How does RSS to PDF work?

• You purchase an RSS to PDF package
• receive an email with a passcode and a link to the Creation Form
• enter an RSS feed from your blog or podcast into our form
• enter a range of dates for the posts you want included
• choose Magazine Style (with a Cover Page and Author Page) or Newsletter Style (with a Header Logo, Title and Subtitle)
• upload (and re-size, if necessary) the images for the Cover Page and Author Page, or for the Header Logo
• choose from other options such as font type, font size, columns, ascending/descending order, whether or not to print the date and/or show images from the feed, and
• Press Create PDF.

You are then shown the resulting PDF. 

• It reprints the formatted TEXT from your blog and podcast posts,
• includes LIVE LINKS from within every post, and
• even includes links to your Podcast media files.
• RSSzine does not transcribe your audio or video, it just creates a live link to your podcast media files so they can be clicked and played.  Check out our Content Creation Resources page for Transcription Services.

You can click the Back arrow on your browser to change all of the options EXCEPT

• the RSS feed URL
• the Date Range

If you want to change either of these, you must purchase another passcode.  Otherwise you simply save the PDF to your computer right then and there by using the Save button on the top left hand side of your browser.

You can print out as many different versions and formats as you like for 30 days.

 

How does PDF to Flash Turning Page Magazine work?

• You purchase a PDF to Flash Turning Page Package, and
• send us your PDF either by emailing us a link to an online PDF, or uploading your PDF via our Contact Us form.
• We send you back a Flash Turning Page Magazine.

Turning Page Magazines come in 2 formats:

• Online - We will email you a link to a single zipped folder of files that you download, unzip and upload to your web site via FTP, or
• if you don’t know how to do this, we will FTP the files to your web host for you.  However, you must provide your FTP information to us in that case.
• Downloadable - which means we will send you a link to a single zipped file that you upload to your web site so you can give people the link to it for downloading.
• If you want to burn it to CD/DVD, you unzip the file on your hard drive, open the folder, and burn the CONTENTS OF THE FOLDER to CD/DVD.

As of 6/25/09, the PDF to Turning Page process is manual, but we are hoping to automate the creation of the Online Turning Page Magazines soon after our launch.

What size do the images need to be for the RSS to PDF?

• Cover Page Image  - 595 x 842 px
• Author’s Image - 300 x 300 px
• Header Logo - 300 x 74 px

What if I want to combine multiple feeds to create a PDF?

• Request us to set up a feed for you and import your feeds. This will also allow you to make changes to the posts, such as edit the content, or delete certain posts.  Then you can change the post copies without touching your original feeds.  You will take this new feed and run it through RSS to PDF.  Our process will also import the links to your podcast media files.
  

What if I want to change or edit some of my posts, but I don’t want to touch the live posts online?

• If you want to make changes to the posts, such as edit the content, or delete certain posts, you can request that we set up a new feed for you and import your feeds.  Then you can change the post copies without touching your original feeds.  You will take this new feed and run it through RSS to PDF. Our process will also import the links to your podcast media files.

What if I don’t have graphics for my cover page?

• There is a very inexpensive graphic artist who does cover pages for only $17!  Go to http://myminisitegraphic.com, and use Semmy.  You can’t beat his price.