction.

 

[Lucan Unlordly]

People use phones and tablets. They scroll. Page flipping apps are counter intuitive. It’s far better to have a scrolling brochure.

We had a page turner on our car club website for the monthly magazine but it never proved popular. It’s now just a scrolling page and far more interaction.

Do you class scrolling as up and down as opposed to left to right?

Personally I favour left to right to maintain the typical way of reading a magazine.

 

[Lucan Unlordly]

Interesting, can that actually produce the HTML/JS necessary to implement a flipping brochure?

Paul.

You can create a multi page brochure but I'm still finding my way around Canva which links to all sorts of apps and 3rd party suppliers.

 

[fisicx]

Do you class scrolling as up and down as opposed to left to right?

Personally I favour left to right to maintain the typical way of reading a magazine.

We tried both. Vertical scroll worked best. And we changed the format so it was more like a webpage with lots of internal linking to related pages on the site. And we binned all the normal magazine caggage: headers, footers, cover pages and so on.

It was all built into the publishing software. You could export as pdf or html.

 

[Lucan Unlordly]

I used to do the layout for newspapers and magazine and whilst I know things have moved on a lot of our customers are old school and may prefer the left to right, everything in front of you look?

The aim is to wrap punchy editorial, around a catalogue of our product range. I/we have a reputation for breaking new stories, taking a different angle - that most agree with but hadn't thought of and I believe we can get to our customer base relatively cheaply this way.

 

[fisicx]

Have you tried these:

Online Flipbook Maker - Create Interactive Flipbooks | Flipsnack

Create flipbooks online using our interactive flipbook maker. Flipsnack is the easiest way to make brochures, magazines & catalogs. Upload PDF or design online!

www.flipsnack.com

Paperturn, Convert PDFs into stunning, online flipbooks

Convert any PDF into an awesome flipbook! Just upload your PDF to Paperturn and it will be transformed automatically. Click here to try it for free!

www.paperturn.com

Issuu | Create Interactive Flipbooks on our Digital Publishing Platform

Issuu converts PDFs and documents into an interactive flipbook and marketing assets. Embed flipbooks onto your website and distribute online. Create yours with Issuu.

issuu.com

 

[Lucan Unlordly]

Have you tried these:

Online Flipbook Maker - Create Interactive Flipbooks | Flipsnack

Create flipbooks online using our interactive flipbook maker. Flipsnack is the easiest way to make brochures, magazines & catalogs. Upload PDF or design online!

www.flipsnack.com

Paperturn, Convert PDFs into stunning, online flipbooks

Convert any PDF into an awesome flipbook! Just upload your PDF to Paperturn and it will be transformed automatically. Click here to try it for free!

www.paperturn.com

Issuu | Create Interactive Flipbooks on our Digital Publishing Platform

Issuu converts PDFs and documents into an interactive flipbook and marketing assets. Embed flipbooks onto your website and distribute online. Create yours with Issuu.

issuu.com

I found Paperturn yesterday and had a closer look, thanks...

I'll probably do the trial and see how what templates are available as a lot of the examples they show online are very smooth and I need a bit of edge...