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Until now, the structure of how media could be used in Novamag offered limited flexibility. Uploaded media like logos, images and videos were bound to a predefined structure and could only be used for the respective issue. In the new media library you can now build your own structure. This not only makes working with Novamag more flexible, but also allows you to reuse a single file in multiple projects and issues. Logos or other recurring media no longer need to be uploaded for each individual issue.

Overall, the new media library system is reminiscent of your computer's folder structure.

Due to the changeover, we have sorted all existing files into folders (Collections). The folders are named by project name and publication name.

This pre-sorting can lead to the fact that there are no media on the start page of the media library (Files Overview). To get to your media, you have to go to a collection first. You can access this by clicking on the respective folder. Alternatively, you can use the&nbsp;Search collection&nbsp;button to search specifically for media in a collection. If you activate the button&nbsp;Search all collections, you can search for your media in all existing collections.

If you find cryptically named screenshot files on the&nbsp;Files Overview&nbsp;that you can't assign, you can delete them. These files are obsolete and have no use anymore.

If whole collections appear which are cryptically named (about 17 letters and numbers), they are media from a project or publication that has already been deleted due to the migration of the old and new media libraries. Please check if the media stored there is still needed. In most cases, these collections can simply be deleted.

Collections are basically folders. You can create and use them at different levels in the media library to organize your media in Novamag. You can create as many collections as you like. Collections can be structured flexibly, so one collection can contain another collection and/or files etc.

You can easily navigate your new media library. Either click directly on your collections and all media contained therein will be displayed or switch between your collections by clicking on your team, your project or the publication using the small menu bar. The&nbsp;Go back&nbsp;function will take you back to the previous location.

With the button&nbsp;+Add Collection, you can create a new collection, name it in the next step and save it.

Each collection can be edited using the small menu button (3-vertical dots) in the upper right corner. This way you can easily move, rename or delete collections.

To make sure that you can't easily eliminate existing collections, only empty collections can be deleted. That is, you must first delete all subordinate collections and the media they contain.

Individual files are now detached from the projects and publications and can be sorted and used across them as desired.

You can upload your media as usual with the drag&amp;drop function. Note that each collection has a corresponding drag&amp;drop area so that your uploaded media can be placed directly in the desired location. By the way, you don't have to assign media to a collection. You can also place them in the parent&nbsp;Root collection&nbsp;on the main page of the media library.

To move a file to another collection, you simply have to click on the file to switch to the detail view of the file and select the desired location in the drop-down menu under&nbsp;Move File.

You can also move multiple media at once. Activate the&nbsp;Multi Selection&nbsp;toggle and click to select the media you want to move. In the drop-down menu&nbsp;Move Files, you can determine the destination of the selected media. With the button Select all you can select all media and move or delete them.

The button&nbsp;Replace File&nbsp;in the detail view of your image allows you to easily replace images that are already used in your publications. After clicking on the button a drag&amp;drop field will open, where you can directly drag in the new image. You don't have to do anything else. The media are automatically updated wherever you had integrated them in your publications.

The toolbar allows you to easily navigate through your collections and quickly find the media you are looking for. Especially if you have a large number of media, the toolbar helps you to keep track of them. Search individual collections in the search bar&nbsp;Search collections&nbsp;for words or the respective file type by clicking on the corresponding icon or find your way in the toolbar&nbsp;Filter by tags&nbsp;with the search for already created tags in all collections.

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Smoothly reach additional markets with your own content.

Publications in multiple languages incl. associated domains? No problem! Each issue can easily be launched as a stand-alone publication including its own domain.

Did you know that in Novamag we can also publish publications in&nbsp;multiple languages? With the additional module Multi Language, it is possible to offer a publication in additional languages.

For this purpose, the&nbsp;existing German edition is cloned into another language. However, this does not mean that Novamag will automatically translate the texts - that is currently still a future dream. The conversion into another language has to be done on the Project Overview level via the "Add language" field. Available here are&nbsp;various languages&nbsp;like&nbsp;English, French or Spanish. If this field is grayed out, it means that the Multilingual module is not included in your license.

