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Active Publishing Solution

Available only for Pimcore Enterprise Edition & Pimcore PaaS

Print automation Web2Print
Annual subscription with auto-renewal: 6,000.00 €

Terms and Conditions
Available only for Pimcore Enterprise and PaaS
Annual subscription with auto renewal
Payment methods: Credit Card, Wire Transfer
For all terms see Terms & Conditions

  Pimcore Connector

Export your products from PimCore and generate drafts of your publications in just a few clicks, or drag and drop products onto the pages of your catalogs, brochures, etc.

Edit your products in PimCore and synchronize your publications in real time.

WySiWyG Solution

Create your product templates as if you were using Adobe InDesign. Arrange your pages and products graphically using text, objects and tables styles, use effects, CMYK values and more. Preview publications with page thumbnails, single or double page mode, production workflow, etc. All tools available in Adobe InDesign!

  Native InDesign and Print PDF export


Export your publications to Adobe InDesign or as high-resolution CMYK PDFs with guides and crop marks. A plugin for Adobe InDesign CC Mac/PC is included in the solution, allowing you to export products in positional mode or in text flow.and CMYK and Pantone values management. No automation projects are required for InDesign; Import the files generated by the Active Publishing solution, and the pages are generated, the products are positioned, the styles and swatches are created, and you can update your documents and products whenever you want.

About Active Publishing Solution


How Active Publishing is connected with Pimcore (SaaS License)

  • The connector uses PimCore's API to retrieve data for use in catalogs (Setup required)
  • Wizard integrated into the back office to configure the connector (token, IP, etc.) from an Excel file (field names and types)
  • Images retrieved via external URLs 

Available as PimCore bundles (On-Premise License) for PimCore 11 & 12 only



The Active Publishing back office allows you to:

  • Manage workspaces: 

Each workspace is associated with a connector. This allows the solution to be shared between multiple entities, clients, etc.

  • User and Rights Management: 

In each workspace, users are defined and rights are associated with users. A user can have access to one or more workspaces

  • Production workflow: 

Statuses are created to associate them with pages. This allows you to track the progress of your publications and the status of each page in real time. By default, the available statuses are: Drafts, review, to generate, generated, to validate, to correct, validated.

  • Multilingual Management:

The available languages ​​are: English, German, Spanish, French, and Dutch. However, additional languages ​​can be added as needed. A JSON file is available for translation (key -> value).


Modules available in the solution:

  • Paginate

Publication creation wizard. Manage sizes, formats, orientation, page backgrounds, and product placement.

  • WireFrame

Create templates, arrange pages and products, and manage styles (text, objects, and tables).

  • Export:

Export your publications to Adobe InDesign or directly to HD Print PDF format in just a few clicks. Select the export type and number of pages.


Paginate features:

  • Publication creation wizard: 

Selection of publication type (with or without automatically placed products), publication size (A4, A5, personalized...), orientation, margins, page backgrounds, number of columns, product placement in grid form or according to product size, product placement by selection from the PIM or from an Excel file, selection of product template(s), addition of free pages


WireFrame features:

  • Page content management and product template creation:

Create your product templates in a WySiWyG interface, position and resize the blocks that make up a product, create styles (text, objects, tables) and shades, add effects to your blocks (drop shadows, outlines, 3D, etc.), and associate these templates with your products.

  • "Draft" mode

Display thumbnails of your publication's pages, add, delete, and move pages, change their page backgrounds, and workflow statuses.

  • Arrange the content of your pages: 

Move products and/or their component blocks, vertical and horizontal guides, snapping, preview mode, add free text, move and resize products or blocks using numeric values, add and modify styles, manage effects, and more.

Move your product to another page, change template, edit template…

Manage your pages and products in an interface and with tools very similar to Adobe InDesign.

 

Exports features:

  • Export to Adobe InDesign:

- All CC versions, Mac/PC

- No third-party plugins required (plugin included in the Active Publishing solution)

- No automation projects or templates required in Adobe InDesign. Download the exported files from the Active Publishing solution, import them into Adobe InDesign, and the plugin creates the pages, styles, and swatches, then places the products on the pages according to the chosen mode.

- Select the pages to export

- Select the export mode (positional or text flow)

 

  • Updating InDesign files:

- Generating data update files

- Manual shape changes made in Adobe InDesign are preserved

- Real-time data updates

 

  • PDF exports:

- Export the publication in high-resolution CMYK PDF format with marks and crop marks.

- Generation time proportional to the number of pages



Version

  • Current version: 2025


Pimcore version support

  • All Pimcore versions from v2023.1

Technical support

  • Documentation
  • Video tutorials
  • Ticketing platform

SLA

  • On request (potentially subject to a charge)


Installation service

  • Installation documentation with reference to dependencies is supplied
  • Support for conflicts during installation on request (potentially subject to a charge)


Invoicing

  • License paid yearly
    • 1 000 pages/year
    • one language
  • Additional pages pack and languages can be purchased, please use the form at the bottom of the page for tailored package

Proprietary license

  • EULA


  

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