Ok Joe, I had to update Adobe, that's fine, needed to anyway.

However the NCE Powercab ad on page 10 won't work, error message says that the Powercab.mov file cannot be played, file is not present.

Everything else works like a charm, I LOVE IT!!!

Dale B.

Dale:

You missed the external .mov file. In the future we should embed that file into the PDF, but for now, here's a link to download the missing file. Just download it and drop it into the same folder as the magazine and life should be good!

Glad you're liking the sample ... this is how a PDF should be done for online reading.

Firefox III users (Other versions, I don't know)

Firefox III is going to have a snit when you install the version of Adobe Reader (9) required by MRH.  The Adobe site tells you about the snit, but the notice is buried by the popup that causes the snit!

If you work your way through the screens you'll get it done.  Adobe 9 seems fine and cleaned up the earlier version.  It allows for the media bells and whistles of the mag.  BUT (again that "but") the install drops adobe spam on your desktop in the disguise of a link to a special browser that brings up an Adobe sell site.  (Icon says "Acrobat.com")

Blame Adobe, not MRH.  The format is a good one for the mag.

One suggestion; don't automax the page.  I have a 22" wide format monitor and the mag doesn't look it's best maxed.  And too big to read comfortably.  A standard 3/4 monitor may be different.
 

If you change the FF3 options for opening PDFs then you can avoid this problem. Tools>Options>Applications, scroll to Adobe Acrobat x.x document, Right mouse and then change the handling option.

Personally I hate Acrobat as it is a memory hog and get FF to open the document externally in Foxit reader.

If you prefer to use Acrobat then you can get FF to open it externally rather than internally.  Avoids compatibility issues that way.

I'm starting to dislike FF3, I've crashed it more times then I crashed FF2 when it came out. IN fact its crashed twice here...

Hopefully they can work some more bugs out, or I might be using Opera again.

That's been my conclusion, too. I installed FF3 on one machine and now my browser sessions are crashing a lot ... FF3 seems to have been let out of the gate just a tad early this time. I'm sticking with FF2 for now.

Hi,

Congratulations for your webzine project, in attempt to read the first issue.

The sample demo makes me drooling like a dog !!  

Best regards, Snapper (admin of http://us.leforum.eu).

I'm really excited about what you're doing here Joe great concept! I have a lot to learn through my next layout looking forward to get your videos and NOT reinventing the wheel when layout building proceeds. Thanks so much for your efforts you're an encouragement to ALL Of US/ Bob Menzies WC2scale moderator

OK, I probably would download files mostly at home, but maybe others will have similar issues. Our company firewall blocks the download of this Zip file. I think it may be a security measure as ZIP files are a common way of spreading viruses and such. Why not just make the link to the PDF file itself?

We can link to the PDF as well, but the magazine may have other content associated with it and it's helpful to have the zip option to package it all up neatly.

The good news is Adobe 9 now has rich "package" capabilty, so we may want to pursue that option as an alternative to the zip file.

Probably the best will be do offer both options. Then whatever works ... !