If the module could be interesting for your project / publication, please contact us!

The output in a further language is treated by the system as a further publication. Therefore, not only individual settings of the individual publication&nbsp;can be made, but these can also be made live separately from the German edition via a&nbsp;specific status toggle.

In addition, it is possible to assign a&nbsp;country-specific top-level domain&nbsp;to editions in other languages, which automatically redirects readers to the correct edition. Using the menu in the publication, it is also easy to switch between the languages and the corresponding domains.

Fixed anchor point for readers &amp; an even better orientation.

Using the home button, readers can be taken to a defined place in the magazine again and again by clicking on the individually uploaded icon in the navigation.

The navigation can now be extended by a&nbsp;Home button. The extension acts as an anchor point and helps readers to find their way around the magazine even better.

As a home button, an&nbsp;any icon&nbsp;can be defined, ideally in SVG format, and uploaded via drag &amp; drop. On the system side, a house icon is stored as standard, which is not automatically visible in the editing field and only appears as soon as a link has been entered and saved. The house icon always adapts to the font color of the navigation, while individual icons retain their original color. Any page within the magazine can be specified as the target link behind the icon. Home buttons, for example, can easily take readers back to an overview page with a click.

The settings for the home button can be defined in the software under Publication- Settings&nbsp;&gt;&gt; Navigation&nbsp;&gt;&gt; Home link&nbsp;and&nbsp;Home link icon.

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Did you know that you can now easily link your logo in the navigation to any external target page?

Designing your publication in line with the&nbsp;company-specific CI/CD&nbsp;specifications is&nbsp;very easy to implement&nbsp;in Novamag. To create a uniform look and ensure a clear affiliation with the brand, the navigation of the publication can be customized in just a few steps. In addition to setting the&nbsp;color and font, an&nbsp;own logo&nbsp;can also be uploaded. This logo automatically takes readers back to the start page of the current issue with a click.

With the&nbsp;new navigation Budapest it is now possible to link the logo to an external target page. In this way, the&nbsp;company's own website&nbsp;or its own&nbsp;online shop&nbsp;can be optimally linked to the digital publication. The navigation Budapest has to be selected on project level in the Project-Settings in the drop-down menu of the navigation. While the target linking, on the other hand, is determined in the publication-level navigation settings.

If you wish, the new navigation Budapest&nbsp;can be&nbsp;enabled&nbsp;for you&nbsp;free of charge. If this new feature is exciting for you, just contact us!

Nice-to-know:&nbsp;The color and font defined in the Project-Settings always apply to the entire publication / project. The logo, the home icon and the associated target links, on the other hand, are edited in the Publication-Settings and can thus be determined individually for each issue.

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In the course of increasing load, it was necessary to subject the backend of Novamag to an extensive performance update. Besides many optimizations that took place "under the hood", we took the opportunity to integrate new features and improve the look in several places for you. Among the new features are:

Optimized loading times and faster media uploads make working with the software even more enjoyable.

In addition to uploading various media (images, videos, audio files, PDFs, etc.) to the media library, the editing mode in the backend has also sped up significantly. This affects not only page-level editing, but also all project- and publication-level settings.

In the course of the update, the visual appearance of the backend was optimized so that processes will be even more intuitive in the future.

This includes, among other things, the display of the project settings, accessing the media library from the project and the page overview of the publications. Content can now be easily expanded and collapsed again with a click, which makes for a tidier look overall.

Screenshots of individual pages or all pages can now be triggered manually at the touch of a button.

With this new feature it is possible to generate new screenshots independently, if they are not loaded correctly on individual pages in the backend or even in the frontend.

You can reach the Novamag backend now at&nbsp;<a href="https://app.novamag.de/">https://app.novamag.de/</a>

The backend can now be found at&nbsp;app.novamag.de. An automatic redirection was also set up, so that your previous link to the backend still works.

