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
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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















