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Project Checklist

Assets needed to create your Readz project

Content outline and structure

Outline, story tracker or storyboard: we would need a Word doc or spreadsheet with an overview of the articles. For each article, mention title, sections, content assets (images, videos and illustrations), internal/external links, ads or call to actions.
Any existing wireframe, mood boards or sketches conveying the layout or navigation structure on desktop and mobile.

Design

Styling / brand guide, if available
List with applicable Google, Adobe or custom fonts
Custom brand colors
Wireframes, sketches or screenshots of inspiring layouts
List of all websites or templates that you like or see as an inspiration for this project

Editorial Content

Packaged InDesign Files (if applicable) including all links, high res images, logo, icons
MS Word, Pages, MS PowerPoint or Google Docs files in case no print assets are available

Media Guidelines

Images and Best Practices for Image Optimization and Use

2560px wide x 1440px JPEG or WEBP at 100% quality

To ensure optimal performance and visual quality on our platform, please follow these guidelines for image use:

Images can be uploaded in JPG, PNG, GIF, Webp or SVG formats:

JPG: you can also upload PNG and GIF, but these will not undergo compression, so ensure you have optimised them yourself for the best combination of file size and clarity.

SVG: Perfect for logos, icons, and vectors. SVGs scale well without losing quality. Remember to vectorize fonts (e.g., in Illustrator: Text > Outline).

WebP: Offers excellent compression and quality, particularly for web use. A great alternative to JPG and PNG for improved performance.

Image Size Recommendations:

Overall Size: Balancing image size is key. Large images slow down your page, while small images may look pixelated.

Full Width Guidelines: (e.g., header images): 2560px wide x 1440px JPEG or WEBP at 100% quality.

Half screen width: About 800 pixels wide.

Quarter screen width: Around 400 pixels wide.

Image for two-row view (landscape-orientation images work best): 1422px wide x 800px high

JPEG or WEBP at 100% quality

Inline article image maximum dimensions: Landscape: 1422px x 800px

Portrait: 800px x 1422px

Optimization Tools:

Use Photoshop's "Save for Web" feature or external tools like TinyPNG for size optimization without quality loss.

For any questions or additional support, please refer to our comprehensive help section or contact our support team.

Video

We support background videos, embedded videos, videos in pop ups or lightboxes
Videos must be sourced from Vimeo or Youtube, so you need to upload your video to Vimeo or Youtube and get the video URL. The videos have to be set to public mode.
1920 x 1080px for landscape format video and 900 x 507px for portrait format video is sufficient for a clear picture. Smaller sizes of the same aspect ratio will work, but may appear less clear
MP4: 30mb MAX (much smaller if possible)

PDF Version

If applicable, a PDF file to link to from a "Download Print Version" button.

You can upload a PDF file to Readz as a flipbook and link to this flipbook's URL
If the PDF is hosted externally, you can link to that external URL

Favicon and Home Icon

The favicon is the icon that loads in the browser address bar or tab
The home icon is the icon displayed when adding a publication to the home screen on mobile devices
Both are uploaded in PNG format to the domain settings

Engagement

Custom URL
TLS Certificate included in your plan

SEO and Social Sharing

● Thumbnail images for each page ● A meta description for each page: 150 characters or less including spaces and special characters. Use keywords from that page to increase page ranking through organic searches

● A permalink for each page: the permalink is the page's unique URL. By default, it will be created from the page name (subdomain.yourdomain.com/page-name)

Analytics

Readz Analytics will be available for you to check your user engagement data. Optionally, you can add Google Analytics Tracking ID or GTM:

Set up an account with Google Analytics where they will provide you with an ID#.
We will input that ID# onto your publication and as soon as we do, GA will start tracking your Readz publication.