Allows to position images optimally based on templates. Can be reached in the respective page editing in the tab Settings under Background Position.

The background images are often automatically centered by the system. However, depending on the template and content position, there are background images whose motif tends to be cut off or not displayed at all. With the new function Background Position the alignment of a background image can be determined on page level, provided that it has at least a 16:9 format.

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Share content in an optimized way &amp; generate more traffic

Take control of how content is displayed on social networks with custom Open Graph tags.

To generate&nbsp;more traffic, it is worth sharing publications and individual content on social networks. The key here is:&nbsp;The more appealing the preview&nbsp;on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn &amp; Co, the more likely users are to click.

The Open Graph tags can now be stored in a dedicated area for the entire publication and for individual pages. This way you can individually define how your&nbsp;shared image, your&nbsp;title&nbsp;and your&nbsp;description&nbsp;should look like when sharing.

For the entire publication, the settings can be made under Project Settings &gt;&gt; SEO. The information stored here is loaded when the main domain, the so-called&nbsp;Root URL&nbsp;is shared.

In order to set the OG tags for individual pages of a publication, the predefined fields in the SEO tab should be filled out when editing the page.

Good to know:&nbsp;If no individual Open Graph tags are set, the title page is automatically used when sharing. For the text, the system will chronologically access the&nbsp;header&nbsp;first, the&nbsp;subheader&nbsp;and finally the&nbsp;page name. When uploading an Open Graph image, it is important to ensure that they are not too large (&lt; 1 MB).

Get the attention of your readers with meaningful metadata, stand out from other pages and generate more clicks.

Metadata tells both the search engine and your readers what content to expect on the landing page and is an important lever in search engine optimization.

The most important elements for optimizing the metadata are the&nbsp;title tag&nbsp;and the&nbsp;meta description. The title tag is used by Google &amp; Co to&nbsp;analyze&nbsp;and&nbsp;index&nbsp;the page. The meta description provides further information about the&nbsp;content of the target page.

It is important that the descriptions always communicate&nbsp;added value&nbsp;and thus offer the readers an&nbsp;incentive&nbsp;to click.

Meta tags can be set for the entire publication as well as for selected pages. Under Project Settings &gt;&gt; SEO you can make the setting for your main domain, the so-called&nbsp;Root URL.

For individual pages you can find the predefined fields in the page editing of your publication in the tab SEO .

The fields do not necessarily have to be filled either for the entire publication or at page level. Search engines such as Google &amp; Co also determine the required data independently and select text modules from the page. However, manual optimization is often more informative and concise and therefore recommended to further improve the success of your digital publication.

Decide which video start image you want to appear in your digital publication.

Start and preview images of videos are not always optimal, although they should encourage the reader to click. For example, in some cases the first still image is blurred or even only a black screen appears. With the new feature, this problem can be solved perfectly and creates the possibility&nbsp;to determine&nbsp;which&nbsp;image&nbsp;should be displayed at the start of a video.

In the Novamag Media Library, you can optionally set an&nbsp;individual preview image&nbsp;for all video files in the detail view. Here, you should make sure that the thumbnail image has the same format as the video. The thumbnail image can simply be uploaded under Add a custom Thumbnail using drag &amp; drop.

Determine target links on a flexible basis

Optimally linked with each other! Make your readers aware of your digital content offline.

The use of QR codes has gained relevance and visibility especially recently. They are a&nbsp;strong marketing tool&nbsp;that can be used in many ways. They are ideal for drawing the attention of readers to your online offers. Whether it's further information, tutorial videos, coupons or surveys - direct your readers to the target in a targeted manner and without detours.

With the new feature, you can create&nbsp;any number of QR codes&nbsp;in Novamag and link them&nbsp;flexibly&nbsp;to a&nbsp;new page&nbsp;at any time. No matter whether already printed and distributed: each QR code retains its validity and the target linking can also be easily changed afterwards.

