MasterPlan Online Job Admin

Job Admin Users can specify Publication and Viewer Type, control access and sharing options for the publication, enable watermarking and more

To access MasterPlan Online Job Admin settings:

  1. In MasterPlan Online‘s Client Page click on the Job to be administered
  2. Choose Job Admin from your User Settings [top right of the window]
  • Publication Options
    • Publication Type
      • Visual – A visual publication has spreads, ideal for fixed-layout EPUB and PDF documents and InDesign publications
      • Textual – A text-led publication split into chapters or sections, ideal for reflowable EPUB
      • Audiobook – Audio only format, ideal for W3C LPF audiobooks
      • Data Only – a publication with a cover and metadata, but no content yet
    • Set Viewer Type
      • View JPEG as slides – Any visual publication can be quickly shown with retina-quality JPEG slides
      • View EPUB in Readium Cloud Reader – This is not currently offered. Contact us for more info
      • View EPUB in Colibrio Reader – A visual or textual EPUB can be read online in the most interactive and accessible way with this modern reader
      • View PDF in Colibrio Reader – A PDF can be read online in the most interactive and accessible way with this modern reader
      • Direct to Custom URL – MasterPlan can be used to direct users to another service if required
    • Reader Page One – the absolute page number of page one of the publication (by default this is page one). This should always be an odd number
    • Link to Publication – For an uploaded PDF, EPUB or Audiobook this is the direct URL of the publication
    • XML data source URL – The link to the Biblio data feed for clients using this service
  • Access Options
    • Publication only accessible to Admins – Restrict viewing of the job to Admin Users only
    • Publication only accessible to Members – Restrict viewing of the job to logged in members of this MasterPlan client
    • Spreads marked “Members Only” hidden to Non-Members – Remove spreads from public MasterPlans rather than blurring and watermarking
    • Enable Watermarking – Add watermarks to every spread. Watermarks are set up at Client Admin level
    • Toggle All/None for Members Only – Quickly switch all spreads to be marked as Members Only and their view restricted
  • Viewing & Sharing Options
    • Show Cover as Thumbnail – Add a cover to the spread thumbnails in the MasterPlan for visual publications
    • Spread View Type
      • Double – Thumbnails of visual publications consist of two facing pages
      • Single – Thumbnails of visual publications consist of single pages
    • Force Reader Renderer
      • Do Not Force – The default is to have no preference
      • Responsive – The MasterPlan will resize depending on the viewer’s screen and present double-page spreads for visual publications where space allows
      • Flip – The MasterPlan will always present as double-page spreads for visual publications
      • Stack – The MasterPlan will always present as single pages for visual publications
      • Scroll – The MasterPlan will always present each section of a Textual document as one long scrolling view
    • Enable Interactive Twitter Share Card? – Tick to add the live MasterPlan to a Twitter (X) post
    • Share Description – The line of text that is posted along with the MasterPlan preview when social media sharing

In WORK mode you can also choose from these additional options:

  • WORK options
    • Show Overlays – Add more information on hovering about who last updated each spread and when and its status
    • Enable Annotator – Switch on the View & Comment button to allow commenting
    • Enable Annotator for Non-Users – Switch on to invite people outside of MasterPlan to join in the commenting

The following three options are available below:

  • Save and Publish Job Commit to saving the changes made in Job Admin mode. This will also push to BookSite if using
  • Edit Job Details – More options for BookSite users to add and edit custom job details
  • Delete Job – Remove the entire MasterPlan job

For each spread displayed from your publication you can choose to specify whether their text is to be Searchable, to restrict viewing to Members Only and to select for Deletion