What's new?

You can now add image captions to the Image Widget, Gallery, and Media Carousel.

The caption is displayed directly below the corresponding image and is ideal for image credits, descriptions, or additional information.

Captions automatically inherit the text styling defined in your project settings. The font size is automatically displayed slightly smaller to visually distinguish captions from regular content.

Additional customization options such as custom colors, fonts, and further styling settings will be added in a future update.

You can now define a maximum page width and global padding directly on page level. Choose from several predefined width options (Full Width, Narrow, Medium, Wide) or define a custom width in pixels.

The defined page width applies to all content on the page by default. However, individual layouts or widgets can be excluded from this restriction. Simply select the desired element and scroll to the end of the toolbar in the bottom right. Using the “Full View Width” toggle, the element can ignore the defined page width and extend across the full available width.

This makes it possible to display banners, images, or other highlighted content across the full viewport width, while keeping the rest of the page content within a consistent width.

With the new Accordion Widget, content can be clearly structured and expanded or collapsed as needed. This helps visitors stay oriented and navigate even extensive content more easily.

For each accordion item, you can choose between two content types:

• Text for classic questions and answers or short information blocks.
• Custom Content for adding any widgets, such as images, videos, buttons, or other editor content.

This makes the Accordion Widget suitable not only for FAQs, but also for much more comprehensive content sections.

Each accordion item can have its own title, and the order can be easily adjusted via drag and drop. You can also decide whether multiple sections can remain open at the same time or if only one item should be expanded at once.

The Accordion Widget also offers a wide range of design options. Colors for titles, backgrounds, borders, and divider lines can be customized individually, and you can choose between a plus or arrow icon for expanding and collapsing the accordion items.

With the new initials in the Text widget, you can now highlight the first letter of a paragraph—similar to the classic drop caps found in magazines or editorial layouts.

With the new Font Weight Feature, you can now control the thickness of your text much more precisely — everywhere you customize typography.

The new setting is now available:

• in all typography settings within the editor
• in the project settings
• in the output settings

Which Font Weights are available?

Depending on the font you use, different weight variations are available — from Thin to Black:

• 100 Thin
• 300 Light
• 400 Regular
• 500 Medium
• 700 Bold
• 900 Black

The number of available weights always depends on the specific font family.

Important to know

Our default fonts fully support Font Weights.

For already uploaded custom fonts, support may vary depending on the font file. In some cases, there may be no visible difference between 400 and 500 because browsers automatically switch to the closest available weight.

For the best and technically cleanest support, we recommend that existing customers re-upload their fonts. This ensures that all font weights work reliably and consistently across all areas.

With the new “Blocks” feature, you can create your own layouts using multiple widgets and save them to your personal library.

You can now find “Blocks” in the new sidebar inside the editor. Once created, blocks can be reused anytime — even across different projects. This makes it easy to insert recurring content or complex layouts without rebuilding them from scratch or using an entire page as a template.

Your personal block library can be found under “Team Blocks”. In addition, there are “Novamag Blocks” — a collection of predefined layouts created by the Novamag team and made available to all customers.

By hovering over a block preview, you can instantly see how the layout will look with your current project styles.

To save different blocks, you’ll now find a new save icon in the action bar — the same place where you can duplicate or delete content.

You can give your blocks custom names. Existing blocks can also be renamed, reordered, or deleted in the “Manage Blocks” section.

With the new Counter Widget, you can display KPIs, numbers, or statistics in an animated and visually engaging way. The counter automatically counts up to the defined value, creating more attention and a more dynamic user experience.

You can individually customize the start and end value, decimal places, number separators, as well as text before or after the number. The animation speed can also be adjusted flexibly to integrate the counter perfectly into your layout.

All settings for the Index Widget can now be found directly on page level under Index Settings. All index-related functions are centrally bundled there:

• Show page in Index Widget
• Index Title
• Index Description
• Index Preview Image

If no Index Title is entered, the system automatically uses the meta title or the page name. If no Index Description is provided, the meta description will be used.