The module for creating QR codes can be found in the Novamag backend under Project Overview &gt;&gt; QR Codes. With the button ADD NEW QR CODE you can quickly create, manage and download QR codes.

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Fast access guaranteed! Simply add tags to images, audio files &amp; videos, easily search and insert them in the desired location.

With every publication, the number of media uploaded via the media library increases. Be it images, videos, audio files or even PDFs. But how do you keep track of all the media?

The media library always displays uploaded files chronologically, so that media that were last put online appear at the top. The filter function Type can be used to filter by the different file formats. The filter function Publication can be used to display the media within a publication.

To keep things clear even with a large number of media, it is also possible to add&nbsp;tags&nbsp;to individual media. Using the Add / Edit Tags field, tags can either be defined directly during upload, selected or added to already uploaded media via the detailed view. Using the filter function Filter by Tags, only the media that have been tagged with the defined tag are then displayed (example tags: logo, background, video, interview, stock material).

But not only in the media library the media can be filtered depending on the set tag. Also in the page editing in the selection of background media in the tab Settings as well as when inserting images in the text-editor (Froala), a corresponding search bar or icon appears, with which you can filter by tags.

This makes it easy to set tags for logos, background images or individual tags depending on the theme, so that you always have quick access to the desired media. By the way, it is not necessary to save the tags, because they are automatically set after input.

Obtain user consent in compliance with the law, manage it flexibly and optimize it. Make data protection for your publications even more transparent with Usercentrics.

The requirements for collecting and processing personal data have increased for website operators in the wake of the General Data Protection Regulation. As a result, a large number of companies are turning to providers such as Usercentrics, one of the leading Consent Management Platforms (CMP).

The Usercentrics solution supports companies in obtaining, flexibly adapting and reviewing user consent in a data protection-compliant manner across all platforms. The Usercentrics user interface provides a comprehensive overview of all user consents across all digital channels and helps companies to present a transparent consent management and to implement the GDPR accurately.

In the Novamag backend under Project Settings &gt;&gt; Legal the possibility to use Usercentrics was recently created. To use the standard services provided by Usercentrics, it is sufficient to enter the Usercentrics ID created for the respective project. If it is also necessary to overwrite some of the predefined standard services, corresponding input fields have been implemented for this purpose, consisting of Service Name (any), Standard Service ID and Custom Service ID.

Prerequisite for the use of Usercentrics in the Novamag backend is in any case an independent account at Usercentrics, which is set up and managed by the customer. This is the only way to access the respective IDs and to make your own settings, e.g. regarding an individual cookie consent text.

Whether tablet or smartphone: For an optimal reading experience, the image size and section can be determined individually

Responsive design has become an indispensable standard in the mobile world. While on a laptop you move in the horizontal 16:9 format, the screens of smartphones and tablets are usually in the vertical image format. Therefore, optimal display on all devices almost always involves a compromise of the text-image ratio.

Therefore, the Mobile Settings have been extended on template level to provide the possibility to upload an optimal background image for mobile view as well as for tablet view. In the default setting, the horizontal image section is always selected automatically. To adjust the image section, vertical must be selected in the drop-down menu.

The Mobile Media Size slider can also be used to specify how much screen space the image should take up.

However, a prerequisite for a visible change of the image section from horizontal to vertical is the adjustment of the vertical image section in the edit mode of the individual image in the media library. Only then will the defined vertical image section also be selected and visible in the frontend accordingly.

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In our last update for Novamag, we have released our new module&nbsp;Push Notifications. The purpose of this module is to give online publications the possibility to get in direct and immediate contact with their readers. Here we use the reader's browser ID, completely anonymous. The user receives a short message in your CI/CD asking if he/she would like to receive push notifications. If the reader agrees, it is possible to send him messages directly and without delay, including a link to the desired destination.

All behavior can be evaluated here in detail, as well as the creation of A/B Testing etc. Use this powerful tool for a closer customer relationship.

If you are interested, please contact us directly and we will introduce you to this powerful tool for customer retention.

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