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Publish Online needs much improvement

  • August 3, 2022
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I use 'publish online' regularly with gif enabled decks. There is so much low hanging fruit Adobe could be targeting to improve the features. Please comment if any of these already exist, otherwise I'm writing this as an open request to Adobe to look at the following:

 

1. Long, random links like indd.adobe.com/view/lkjbswdlkfhjbwljkdbhf-qwdljkbfcq don't look professional when sending presentations to client. Users already have unique Adobe profiles, surely it's not a big step to create links with the users businessname or custom titles?

 

2. GIFs! Why can't I preview how the gif plays while creating in indd, so tedious to have to publish and wait for the upload every time I want to see how the final presentation looks.

 

3. GIFs again! Since many clients want to download an offline version, why can't I choose the thumbnial of the gif that will be converted to a still image in the offline version. I'm at the mercy of whatever the first frame of the gif is which often is not the image I want.

 

4. Play or embed audio, wow this is practically impossible. I'm using indd to make multimedia presentations, the clumsiness of trying to embed a track from file, the 90's look of the player, the sheer frustration of the experience trying to put it into the document. 

 

5. Full screen on mobile - there's no way to look at the full pdf without the URL bar hovering on top, taking up a lot of screen space. Please fix this!

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    Correct answer Rishabh_Tiwari

    Hi @williamarmstrongtv ,

     

    Thanks for reaching out and sharing the feedback. Let me assure you, I'll share your feedback with the Engineering team and you can do that too by either voting for an existing request or placing a new request here https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests 

     

    Feel free to reach out if you have any other suggestions or questions.

     

    Regards

    Rishabh

    6 replies

    rob day
    Community Expert
    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 3, 2022

    1. Long, random links like indd.adobe.com/view/lkjbswdlkfhjbwljkdbhf-qwdljkbfcq don't look professional when sending presentations to client. Users already have unique Adobe profiles, surely it's not a big step to create links with the users businessname or custom titles?

     

    Hi @williamarmstrongtv , I’m guessing that’s not as easy as you imagine to change, but it is possible to embed the Adobe URL in an iFrame tag and serve it from any domain. If you have your own web page and server, the initial linked address could be to your website—something like this where I have a folder at the root of my web server with an index.html containing an iFrame pointing to the Adobe URL:

     

    http://www.zenodesign.com/GlassIce

     

    The iFrame code:

     

     

     

     

    <!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title> Title</title>

<!-- Styles-->
<style type="text/css">
	.vid-wrapper         {width:100%;height:100%;}
	.h_iframe .ratio {display:block;width:100%;height:auto;}
	.h_iframe iframe {position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%; height:100%;}
</style>
<!-- End Styles-->

</head>
<body>
	<div class="vid-wrapper">
    	<div class="h_iframe">
        	<img class="ratio" src=".../images/ratio.png"/>
        	<iframe src="https://indd.adobe.com/view/cff4e8c0-be49-45db-8069-f6fc466d9ce9" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen autoplay="true" ></iframe>
    	</div>
	</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

     

     

     

     

     

    Myra Ferguson
    Community Expert
    Myra FergusonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 3, 2022

    For #5, there are a few ways that you can make your in5-exported content full screen on mobile when you export your InDesign layout with in5:

    Myra Ferguson
    Community Expert
    Myra FergusonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 3, 2022

    For #4, you can add audio or video in your InDesign layout that can be exported with in5. The in5 Video and Audio widgets also allow you to customize playback:

    Rishabh_Tiwari
    Rishabh_TiwariCorrect answer
    Legend
    August 3, 2022

    Hi @williamarmstrongtv ,

     

    Thanks for reaching out and sharing the feedback. Let me assure you, I'll share your feedback with the Engineering team and you can do that too by either voting for an existing request or placing a new request here https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests 

     

    Feel free to reach out if you have any other suggestions or questions.

     

    Regards

    Rishabh

    Derek Cross
    Community Expert
    Derek CrossCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 3, 2022

    Good points, but in the meantime, have a look at the in5 InDesign plug (at extra cost):
    https://ajarproductions.com/pages/products/in5/

     

      williamarmstrongtv
      williamarmstrongtvAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      August 3, 2022

      Thanks @Derek Cross I saw this in another community post and just went through the intro video. Will give it a try, it doesn't look like it answers the gif issues but maybe allows publishing via my own site? Thanks for mentioning. 

      Derek Cross
      Community Expert
      Derek CrossCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 3, 2022

      Yes, you can publish in5 documents on your own website and I should think it would be able to include animated GIFs (and more!).

        williamarmstrongtv
        williamarmstrongtvAuthor
        Participating Frequently
        August 3, 2022

        One more, I'm going to echo what I'm seeing a lot of other people posting too:

         

        6. Password protected links! I'm sending confidential information to clients, it needs to be secured, or I need to have the ability to change the password if I want to lock out previous viewers of the document. This is just a basic privacy feature that somehow hasn't arrived yet...

          Myra Ferguson
          Community Expert
          Myra FergusonCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          August 3, 2022

          If you export your InDesign layout with in5, then there are a few ways that you can password protect the output:

          Here is some information that addresses adding a password screen:
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