If no Index Preview Image is selected, the system automatically uses the page screenshot.

Good to know: These settings can now also be configured directly within the Index Widget. Click “Manage Pages” in the Index Widget to open a window listing all pages. By selecting a page, the index settings expand and can be adjusted individually.

As soon as the column layout is set to “Fullscreen”, an additional toggle for the scroll function appears above the column menu. This allows you to activate an individual scrollbar for each column, so content can scroll within the fixed column height.

When the layout is set to “Content-based”, this option remains hidden.

This helps prevent uneven layouts, for example when text is longer than the image next to it. Your content stays aligned and the overall design looks much cleaner and more balanced.

With just one click, you can automatically translate an entire issue into a selected language.

The “Multilingual” add-on is required to use this feature. If it is not yet included in your license, please contact support@novamag.de

To do this, go to the issue settings and select “Add New Language”, then activate the toggle at the bottom to automatically translate the entire issue based on the previously created source issue.

If you have already added more than two languages, you can also choose which language version should be used as the basis for the translation. This does not have to be the first language you created — it can also be any other existing language version.

Depending on the number of pages, the automatic translation may take a few minutes.

Individual pages can also be translated automatically afterwards. Simply click the “+ Add Language” button. A window will then open where you can select the target language and start the translation.

The aspect ratio of images and videos can now be adjusted individually for each viewport. Instead of using one fixed setting across all viewports, image crops can now be set responsively – separately for desktop, tablet, and mobile.

This setting is now available in the following widgets:

• Image
• Media Carousel (when “Cover” is active as media adjustment)
• Gallery (when the gallery style is set to “Grid”)
• Product Carousel
• Video

This allows you to optimize image and video presentation for every device and create even more precise layouts.

A new “File Download” option is now available for links. This allows you to provide files directly for download and offer your readers even more content in a convenient way.

To use this feature, the file must first be uploaded to the media library. It can then be selected and linked in the linking menu under the “File Download” tab.

Links are generally available in the following widgets:

• Link / Button
• Text (via the link icon)
• Image
• Product Carousel

Currently, the following file types are supported for download links:

• PDF
• JPG
• MP3

Reach your audience worldwide: With the “Multilingual” feature, you can create and manage your digital magazine in multiple languages.

The “Multilingual” add-on is required to use this feature. If it is not yet included in your license, please contact support@novamag.de.

You can easily add another language via the issue options:
In the selection menu, choose your desired language from all currently supported languages. Additional languages are available on request. You can also remove added languages at any time via the language options.

In the selection menu, you can rename the issue directly in the new language and decide with a click whether the language should be applied to all existing pages. If you disable the toggle, you can decide individually for each page in the page overview whether and which language should be added.

Each language version appears under the original German issue and is managed as a single issue. Content from the default language is automatically copied and can then be customized individually. 

Via “Edit”, you can access all language versions and switch between them using the dropdown in the top left.

Each language version has its own issues, pages, and metadata, as well as its own status field — also on page level. This allows content to be published independently for each language.

If you are in the page overview of a specific language, new pages will only be created in that language. Additional languages can then be added manually via the plus icon.
 

If you want to remove a language from a specific page, you can do so via the page option “Delete language(s)”.

You can also easily switch between the different language versions in the editor using a dropdown. This allows you to create and manage content quickly and efficiently per language.

Issues can no longer be rearranged via drag & drop. Instead, you’ll now find a “More options” button in the issue overview.

This opens a window where you can adjust the order of your issues in a structured and flexible way – similar to how it already works in the page management.

There are new features in the Novamag Editor that may affect your work in Novamag. Selected elements are now arranged differently:

• There is a new sidebar on the left side of the editor. Functions are now clustered according to widgets, outline and audit.
  
  
• The selection of viewports, including scaling (devices: desktop, laptop, tablet, mobile), is located at the bottom right and can be opened via the small device icon.

