Create a startpage for your application - Prenly

The startpage is the page that the reader first sees in the application.

It shows a logo, a component with the latest publication and other components with a couple of older publications and a link to the archive.

If you have chosen for your edition to require login, there is also a login link in the upper right corner.

In addition to this, you can add special components such as banners, flashbacks, podcasts, text, etc.

To be able to manage the start page, you need to have the Application manager role or higher.

Below we go through how you create a start page and how the various components work.

1. Log in

Log in via https://content.textalk.se with the user details you received from Textalk support.

If you have forgotten your password, you can restore it via the Forgotten password service.
If you have forgotten your username, contact support via hello@prenly.com.

2. Select applications

In the menu you should now see the Applications submenu (if you have the right permissions). Select the application you want to build/manage a start page for.

On the Start page tab, you build up your page with optional components.

A tip is to first look under Application settings and make sure that your title is included in the application. Read more here.

3. Add a carousel

We start by adding a Carousel to display the latest publication.

- Name the carousel so that you later know what it contains (e.g. "Latest publication").

- Choose between four different sizes to be displayed. Try out what suits your title best. In this case, we choose Extra large.

- In the section Source, you select the titles that are to be included in the component.

- In the section Content component, you set a heading that your readers will see (e.g. "Latest publication"). You can also write a descriptive text if you want.

- In the section Content publication, you define how your title should be presented in the carousel and which publication date it has.
For the title, click on the tag icon and select, for example, Publication date. It is also possible to have a subheading that could, for example, be the name of a title if you have several different titles displayed in the same carousel.

- In the section Publication days, you first select the number of days of the title to be displayed in the carousel. Keep in mind that the number of titles that are displayed in full depends on the size you have chosen (see above) and which device the home page is displayed in. In our case, we set 1 publication day to only show the latest publication.

- In the section Start on day, you can choose to skip, for example, the latest publication and start on day 2 which will be useful in our next carousel. We leave this at 1 in this case.

If you have several titles displayed in the carousel, there is also a setting to show the number of publication days per title.
We recommend that you select the Publication days for all titles option if your titles have a similar publication frequency. If the release frequency differs a lot, per title is recommended to show all titles in the carousel.

- In the section Text on archive link, you can change the text "Archive" that is set by default. For example, if you want to write "See the entire archive" instead.

- In the section Download, you can set whether the publications in the component should be able to be downloaded for offline use from the start page, in which case a download icon will appear.

- The Appearance section allows you to change background colors, text colors, etc. in the component. We leave them as default for so long.

- The last choice is Time limitation. Here you can control whether the component should be displayed during a specific period of time. You can choose either a start time, an end time, or both.

If a component lacks required content, such as Title, the checkbox will be grayed out and cannot be activated until it is filled in, this is to prevent empty components ending up on your home page.

With the drag-and-drop menu, you place the components in the order you want them to appear on your home page.

4. Save component

When you are done with the configuration, click on Update in the upper right corner. The component is now prepared to be published but is not yet visible to the reader.

Using the checkboxes you can enable or disable components. Only active components will be visible.

5. Create another carousel to display more releases

We're adding a new carousel to show the last 2-15 releases. Follow the steps above for more detailed instructions:

- Choose size Medium.
- Add the title.
- Set the title to e.g. "Read our older publications"
- Enter the number of publication days to 15 and start on day 2 (i.e. skip the latest publication which is already in the carousel above).
- Update.

6. Other settings

We will now configure the logotype and colors on the home page. Select the Background and top bar section. Here you can set the color of the top row, text color, and if you want a different background color on the home page. We also upload a logo by clicking Browse and choosing a suitable image.

Here it is also possible to hide the top row for mobile version of the app (Android and iOS) but we leave it visible in this case.

7. Publish our homepage.

Now we have a basic configuration of the home page ready and we are ready to publish it.

After each component there is a checkbox to activate the component. We drag it to the right so it turns green and then click the button Save and publish in the upper right corner to complete the setup.

Congratulations, you have now created a home page! ? ?

8. Delete or modify a component

If you want to remove a component from the start page, you can either disable it (if it is to be used again later) by changing the checkbox so that it becomes gray, or you can click on the three dots on the component to select Remove. If you want to change something, just click the component to open its settings.

Remember to save and publish with each change!

Note: If a checkbox is grey, it means that the component lacks the content it requires and therefore cannot be activated until it is complete. A black checkbox means that the component is inactive, but can be activated. A green checkbox means that the component is activated but not published until you click Save and publish - you do this when everything is ready.

9. Add more components

Now you can start exploring our other components that, together with the carousels, give readers a better experience. It is possible, for example, to use a banner for ad spaces, a podcast feed, or display articles from the latest issue. Test it out!

All optional components

Carousel
Present the latest issue together with all parts and appendices, show the last 7 issues, highlight interesting inserts. Available in four different sizes.

Banner
Make your own design and upload as an image. Can link to external URL, publication, login, application or be completely unlinked.

Flashback
Take your readers back in history and rediscover old issues and articles. What really happened 1, 5 and 10 years ago?

Articles
Highlight articles directly on the home page to entice reading. There is also the option to activate playback of article audio directly on the start page.

Podcast
Highlight the latest podcast episodes.

Notice
Show the latest issue of a newspaper, insert or magazine, select a special issue to highlight for your readers.

Hero
Highlight an issue of a newspaper or magazine that is particularly important, such as the latest issue or "that special publication" that everyone should see.

Text
Welcome your readers, tell them about your app, your vision or just take the opportunity to wish your readers a great day.

Permission container
If you have many titles in your application, you can choose to only show what a reader subscribes to. Fill the container with, for example, carousels to present the reader's magazines.