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The reason for using this template is to offer the possibility for publishers and authors to put in selling your books into an iPhone application. To build your own bookstore application there is no necessary to be an iPhone developer expert, you can use BookStore template.
The following steps will help you create your BookStore application:
- Select BookStore template from Templates page - Choose "Use This Template" and get the name for your application - Now you can start to edit the content of your bookstore:
1. First tab (Book Store) is an IMG MENU page with the list of books in your bookstore. Each item points to a book cover page with detailed information about the book's content and price (using In App Purchase link or inAppPurchase subscription). 2. Cover page has a brief description of the book. On this page we have 2 buttons: "GO TO BOOKMARK" and "OPEN BOOK". Each button opens book content page: Simple link: "OPEN BOOK" - "GO TO BOOKMARK" -
In App Purchase link: NOTE: If the book from bookstore is free for visualization we will use Simple link (http://) otherwise we will put in selling the book via In App Purchase link (buy://).
3. Book's content pages can be a collection of interlinked HTML pages or an HTML page with type EPUB (SC special page type) with attached file of type *.epub ( electronic publication ). a) If we are using a collection of interlinked HTML pages to show the contents of the book we have additional options on each page: "BOOKMARK" -
"bookmark://" schema have two parameters: book - the name of the book you're applying bookmark page - the name of page you're applying bookmark
"INDEX" - <a href="Content_b1.html"> return to content page of the book (first page).
NOTE: "bookmark://" schema allows users to save bookmarks for different pages in your book store application. Transitions between pages can be set ( slide, curl ) in design mode.
b) When we are using HTML page with type EPUB (SC page types) with attached file of type *.epub ( electronic publication ) bookmark mechanism automatically will save last navigation page. Transition between pages is activating on double-click event on the page or with navigation buttons (Forward, Revers) from header of the document. |
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| hello,
can i put a search button and bookend to the book apps ?
best
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| It's possible to put bookend button to the bookstore application. The Search mechanism for bookstore app is not yet implemented at this moment, we will implement this in the future.
All the best |
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| how can i put bookend button ?
thx
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| how can i put bookend button ?
thx |
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| You can add this button in HTML like link to last page from your book. |
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| will it start from last page when i open the book apps again ?
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| Anthony, the app created using this bookstore template already contains all your books. They are locked in the app until the user pays for the book through in-app purchase. After purchase the book becomes available to the user without having to be downloaded from ibookstore. |
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| What are the size of full screen epubs? Iphone? Ipad? |
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| Screen sizes iPhone: 320 x 480iPad: 768 x 1024 of which 20px for the status bar 44px for the navigation bar |
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| Why PDF files are displayed one page at a time, even if the iPhone is placed in a horizontal position? Should start to see both sides, not one, right? |
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| no hope? |
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| Cristian,
Because the screen size is to small to read a page without zoom it.
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| Yes, but horizontally, should start to see two pages, right? The app displays one page vertically (which is fine) and one horizontally (not good). why?
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| Is there a way to display two pages at a time? (When the iphone / IPAD is rotated horizontally)
The file is PDF. |
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