You can now customize the navigation even more flexibly: Individual navigation elements can be shown or hidden directly in the project or issue settings.

Under Style → Navigation, you can use toggles within the navigation style to control which elements are displayed. This includes the logo, issue name, issue number, page number, and page name.

Good to know: Project settings override issue settings as long as no individual adjustments have been made in the issue settings. If you want different navigation elements per issue, you can easily configure them in the issue settings.

We’ve completely redesigned the template overview so you can find the right template for your project faster.

The new overview offers a clearly structured collection of all available templates. Using new filters, you can search specifically by page type or content format, allowing you to quickly find a layout that matches your content or page structure.

The page type describes the function of a page within a project. 
Examples include a cover page or an index.

The content format describes the type of content displayed on a page.
Typical examples include a short article or an interview.

Import Individual Pages Directly

In addition to complete project templates, you can now also select individual pages from them.

Using the corresponding button, you can easily duplicate a template into your own edition. This allows you to import the page directly and customize it for your project.

Navigation in the editor is now much faster. Using the dropdown in the breadcrumb navigation, you can jump directly to any page and easily switch between different projects and issues.

This reduces unnecessary clicks, makes navigation more efficient, and helps you build your output more quickly.

With the new scroll down button, you can draw readers' attention to additional content.

The button can be displayed for each page at the page level via a toggle and appears automatically at the bottom of the screen. A subtle animation (bounce effect) simultaneously creates a clear visual indication of additional content.

You can flexibly set the position to left, center, or right. In addition, three size levels (small, medium, large) are available. The icon color and background color can also be customized to match your design.

You can now define individual borders for nearly all widgets.

You’ll find the new settings in the right-hand sidebar within each widget’s options. Use the controls for top, right, bottom, and left to adjust the border thickness as needed. A dedicated color field lets you match the border to your design.

This allows you to structure content more clearly, visually separate sections, or add subtle design accents — directly within each widget.

Easily add animation to content such as images, videos, and text.

Simply click on the widget to which you want to add animation. Scroll to Advanced Settings on the right sidebar and select your desired animation for the widget under Entrance Animation.

Animations can be set for all widgets except accordion. The animation is triggered once when the animated areas become visible.

Tip: Use animations wisely to make your digital magazine more lively or to draw attention to a specific area. Don't use too many different animations on one page or in your digital magazine. Consider whether you want to animate individual elements, such as headings and text, or larger areas, such as containers or columns. 

In the project settings under the Styles tab, you can centrally define colors and typographies for your project and reuse them in the editor at any time. This feature is now also available at the publication level in the publication settings. You can now define and customize colors and typographies specifically for individual publications without changing the styles of the entire project.

By default, each publication in the project adopts the styles from the project settings. Any changes you make in the publication settings apply exclusively to that publication and thus override the project styles.

You can reset the settings to the project styles at any time using the reset icon in the respective fields.

 Here you can find the What's New article about project styles.

With the Scroll-to-Anchor feature, you can link directly to specific sections—either within the same page or from one page to a specific section on another page. When a user clicks on a text link, image, or button, the page automatically scrolls to the defined target or opens the target page in the same tab and jumps to the desired section. This helps structure content clearly and connect related content in a meaningful way.

How it works in two steps:

1.) Assign an Element ID (define the target)

Any widget can serve as a scroll target. Select the desired widget, open the Advanced Settings, and assign a unique Element ID (e.g. section 1, section 2, section 3 or features, contact, pricing).
❗Each Element ID may only be used once per output.

2.) Link to the element (define the trigger)

Choose a widget that supports linking (e.g. text, image, link):

Within the same page: Select the Anchor link type and enter the Element ID.

To another page: Select the Internal link type, choose the target page, and optionally add the Element ID as an anchor.

On click, the page scrolls automatically to the target section.

💡 Good to know:

Using the predefined #top Element ID, you can create a “Back to top” link in the section Anchor at any time—without needing an additional target widget. Anchors can also be shared externally by appending the Element ID to the end of the URL (e.g. #pricing).

