PDF Partial Loading – What, How and Why?

PDF files can be of different sizes. We have seen files as small as 1-2MB and up to 100s of MB. Serving big files is a challenge that needs to be handled in a managed way, luckily PDFs can have Linearized structure which enables Partial loading feature. PDF Partial Loading is a feature that allows …

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PDF Hyper Links are not working? What is the issue?

PDFs are content document, so they display content the way they are defined. Like in HTML, a link-a-like text, js.dearflip.com is a not a link but a link dearflip.com is a link. The difference is : one is just a text, and other is defined as hyperlink. Our PDF Flipbook plugin also treats text as …

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How flipbook size works? How to make it bigger?

Why is my flipbook so tiny? This question comes up a lot and is the top question we’ve answered in our support history. It typically happens when users try to embed their flipbook on their site. How flipbook size works? The size of flipbook is determined by: 1 . The width and height of the …

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Customizing Buttons

Normal Button Normally by default the buttons looks like primary WordPress buttons. ._df_button { //your style goes here } Changing Color ._df_button { background: grey !important; border: none !important; color: white !important; } ._df_button:hover { background: #444 !important; } Custom Class Extra classes can be used to change style for certain buttons only. .red_button { …

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CORS issues with PDF. How it can be fixed?

Modern internet browsers take security seriously! After many attacks and malpractice on the internet, many new security rules have been introduced. Among such rules is CORS (Cross-origin resource sharing), which applies for cross-domain resource access; mainly using AJAX requests. WHY CORS occurs in DEARFLIP? DearFlip uses PDF.js that relies on Ajax requests to fetch PDF …

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DearFlip: A PDF-Supporting JavaScript Flipbook Alternative to Turn.js

Turn.js has been a widely accessible JavaScript flipbook solution, highly valued by developers for its simplicity and effectiveness. Despite being released under a non-commercial BSD license, Turn.js has garnered a significant user base, largely due to its open-source nature and public availability on GitHub. This visibility has made it a go-to resource for developers looking …

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Page Modes and customizations

dFlip supports double and single page mode for reading. And in Single page mode, there are booklets and focus single page mode. Page Modes: In Auto mode, flipbook will use DoublePage mode for desktop and single page mode for mobile. Click on the example below to see the auto mode flipbook. In DoublePage mode, the …

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Document Layouts for dFlip Flipbook plugin

Documents are created in various formats and layout to support publishing requirements. dFlip supports two popular layout formats in which pages can be arranged and used. [lwptoc] Single Page Layout Double Page Layout (booklet form) Single Page Format: Single Page is a very common format where every page in the document is the same size. …

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How to create responsive covers for flipbooks

Settings(Pro Version): From version 2.1 covers are automatically responsive. The settings are available under dFlipBooks -> Settings as Book Thumb Type. Available options are Image and Div and respective HTML elements will be used to display the thumb image. We recommend using Image option for advanced users. Note: The value can be overridden from shortcode …

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