Smart Look: Can I control what view mode to use?

I have several single page PDF docs that smartlook is displaying as multipage (magazine view). You REALLY should either (A) make smartlook consider page count before determining view mode or (B) have an option to set this parameter... maybe in the alt tag? alt="issuu_single" something like that.

Hi Martin,

This is not the first time this feature has been requested. I remember reading about the same problem about 3 months ago.

We face the same problem, our PDF's are single page case studies. I really don't want to convert them to PowerPoint presentations. That really sounds like a hackish way to solve this.

A single page PDF makes a lot more sense than a single slide PowerPoint presentation.
I agree that your solution solves the viewing issue of smartlook, but it will cause people to download a powerpoint document in case they want to retain a copy.

I read in your previous answer to this that you have no clue as to when this will be updated in the next version of smartlook. Does this mean smartlook is being abandoned? Or does this mean that issuu trades in support on previous implemented features for development time on new features?
I surely hope issuu will follow up with comments, requests and remarks on features that have already been implemented.

"I don't have a clue because we're working on something else right now" is not a very helpful answer to your users.

I find your service absolutely great and the smartlook feature is especially innovative and I appreciate the hard work that must have gone into this.

Best regards,

Michael

I'm on board with Martin. This was my original question and I market it answered, but in reality this system is going to be a poor solution for me unless this issue is addressed. I am now a PRO user and paying for the service. I think a lot of us would like this issue addressed. I'm sure it's not hard for you to program. Just give us the ability to determine how the document is displayed. The best solution might be to have a control within the document settings on issuu that can set the document type (single, multi, etc).

This is KEY to my continued subscription to issuu. Please address this in some way. My clients and I are counting on it.

we also want to better control the view mode, it should be possible to insert a tag in the code we past in the page to choose a default view mode...please ?

I was considering subscribing to this service but I'll wait to see if the developer ever responds to your request. Seems like a reasonable feature request that shouldn't be too difficult to implement.

I found the way to customise the ISSUU viewer skin with SmartLook, all you have to do is to add another parameter to the SmartLook code:
defaultSkin: "your_domain/path/layout.xml" and upload XML and SWF files to your server. Perhaps you can then change the view mode in the XML file?

Basically, i use smart look for my site ALL the time...
From all the testing i have done...

the ONLY way to make smart look come up as a book format, is to have it link to a pdf.
the ONLY way to make it show as a single page format, is to have it link to a PowerPoint Format.

the XML file with only change the look of your background and make it more customizable, but not change how it outputs.

it looks like the code is locked, maybe they will open it up soon for further customization, but i think we have to work with what we have for now, i still like it....

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@george: hold on, have you tried this?


var issuuConfig = {
slSelection: [
{docTypes:"pdf", action:"pop", viewer:"magazine"},
{docTypes:"odt|doc|wpd|sxw|rtf|odp|sxi", action:"pop", viewer:"paper"},
{docTypes:"ppt", action:"pop", viewer:"presentation"}
]
}


@tomek... No u have not tried that, have you. That is for changing the XML correct? Let me know if that works..

I don't need it, but it could be usefull in the future.

Thanks