To make project colors even more intuitive to use, we have added a foreground and background color to the project settings. Especially when using Novamag templates in your own style (select “My Style”), it makes sense to maintain all main colors completely.

The foreground color affects all text, icons, labels, and lines in the widgets.

The background color affects the background area of the top page level. 

Once you have defined your project colors and chosen an output template for your own template style, your defined main colors will be automatically transferred to the template. This also applies to individual templates and newly created pages. 

For example, if black is defined as the foreground color in the original template, but your foreground color is dark gray, it will be overwritten with dark gray.

If you change your foreground and background colors in the project settings during the creation process, this will automatically affect every page of your output/s in the project.

These color settings save you a lot of work, as you no longer have to adjust individual pages manually.

We completely revamped Novamag last year. The new features were extensively tested and expanded over a long period of time in a beta environment. 

This beta phase is now complete, and all projects that were previously created on beta.novamag.de are now available as usual at app.novamag.de.

Projects created in the former Novamag system (previously app.novamag.de) can now be found at legacy.novamag.de.

You will be automatically redirected to the respective system. No need to take any action.

The media and product carousel widget now has a slider speed setting. This allows you to control the automatic sequence of media.

There are three speed settings available: Slow, Normal, and Fast. If the autoplay function is activated, the default setting is Normal.

This update affects all customers who previously published issues in our legacy Novamag system (legacy.novamag.de) and now create and publish issues in the new system (app.novamag.de).

Due to the change it was temporarily not possible to display old and new issues in the same project. For readers, this meant that issues already published via the usual domain were not visible in the issue archive and therefore could not be accessed with a click.

The systems have now been merged so that you can once again find all issues ever created together under one project.

When working in Novamag, make sure that App is displayed at the top of the browser URL when you create projects or issues or edit them in our new editor. To make changes to issues created with the previous system, Legacy must be displayed in the browser URL.

Fields are grayed out if the issues were created in the other system environment. The system automatically directs you to the appropriate environment when you click on Edit in the issue overview. 

For readers: all issues will now appear in the overview again when you go to the Archive via the issue navigation at the top left.

You can now place Interstitial Ads in your digital magazine. This feature can be added to your existing Novamag license at any time or is already included in the Professional and Enterprise license packages. 

You can find the feature, including all relevant settings, under Project Settings >> Ads >> Interstitial Ads. Under Actions, click on the small arrow icon to view all settings for the ad and customize them to your needs.

Example: Interstitial ad appears to readers on a magazine page for a defined period of time. https://werbeanzeigen.novamag.de

You can now hide individual pages in your automatically generated index. 

To do this, navigate to the edit mode of the page you do not want to display in your index, e.g., the cover page, and select No from the Show Page in Index Widget drop-down menu at the top level Page of the editor and save your changes.

View of the function in the editor at the top level Page

View in digital magazine – The cover page is not displayed in the index

When creating a new publication, you can now access a wide range of presets.

The selection appears after you have created a new project using the + Add Project button or when creating a new publication using the + Add Publication button.

You decide how to get started: 

A.) With an empty publication
B.) With a ready-made preset

Before you make your final decision, you can view our finished presets in full—in the page preview and in the frontend via the corresponding domain (view demo).

Please note that you must specify which style you want to use in the selection step: 

• Preset Styles
  Use the typography and colors created for this preset. The preset will then appear exactly as shown in the preview.
  ---> ⚠️ Warning: This option will replace your existing project styles. This option is therefore particularly suitable for users who have not yet defined any styles for their previous issues via Project Settings >> Styles and used them in existing publications. You can also use this option if you are just starting to work with Novamag.
  
  
• Your Styles
  Use your own predefined typography and colors for this preset.
  ---> The fonts and colors of the preset automatically adapt to your design, which you have defined under Project settings >> Styles for the project. This option is recommended if you have already created publications in Novamag and work with your own styles. 

Each preset can then be customized to your needs and filled with your own content.

