Prepare folders for the MZ3 Software and the Content

To keep all your titles organized you need a new folder that will contain everything:

• The MegaZine3 software
• The megazine.mz3 configuration file
• Your data: images, videos, sound, PDF pages (i.e.: the converted .swf files)

For the first project we'll keep the structure simple. Once you'll build more titles with different versions and for Online and Offline titles, you should use a more detailed structure like the one proposed and used by the "Tools" that come with the "demo package". We'll discuss that later in the specific tutorial about the demo package...

First step is to create the main folder. For this first project we suggest to name it mz3_photo_book.

Download MegaZine3 Software

Now that the folder for your title exists, the MegaZine3 Software can be downloaded and that file (compressed in ZIP format) be extrated to that new folder.

Everything should be copied. The key files and folders are:

Files at root level 

• style.css
  Needed to define the container for the book. FireFox will not show the book if this file is missing!
• index.html
  A double click on this file will open your MegaZine3 title in your standard browser
• README, COPYING, VERSION
  General and license information

Folders at root level

• js/
  Javascript files needed for the setup and start of the MZ3 title
• megazine/
  This is the main folder that contains all MegaZine3 software. Details will be discussed later.