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Creating HTML Layouts with InDesign

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Overview

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Extract content and layouts from InDesign and transform them into HTML, which can be used to create ebooks, web and mobile apps, and more.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Using the exercise files
1. Understanding HTML
  • What is HTML?
  • Why HTML?
  • Why build in InDesign?
  • What HTML can and cannot do
  • Project examples
2. How an InDesign Layout Translates to HTML: Reflowable vs. Fixed Layout
  • Which option is right for your project?
  • Exploring the HTML export options available in InDesign
  • Exploring the EPUB export options available in InDesign
  • Using in5 to export a layout from InDesign to HTML
3. What to Do with the HTML Once You Have It
  • Posting HTML to the web
  • Publishing as an EPUB
  • Embedding HTML: DPS, EPUB, and elsewhere
  • Repurposing HTML content for a blog post or email
4. Creating Apps from the HTML Content
  • Creating a web app
  • Converting to a mobile app using the Baker framework
  • Converting to a mobile app using PhoneGap Build
  • Creating a mobile app with Amazon
5. Best Practices for Text
  • Export tagging styles
  • Adding hyperlinks to text
  • Formatting lists
  • Conditional text
6. Best Practices for Images
  • Adding alt text
  • Controlling image quality with custom rasterization
  • Using object styles
7. Controlling Flow in Reflowable HTML
  • Using the Articles panel
  • Using anchored objects to wrap images in text flow
8. Challenges and Considerations When Exporting HTML from InDesign
  • Text styling and font embedding
  • Ensuring proper color conversion
  • How are page sizes, liquid layouts, and alternate layouts involved?
  • Using XML
9. Extending and Customizing the Results
  • Using custom CSS to modify appearance
  • Using custom JavaScript to modify functionality
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Justin Putney

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