We are constantly expanding our presets to offer you the widest possible selection of different themes and ideas.

You can now position your image or video in the best possible way. To do this, move the turquoise dot to the point where you want to set the focus. For example, on an object or any other area of your image. The set focus point ensures that the desired part of your image or video is automatically visible and remains so, regardless of how large or small your readers' screens are.

Example: 16:9 video without using the focus point. The focus point is always centered by default. 

Example: 16:9 video after changing the focus point. The main subject (the person at the Christmas market) appears in the center. She is the chosen focus of the video.

The Index Widget allows you to easily create a table of contents for your existing magazine pages. Add the Index Widget anywhere on your page and style it according to your preferences. 

The Index Widget automatically displays all pages of your digital magazine that have been published. It can be inserted directly at the page level or used in a container and column layout.

Customize your index:

• Index Type: Index type: Grid or list – determine whether the pages listed in the index should be displayed side by side in a grid or as a list from top to bottom.
• Spacing: Set the spacing between images, between images and text, and between images and the page margin.
• Style title and decription: Use your own colors and font styles for your texts.
• Show and hide individual elements: Decide whether page numbers, subpages, and page descriptions should be displayed.
• Background: Design the background of your index widget with a color or image theme.

  
  

With the Product Carousel Widget, you can present multiple products clearly in an automatically scrolling slider. Each product consists of a headline, an image, a short description (visible in the slider), a detailed description (visible when you click on the product), and a link. You can add as many products as you like, style them individually, and easily duplicate existing products.

In addition to styling, you can also specify whether the link texts should be visible in the carousel or in the detailed view. 

Furthermore, the number of products displayed and their spacing can be customized. 

Use the autoplay switch to determine whether the carousel should move automatically or be controlled manually using the arrow keys. Optionally, the detailed view of the products can also be completely hidden using the toggle.

Detailed view of a product

In the project settings under the Styles tab, you can customize the design of your navigation bar. You can specify the font, font size, line spacing, and text and background colors, including the navigation arrows and their hover effects. All changes you make are immediately displayed in the preview so you can see the result right away.

Currently, the navigation settings are applied to all editions across all projects. Individual styling customization for each edition will be available in the software soon.

You can now specify whether your texts should include hyphenation (hyphenation: auto). Alternatively, you can disable hyphenation (hyphenation: none) so that words are moved to the next line in their entirety if they are too long or the maximum space in the line has been reached. 

This feature can be found wherever typography can be styled (Widgets: Heading, Text Editor, and Link). 

The setting can be adjusted separately for different devices — indicated by the device icon.

Hyphenation of a heading widget in the default setting: Auto

Hyphenation of a heading widget in the setting: None

You can also control hyphenation globally in the project settings >> Styles for your project. The setting will then be applied to your magazine pages if the corresponding styling (H1, H2, H3, etc.) has been selected for the widget.

In the project settings under the Styles tab, you can centrally define colors and fonts for your project and use them at any time in the editor.

Color palette:  

Define your project colors and specify which ones should be used as main colors such as primary, secondary, or accent colors. You can also create additional colors and name them according to their intended use.

Wherever text or background colors can be specified, you can access your global color palette via the globe icon. Quick access ensures that all content is consistent with your individual CI/CD. 

Once you have selected a color, an arrow appears on the right side of the color bar. Clicking on it resets the selection to the software's default colors: Primary = black, Secondary = dark gray, Accent = blue. 

Typographies:

For text and headings (H1–H6), you can also apply overriding typography settings that apply to the entire project. These include: 

• Font
• Font size
• Line hight
• Formatting such as bold, italics, or underlined text 

The changes are immediately visible in the settings and can be viewed for each device. Individual device settings are possible for size and line height; all other options apply across devices. 

In addition, further typographies can be created, freely named, and styled as desired.

Wherever text can be formatted (e.g., in the heading or text widget), you can access the global typography settings via the globe icon. New text widgets automatically adopt the predefined font, font size, and formatting. Headings can be assigned a formatting (H1–H6) in the text type dropdown. 

