Features and Examples

This is a list of features available in MegaZine3 v2.x along with useful links, examples and tutorials.

Core

 * ✔ Self hosting
 * ✔ Google Analytics
 * ✔ Self-hosted statistics: Once statistics are implemented these are all available for use

File formats

 * ~ Accepts PDF files: direct file cannot be embedded, must be converted to image or swf via pdf2swf
 * ✔ Accepts JPG (Image) files
 * ✔ Accepts SWF files and animations
 * ✔ GIF animations
 * ✔ PDF to SWF conversion
 * ✔ Accepts video files: MP4, M4A, MOV, MP4V, 3GP, 3G2, FLV, MP3
 * ✔ Accepts audio files: MP3

Customizations

 * ✔ Plug-in architecture See also: Plugin development | Writing a plugin | Writing a plugin II
 * ✔ Customisable interface
 * ✔ White Label
 * ✔ External API
 * ✔ Update after publishing
 * ✔ Self maintainable
 * ✔ Same day publishing
 * ✔ Embedded rich media
 * ✔ Vector content (swf)
 * ✔ Dynamic XML for page content
 * ✔ Full screen photo galleries
 * ✔ In-page links
 * ✔ In-page link tool tips
 * ✔ Customizable in-page link tool tips
 * ✔ Different page sizes in single publication

Social / Subscription

 * ✔ Link to page / Permalink

Downloading

 * ✔ EXE Download

E-commerce

 * N/A

Navigation

 * ✔ Thumbnails of pages when navigating
 * ✔ Zoomed in flipping
 * ✔ Full screen mode
 * ✔ Auto scale
 * ✔ Keyboard navigation
 * ✔ Extendible keyboard navigation (changing keys, adding shortcuts for all events). Possible but restrictive via JavaScript
 * ✔ Auto flip / Slide show
 * ✔ Multiple zoom levels
 * ✔ Zoom extend (define max and min)
 * ✔ Auto-zoom to fill screen size
 * ✔ Auto pan with mouse
 * ✔ Mouse wheel zooming
 * ✔ Double-click zooming
 * ✔ View in "book" mode
 * ✔ Thumbnail overview of pages (table of contents), clickable

Interactivity

 * ✔ Text search
 * ✔ Text search highlighting
 * ✔ Embedded forms
 * ✔ Background music
 * ✔ Interaction sounds
 * ✔ Mute sounds
 * ✔ Simultaneous multi-page flipping
 * ✔ Vertical flipping
 * ✔ 360 degree flipping
 * ✔ Drawing annotation (soon: and saving on page)
 * ✔ Bookmark pages: static (defined in megazine.mz3) and dynamic/interactive by user

Accessibility

 * ✔ Google Search Engine Optimisation
 * ✔ Text-only version
 * ✔ Embedded forms
 * ✔ GOOGLE Analytics support (Statistics/Event Logging, available through JavaScript API)
 * ✔ JS-Fallback solution for non FLASH devices (iPad support): Can use jpg and JavaScript linked to megazine.mz3
 * ✔ Print individual pages
 * ✔ Off-line reading: either using the projector file (megazine.exe or megazine.app, with FLASH Player included) or AIR

Other Information

 * ✔ Page caching
 * ✔ "streaming": partial, configurable preload of pages

Features under consideration

 * X GUI Software (for generating xml, assets etc)
 * X Community repository
 * X Community links


 * ~ PDF to Image conversion: Can be worked around with free software (not bundled with MegaZine3)
 * ~ Accepts DOC files: Can be printed to PDF and converted to swf with free software (not bundled with MegaZine3)
 * ~ Accepts PPT (PowerPoint) Can be printed to PDF and converted to swf with free software (not bundled with MegaZine3)
 * ~ YouTube Embedding: Can be worked around with pop up
 * ~ Facebook Video embedding (swf): Can be worked around with pop up
 * ~ Vimeo Video embedding: Can be worked around with pop up
 * ~ Google Video embedding: Can be worked around with pop up
 * ~ Polygon links/tooltips (ie more than 4 points). Good for e-commerce product tool tips, not available via XML?


 * X Comments / publication: Can work around by linking comment page to permalink or internal page link
 * X Comments / page: Can work around by linking comment page to permalink or internal page link
 * X Comments / article: Can work around by linking comment page to permalink or internal page link
 * X Reviews/Ratings: Can be implemented as embedded form or pupup html
 * X Share / Send to Friend: Can work around by linking comment page to permalink or internal page link
 * X Embed code: Can be worked around but not officially implemented
 * X RSS: Can be worked around but not implemented
 * X E-mail marketing: Can be worked around
 * X Facebook Integration (plug-in not yet available)


 * ~ Download publication: Can be worked around with internal page link to load pdf
 * X Print by page range
 * X Print entire publication
 * X Selectable text (for copy/paste)
 * X Save/Download individual pages
 * X Copy to clipboard


 * X Shopping Cart: Can be worked around with popup
 * X Wish List: Can be worked around with popup


 * ~ Back issues archive: Can be worked around
 * ~ Internal links between pages
 * X Button to zoom to fit width
 * X Button to zoom to fit height
 * X Button to revert to 1:1 size
 * X View in "scroll" mode
 * X Page notes
 * X Page snapshots
 * X Page tear
 * ~ Protected / Subscription-based viewing: Can be worked around but not implemented
 * X Speech Synthesis