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Technologies for the layout of interactive electronic editions
Journal/Series :
Обрії друкарства
Issue :
1
ISSN :
2522-1078
Start Page :
62
End Page :
75
Issue Date :
2020
Abstract :
The article describes the peculiarities of the layout of interactive electronic editions depending on the type of presentation (monomеdia or multimedia), on the basis of study of the functional features of about 70 programs, cloud plat-forms, and content management systems used in modern publishing practices. It proposes a classification of technological tools used to create interactive electronic editions.
It is determined that in technological terms for publishers it is easiest to create interactive monomedia editions with a fixed layout, which is almost identical to the page makeup design of printed editions. To create interactive monomedia web-pages, commercial (DLE, WIX, Tilda, etc.) and free (Word-press, Drupal, Joomla, etc.) CMS are used. For individual projects, book-sites can be developed from scratch using various programming languages.
The layout of interactive multimedia editions is conceptually different from the preparation of layouts for print editions and requires special-purpose technology tools. Interactive multimedia books are created using: 1) desktop programs; 2) online cloud platforms; and 3) Content Management Systems (CMS).
Unfortunately, most of the technology tools for page makeup design and layout of interactive books are not yet available to Ukrainian publishers be-cause of their high price.
There are two ways to overcome this problem: 1) entry of foreign software companies into the Ukrainian market (for example, the Hungarian company Mozaik Education is actively seeking partners among Ukrainian publishers and offers its software for creating interactive multimedia tutorials for Ukrainian students); 2) development of national technological platforms (programs) for page makeup design and layout of interactive multimedia editions focusing specifically on the Ukrainian publishing market (similar to CourseYard’s Autoria, which, unfortunately, is still not available for use).
It is determined that in technological terms for publishers it is easiest to create interactive monomedia editions with a fixed layout, which is almost identical to the page makeup design of printed editions. To create interactive monomedia web-pages, commercial (DLE, WIX, Tilda, etc.) and free (Word-press, Drupal, Joomla, etc.) CMS are used. For individual projects, book-sites can be developed from scratch using various programming languages.
The layout of interactive multimedia editions is conceptually different from the preparation of layouts for print editions and requires special-purpose technology tools. Interactive multimedia books are created using: 1) desktop programs; 2) online cloud platforms; and 3) Content Management Systems (CMS).
Unfortunately, most of the technology tools for page makeup design and layout of interactive books are not yet available to Ukrainian publishers be-cause of their high price.
There are two ways to overcome this problem: 1) entry of foreign software companies into the Ukrainian market (for example, the Hungarian company Mozaik Education is actively seeking partners among Ukrainian publishers and offers its software for creating interactive multimedia tutorials for Ukrainian students); 2) development of national technological platforms (programs) for page makeup design and layout of interactive multimedia editions focusing specifically on the Ukrainian publishing market (similar to CourseYard’s Autoria, which, unfortunately, is still not available for use).
Bibliographic description :
Женченко М. І. Технології макетування і верстання інтерактивних електронних видань / М. І. Женченко // Обрії друкарства. - Київ, 2020. - № 1. - С. 62-75.
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