As soon as you decouple the parent project styles, the individual values change from turquoise to black. If you overwrite all values, the globe will also turn black. This allows you to see at any time whether individual values have been adjusted. 

Clicking on the globe icon—for both colors and fonts—will take you directly to the Styles tab in the project settings, where you can make further adjustments.

You can now create even more personalized designs. Previously, you could only use border radius with the Image, Link, and Social Media widgets.

We have added this feature to additional widgets:

• Container
• Columns
• Heading
• Text Editor
• Video

With these widgets, you can now set rounded edges, full border radius, or completely custom border radius.

Please note that for rounded boxes containing text, you may need to adjust and, if necessary, expand the padding depending on the degree of border radius in order to achieve the best result.

The copyright for media is stored in the media library for the respective medium. For images, it appears by default at the bottom right of the image. For videos, the copyright is also displayed at the bottom right as long as the controls are hidden; when the controls are displayed, the copyright appears at the top right.

New: In the project settings under Legal, you can hide the copyright for the entire project if necessary.

Images:

Videos:

If you want to rearrange the order of your pages, go to the "More options" menu item in the page overview. There, you can move the pages to the desired position using drag & drop.

Heading texts can now not only be edited via the right-hand menu, but also entered directly in the field itself. Styling, however, must still be done through the right-hand menu.

The Audio Widget allows you to embed your own audio files directly on your page. Upload the file in MP3 format and adjust the player size in the right-hand menu using the slider. You can optionally add a small caption using the Alt Text field. 

Please note: The standard audio player is displayed differently depending on the browser. If the minimum width is not reached, the widget can no longer be clicked or played – we have no influence on this.

With our new Novamag Editor, you can bring countless ideas and concepts to life.

Simply select your preferred template via + Add page or + Add content, or start your project with a blank page.

Each template can be customised to your liking and filled with your own content.

We are constantly expanding our templates, so you will soon have access to many more individual templates and ready designed projects.

In the new Novamag Editor, you can give your styles an even more authentic and individual touch with a dividing line (also known as a Divider or Separator).

Place the Divider where you want it on your page and style it to match your design using the toolbar.

The social widget allows you to link your social media channels quickly and easily. Click on a platform to choose from the list of major providers, then add your profile link. You can add as many platforms as you like and decide whether you want to use the original coloured icon, a reduced version or a customised colour scheme.

The spacing, size and alignment of the icons can be easily adjusted in the right-hand toolbar.

To help you build your digital magazine quickly and efficiently, the "Duplicate Pages" feature is now available.

You can duplicate pages

• In the same publication
• In a different publication
• In a different project
• Duplicate to another team

You can also assign pages to another page and thus convert them into a content page, or vice versa:

Add a content page "as a new page" and thus convert it from a content page into a page

What's new is that your duplicated page is not automatically placed as the last page, but appears directly after its original.

Add visually striking moments to your digital magazine in just a few clicks using the image widget.

Our new editor lets you see at a glance which functions are available to you for optimally integrating your image into the appearance of your digital magazine. 

Click action:

Decide what happens when your readers hover over the image.

• None: No action when clicking on the image
• Link: Link your images to an internal or external destination even more easily now

• Lightbox: The image can be expanded by clicking on it. Your readers have access to additional features to enhance their viewing experience.

Further improvements:

You now have more options for determining how your image is displayed:

Aspect ratio: Select your optimal image format.
Scaling: Use the slider to set the image size.
Rounding: Instead of just square corners, you can now round the corners of your image or even achieve a completely round image section.

Image captions: 

You can add a caption to your image using the Alt Text field. The caption only appears in Lightbox mode when readers click to expand the image. Alt texts are also important because they not only create accessibility, but also improve SEO performance.

The new Novamag Editor offers comprehensive options for customising your digital magazine for desktop, mobile and tablet.

