PDF Partial Loading – What, How and Why?

PDF files come in different sizes. We have seen files as normal as 1-2MB and upto 100s of MB. Serving big files is a challenge that needs to be handled in a managed way. Luckily PDFs can have Linearized structure which enables Partial loading feature. What is Partial Loading of PDF? “Web Optimized“ , “PDF  …

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Customizing Buttons

Normal Button Normally by default the buttons looks like primary WordPress buttons. ._df_button { //your style goes here } Changing Color ._df_button { background: grey !important; border: none !important; color: white !important; } ._df_button:hover { background: #444 !important; } Custom Class Extra classes can be used to change style for certain buttons only. .red_button { …

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CORS issues with PDF. How it can be fixed?

Modern internet browsers take security seriously! After many attacks and malpractice on the internet, many new security rules have been introduced. Among such rules is CORS (Cross-origin resource sharing), which applies for cross-domain resource access; mainly using AJAX requests. WHY CORS occurs in DEARFLIP? DearFlip uses PDF.js that relies on Ajax requests to fetch PDF …

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An alternative to Turn.js that supports PDF – DearFlip

Turn.js has been an easily available flipbook solution for javascript developers. Though it is released under a non-commercial BSD license, it still attracts many users due to its public availability on GitHub. For initial implementation and providing a good idea about flipbook, turn.js has been pivotal in the flipbook industry.   Turn.js has shown it’s …

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Page Modes and customizations

dFlip supports double and single page mode for reading. And in Single page mode, there are booklets and focus single page mode. Page Modes: In Auto mode, flipbook will use DoublePage mode for desktop and single page mode for mobile. Click on the example below to see the auto mode flipbook. In DoublePage mode, the …

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Document Layouts for dFlip Flipbook plugin

Documents are created in various formats and layout to support publishing requirements. dFlip supports two popular layout formats in which pages can be arranged and used. Single Page Layout Double Page Layout (booklet form) Single Page Format: Single Page is a very common format where every page in the document is the same size. Example …

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How to create responsive covers for flipbooks

Settings(Pro Version): From version 2.1 covers are automatically responsive. The settings are available under dFlipBooks -> Settings as Book Thumb Type. Available options are Image and Div and respective HTML elements will be used to display the thumb image. We recommend using Image option for advanced users. Note: The value can be overridden from shortcode …

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