Use the Folio Builder panel menu to update, copy, and rename articles.
Folio Builder panel menu
The article properties you specify determine how the article appears in the viewer. You can change article properties using either the Article Properties option in the Folio Builder panel or the Folio Producer Editor. You can also use the sidecar.xml file for applying article metadata to all articles in a folio, either when importing the articles or later.
Article properties
A. Description B. Kicker C. Title D. Byline
Title
Specify the article title as it should appear in the viewer. The Title value is different from the Article Name, which appears in the Folio Builder panel. The Article Name is used for creating links between articles. The Title appears in the table of contents and in folio navigation views. The maximum number of characters for Title is 60.
Kicker
The section title of a magazine, such as “Reviews,” “Features,” or “Editorial.” The kicker appears in the table of contents and in folio navigation views. The maximum number of characters for Kicker is 35.
Description
Describe the article. The description appears when the folio is viewed in browse mode. The Description appears in the table of contents and in folio navigation views. The maximum number of characters for Description is 120.
Hide From TOC
Select this option to prevent the article from appearing when users tap the TOC button in the viewer nav bar.
Smooth Scrolling
In the Smooth Scrolling column, specify whether each article scrolls continuously or by snapping to the page. Smooth Scrolling works only in the vertical direction for swiping up and down. The document cannot include multiple pages. You can apply the Smooth Scrolling setting to landscape only, portrait only, or both layout orientations. See Smooth scrolling articles.
Horizontal Swipe Only
When you select Horizontal Swipe Only for an article, users browse through the article by swiping left and right instead of up and down. This option was previously called “Flatten.” See Swiping articles horizontally.
Table of Contents Preview
When users tap the Table of Contents button in the viewer’s navigation bar, a 70x70-pixel table of contents icon appears next to each article. A default table of contents icon is generated automatically from the first page of the article. To use a different icon, click the folder icon and choose a PNG file. Use 70x70-pixel PNG files. If you want to use images larger than 70x70, add them to the article folders and import them.
Viewer table of contentsTo change additional article properties not found in the Article Properties dialog box, use the Folio Producer Editor. Choose Folio Producer from the panel menu to open the Folio Producer Organizer. Select the folio, and then choose Open. Then select the article and edit the following properties. See Folio Producer Editor.
Download Priority
When customers download the custom viewer, they can view the file while it’s still being downloaded. Unless you change the download priority, the articles are downloaded from first to last.
Article Access
This option determines whether an article is available in the Web Viewer when the article is shared and if Enable Article Preview is enabled. If the folio viewer version is v26 or later and the articles within that folio are updated in the Folio Builder panel, you can choose Free, Metered, or Protected. If the folio viewer version is v25 or earlier, you can choose Metered or Protected.
- When an article is marked as Protected, it is not enabled for viewing in Web Viewer or in a retail folio with free preview on a device.
- When an article is marked as Metered, the article is uploaded to a server for viewing in Web Viewer on a computer. Customers can view Metered articles in Web Viewer unless they hit the paywall threshold set by the publisher.
- When an article is marked as Free (v26 and later only), the article is available for preview in a retail folio. In the Web Viewer, Free and Metered have the same effect in v26.
For more information, see Using social sharing.
Allow Access to Entitlement Information
If you have an Enterprise account, you can create an HTML article that displays different content for different users depending on how the folio was obtained. See Web Content overlays.
Section
If you divide a folio into sections such as Sports, Business, and Style, specify a section name for each article in the folio. The maximum number of characters for Section is 60. See Create Sections.
When you create an article or an article layout, the content of the InDesign document is uploaded to the workspace on the server. When you edit and save a document that is part of an article, changes are saved only locally until you update the article. You can select and update multiple articles.
When you update an article, both layouts are updated. If you want the updated article to be available in a published viewer app, use the Folio Producer Organizer to update the folio.
If you use the same source document in multiple folios, remember to update the article in each folio.
Once you create an article based on a document, you don’t need to create another article if you want it to appear in a different folio. Instead, copy the article from one folio to another.
When you delete an article, you remove it from the folio and from the workspace on the server. However, the source InDesign documents are not deleted.
To change the order of articles, drag and drop them in the Folio Builder panel, or use the Folio Producer Editor to change the article order. See Folio Producer Editor.
You can also use the sidecar.xml file to rearrange articles and update metadata. See Create a metadata sidecar file for importing articles.
If you move the source documents for an article to a new location or transfer them to a different computer, you can reconnect the source files to the article layouts in the Folio Builder panel.
If you transfer the files to a different computer, make sure that broken links are resolved. Also make sure that interactive overlays point to the appropriate file or folder.
If the overlay no longer points to the appropriate location, an “invalid asset location” error message occurs when you create the article.
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