Look out for the device icon

The device icon indicates which settings can be customised for the different device sizes. Wherever the device icon appears, you can make different settings for desktop, tablet and mobile.

Determine visibility

Use the toggle to determine the visibility of individual components for the respective device.

• Hide on Desktop
• Hide on Tablet
• Hide on Mobile

Hidden components appear slightly greyed out in the editor in the respective viewport, while in preview mode the components are completely hidden.

Device view

Use the Preview button to switch to preview mode. Click on the respective device to see how your design will appear to your readers on desktop, tablet and mobile devices.

Note: The settings are inherited from the desktop view in order to the smaller tablet and mobile devices. Always start by creating your desktop view before you fine-tune the tablet and mobile display.

The new Novamag Editor makes it easy to present visual media in a visually appealing way. You can choose between two gallery types:

1.) Media Carousel

2.) Media Gallery

The galleries can be customized and adapted to the look and feel of your digital magazine.

Favourite features:

Once you have placed your gallery widget in the desired location on your page, you can add a selection of images to the gallery with just a few clicks using Add Images. 

You can add a caption to the images using the pencil icon. This will be visible when the Lightbox mode is activated and your readers click on the image in the magazine. 

Another new feature is that you can change the size of the carousel within the Media Carousel Widget using the settings Carousel Width.

If you want to embed external content in your digital magazine – e.g. from YouTube, Elfsight, SoundCloud or other third-party providers – this is now easy and secure.

Novamag offers an integrated solution for this with its own Cookie Consent Manager (CMP). This allows you to automatically obtain consent from your readers before third-party content is loaded – without any additional tools or complex configurations.

The advantages of the Novamag CMP solution at a glance:

• GDPR-compliant without additional effort
• No external plugins or tools required
• Fully integrated into the Novamag workflow
• Support for iFrame and script integrations
• Consent query automatically integrated 

Setup in 3 steps:

1.) Activate third-party services in the project (Project settings >> Cookies)

2.) Use the embed widget in the editor (page editing)

3.) Obtain consent from readers (in the digital magazine, instead of the content, a notice with a selection option appears first, which readers must actively agree to before the external content is loaded)

You can find detailed instructions on how to set up your external services in our step-by-step guide:

https://support.novamag.de/de/articles/11960180-cookie-consent-in-novamag-einbindung-externer-inhalte-schritt-fur-schritt

No matching image material for your digital magazine at hand? No problem! Find the perfect images and photos for your project directly in Novamag from now on!

In the Modal Media Center, you can now search for high-quality and fitting images for your digital magazine using keywords. With just a few clicks, you can import your selected images directly into any folder in your media library and use them immediately for your digital magazine – free of charge. This ensures your content will truly catch the eye!

Tip: Use English keywords to get more results.

We are constantly developing our media library for you so that you will have more options to design your digital magazines in a stylish and efficient way in the future. 🚀 The new features will be implemented in the software step by step.

The first step involves these changes:

1) New collections can be created using the + Add collection. Simply click in the field and name your collection as you wish. ✨

2) You can now add more media to your media library using the button Upload files. Click on the button to open the Media Centre in the upload window. 🖼️

3) A progress bar is now displayed in the Media Centre when uploading files. Here you can see when the upload has been successfully completed. ✅

4) A turquoise field appears on the left-hand side of the Media Centre. Additional media can be added quickly using the quick action button Upload file. The field will become more relevant in the future. At this point, we are integrating the free stock photo database unsplash.com so that you can search for suitable media for your digital magazine directly in Novamag.

The new edition is ready and can finally be published? Until now, you always had to take an extra step after each publication and customize the new issue as the start page for your domain under Project settings >> Archive. This is over now!

From now on, the selection “Latest publication” will appear in the drop-down menu. If you select this option, the latest published issue will always and automatically be set as the start page for your domain. 

Good to know: The “Current publication” setting is already set as the default for newly created magazines. 

It is of course still possible to set the archive as the start page for your domain so that your readers see an overview of all your previously published publications as the start page.

