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Introducing BookJS

by Adam Hyde 26.10.2012
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Image 1150(photo: Kristin Trethewey)

BookJS has been developed by Johannes Wilm, one of the core Booktype developers. What it does is very simple - you can add the javascript to any HTML page and it will format it like a book - directly in the browser. You can see page numbers, the table of contents, a title page, and left and right breaking pages etc. There is a very simple example of it in action here: http://sourcefabric.github.com/BookJS/

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Developing the Booktype community

by Adam Hyde 25.10.2012

We are building out the Booktype development community. There are many new ways to get involved on Github as well as the forums for more direct conversation about the tool Booktype.

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Booktype Pro is your one-stop publishing shop

by Kristin Trethewey 24.10.2012

Publishers, newspapers, print-on-demand services, educators... breathe a sigh of relief. Booktype Pro is here! No more lost manuscripts, overwritten Word files, awkward wikis or cumbersome CMSes. Replace all that hassle with a free, cloud-based service you can get started with right away. 

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Journal B, smart design focuses on culture and politics in Bern

by Kristin Trethewey 22.10.2012
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Image 1094(photo: Kristin Trethewey)

Journal B, is an online magazine based in Bern, Switzerland. Their goal is to diversify the media landscape and place an emphasis on covering local politics and culture. Their site was designed by the Apps with love team and uses Newscoop as its CMS.

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How to create dashboard widgets in Newscoop

by Paweł Mikołajczuk 19.10.2012
Newscoop's dashboard, with customisable map, article, picture and search widgets.
Newscoop's dashboard, with customisable map, article, picture and search widgets.(photo: Adam Thomas)

Paweł Mikołajczuk shows us how to create dashboard widgets in the open source newsroom CMS Newscoop.

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Three is the magic number for Hacks/Hackers Berlin

by Adam Thomas 16.10.2012
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Image 1114(photo: Kristin Trethewey)

The third Hacks/Hackers Berlin meet up showcased presentations from Soundcloud, Journlism++, ecojournalism.org, Open Knowledge Foundation and the Data Journalism Handbook, #OSJUBA and Irrepressible Voices.

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Superdesk wants to be your newsroom's digital twin

by Adam Thomas 26.09.2012
Superdesk is an open source newsroom tool for managing content, workflows and broadcast.
Superdesk is an open source newsroom tool for managing content, workflows and broadcast.(photo: Adam Thomas)

Micz Flor, co-founder of Sourcefabric takes us through Superdesk and explains why sometimes we're not always asking the right questions.

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