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IPAPER

iPaper is a document format that allows virtually any file type to be embedded on websites. It is built with Adobe Flash and supports many file formats like PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel. iPaper provides benefits like simplicity, speed, monetization opportunities, and increased security. Documents can be converted to iPaper format using the Scribd API or QuickSwitch tool, which allows bulk conversion with minimal code. The Scribd API allows more customization but requires more technical skills, while QuickSwitch and embedding options require less technical ability but offer less customization.

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IPAPER

iPaper is a document format that allows virtually any file type to be embedded on websites. It is built with Adobe Flash and supports many file formats like PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel. iPaper provides benefits like simplicity, speed, monetization opportunities, and increased security. Documents can be converted to iPaper format using the Scribd API or QuickSwitch tool, which allows bulk conversion with minimal code. The Scribd API allows more customization but requires more technical skills, while QuickSwitch and embedding options require less technical ability but offer less customization.

Uploaded by

jaipalr
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
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iPaper

iPaper is a document format built for the Web. Virtually any document format is
convertable to iPaper, which is embeddable into any website or blog.

iPaper is built with Adobe Flash, so if you can watch videos on YouTube, you won't have
any problems with iPaper. You must also have JavaScript enabled on your browser.

iPaper currently supports the following formats:

• Adobe PDF (.pdf)


• Adobe PostScript (.ps)
• Microsoft Word (.doc)
• Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt, .pps)
• Microsoft Excel (.xls)
• OpenOffice Text Document (.odt, .sxw)
• OpenOffice Presentation Document (.odp, .sxi)
• OpenOffice Spreadsheet (.ods, .sxc)
• All OpenDocument formats
• Plain text (.txt)
• Rich text format (.rtf)

Adv. Of ipaper

Simplicity and Speed

Monetize Your Documents

Increase Your Traffic

Enhanced Security

Easy to Integrate

It is free

It is virus free

Less size of Application

Disadv. Of ipaper
Images convert to iPaper only when they're part of a document format, such as a PDF
or a Word document.Images cannot be converted into ipaper directly

We cannot host ipaper on our own servers

We cannot dynamically resize the ipaper window


convert a document to iPaper

There are several different methods. Your documents and your individual requirements
will determine which choice is best for you. If you're simply trying to share one or more
documents, your best bet is to upload your document to Scribd. If you have your own
website, you may find that QuickSwitch or the Scribd API offer options that are more
suitable for you. If you have previously uploaded your document to Scribd, your
document has already been converted to iPaper.

Images convert to iPaper only when they're part of a document format, such as a PDF or
a Word document.

Integration can be done in 3 ways

1. QuickSwitch is the easiest way to upgrade websites with many documents to


iPaper! QuickSwitch works in the background to convert your documents to iPaper with
no user interaction, no site downtime, and no programming. You Simply copy-and-paste a
small block of code into your webpage, and QuickSwitch does the rest. QuickSwitch can
even embed your new iPaper content in your website.

2. Use the Scribd API to harness the full power of Scribd's scalable conversion
system, storage system, ad network, search engine, and iPaper viewer on your
website at no cost to you. The Scribd API is REST-based and similar in design to
Flickr's or Facebook's API, so a basic level of web development experience is required.
The Scribd API is the most powerful and customizable way to upload documents to
Scribd, convert documents to iPaper, manage existing documents on your website, and
find the content you need - fast.

3. Use Embed if you have only a handful of documents. To get started just upload
your documents to Scribd. They will immediately be converted into iPaper and stored on
Scribd's servers. You can then copy and paste the embed code on Scribd to embed them
on your website.

Integration Method Comparison

Having trouble deciding which integration method is the best? Check out this table
detailing the pros and cons of each method:
Embed QuickSwitch Scribd API
Technical Ability Required Low Low High
Time Investment Low Low High
Customizability High Medium High
Ability to Handle Many Documents Low Medium High

QuickSwitch

QuickSwitch lets you integrate iPaper on your site in minutes. A few lines of javascript is
all it takes to convert all your document links to iPaper links. You'll need the following to
get started:

1. A website that hosts document files (PDF, Word, Powerpoint, etc.) and links to
them via HTML pages.
2. Access to modify the source code of your website.
3. A Scribd API Account

Configure Your QuickSwitch

It can be done in 2 ways

Global link mode:

Installation Instructions

1. Copy and paste this Javascript to the bottom of your webpage, right above the
'</body>' tag. It should appear on all the pages of your website that you want
QuickSwitch to work. We suggest placing this in your site's layout file.

2. That's it, you're done. Now visitors to your website can enjoy an enhanced
document viewing experience!

1. Single link mode: Replace the URL of your document with the following URL.
Remember to replace the INSERT_DOCUMENT_URL_HERE with your
document URL.

http://www.scribd.com/slurp?scribd_publisher_id=YOUR_PUBLISHER_KEY&display_
mode=fullscreen&public=true&url=INSERT_DOCUMENT_URL_HERE
Scribd API Overview
The Scribd API is a REST-based API with methods for uploading, converting, editing,
deleting, and searching documents. Using the API, you can use Scribd as a back-end for
an application that needs to process documents, without needing to write a document
processing system yourself.

All API requests are made by sending a request to the following address:

http://api.scribd.com/api

An example API request might look like:

http://api.scribd.com/api?method=docs.getList&api_key=758buxouy289mh4mhh1uf

All API requests must include the following 2 parameters: api_key and method.

Slurp
Slurp is a part of QuickSwitch. To use Slurp, you just take any links on your websites that
point to documents and "slurpify" them - that is you pass them to a Slurp call, like below:

Ordinary link:
http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/paulgraham/onlisp.ps

Slurpified link:
http://www.scribd.com/slurp?url=http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/paulgrah
am/onlisp.ps&publisher_id=pub-893822810442928521272

To use Slurp you first need to get an API account.

Arguments

There are several additional arguments you can add to slurp which let you control its
behavior.

url
Required. The URL of the document you wish to slurp.
publisher_id
Required. The Publisher ID from your API Account. To use Slurp, you need to create an
API Account.
display_mode
Optional. If display_mode is set to "scribd", the slurped
document will be shown as a view document page on Scribd. If
display_mode is set to "fullscreen" (default), the slurped
document will be shown in fullscreen mode.
privacy
Optional. If privacy is set to "public", the slurped document
will be made a public document on Scribd. If privacy is set to
"private" (default), the slurped doc will be private. Remember
that you must have legal rights to a document to upload it to
Scribd.

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