The multilevel menu enables media folders, images, videos and other file types to be moved to the desired location. Whereas previously only the top-level folders were displayed when moving a file, all subfolders are now listed. 

In addition, the top level of the media library is marked with the word “Main folder”.

So far working in Novamag was only possible in English. From now on the system can be set to German. 🗣🇩🇪 💬 💻

How can you change your language? 

If you want to change the language in Novamag, you can do this via your personal profile. Click on your profile picture in the sidebar, navigate via your profile to Details / General contact details to the Language field. Here you can select German or English from the drop-down menu and save.

The Tracking Premium feature is now available. The Novamag Dashboard contains an extended tracking monitor that allows logged-in users to view and analyze all key data on reading behavior independently. 

The Novamag Dashboard appears directly after login or can be accessed by clicking on the Novamag logo. To gain detailed insights into the reading data, the tracking monitor can be expanded with a click.

With the Tracking Premium feature, you can easily keep an overview. You can use the filter function to generate the statistics for individual digital magazines or publications. You won't lose any reading data. Continuously optimize the performance of your digital magazine by tracking the source of your readers and reacting proactively to user behaviour.

All digital magazines are now provided with a new cookie consent. Individual services can now be flexibly activated and deactivated.

The new consent tool also offers users the option of deciding when reading the digital magazine whether they do not want to allow the content of certain services at all, only once or always. If users do not give their consent, external content will be blocked in the digital magazine. All cookie settings can be adjusted at any time via the navigation bar.

The new cookie consent automatically appears in the multi-language magazines in the corresponding language.

On our roadmap you can now find all planned major features and find out when they are planned.  

 To our Roadmap

From now on, the Data Processing Agreement (DPA) for new Novamag customers will be concluded electronically and directly in the software. An orange warning symbol will appear above the team icon for teams that have not yet signed a DPA. It is then possible to see, complete and accept the DPA in the Team Overview. The complete contract is then available to download for your own filing system.

If a DPA has already been signed in the course of the collaboration in the past, the relevant information will appear in the Team Overview from now on. No further action is required in this case. The existing DPA contract remains valid.

With the clone function in Novamag, individual pages or even entire publications can be cloned from one publication to another publication or even to another project. Content pages can also be cloned from one main page to another. With the update of the cloning function, content pages can now also be cloned to a main page and the other way round (main pages can be converted to content pages). This is only possible for all content-enabled templates, meaning that the cover and index templates are excluded.

An individual thumbnail can be defined for each video. In the media library, a new thumbnail can be easily uploaded via the individual view of the video by using drag & drop in the Add Thumbnail field.          

Novamag provides text modules from common third-party tools that are often used in digital magazines to complete your own privacy policy. The text modules are only legally non-binding samples. Novamag does not offer legal advice. The legal responsibility and review of the use of third-party tools remains with the customer.

Individual text modules can be inserted in the Project Settings under Legal. With a click on the Add Privacy Text Modules button, a pop-up window opens in which the services used by the customer in the digital magazine can be marked with a checkbox. The text modules are available in both German and English and can be edited. Nevertheless, they alone do not replace a data protection declaration.

If no legal settings have been defined in a project, including the legal notice and privacy policy, a warning will appear in the Project Overview. 

For a clear layout of the Page Overview, we have summarized several functions in a drop-down menu. The Select Pages function has been added, with which several pages can be selected and deleted under the Actions menu item.

The display and creation of content pages has not only been visually improved, but also functionally optimized. In order to keep things organized in the Page Overview with the numerous pages, the entire content pages can be shown (Show All Contents) or hidden (Hide All Contents) using the buttons. From a number of 11 content pages, these are automatically hidden in order to avoid unnecessarily long scrolling within the Page Overview.    

While the Fonts menu was previously located at the top level in the Project Overview, uploaded fonts are now available at team level and are located in the Files tab. You can easily drag and drop the fonts into the designated font collection as .otf, .ttf or .woff files, in the same way as you would upload media files.

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