Digital Products from The Palm Beach Daily News
Our online edition of the daily paper, accessible on any laptop, desktop, tablet or smartphone.. Read the entire paper, including news stories and ads, plus the comics, obituaries, Parade magazine and more.
- Organized in the same page-by-page format you're familiar with in print
- ePaper-exclusive sections and content
- Searchable 30-day archive filled with past stories
- Easy to share stories via email, Facebook and Twitter
Why the update?
Our current versions of ePaper vary radically in look and functionality and are based on various technologies. This update provides a consistent interface and improved features across all platforms, as well as modernizing the technology they're built upon. It also simpilfies our ability to manage and develop the app for the future.
Take a tour of the updated app
Here's a breakout of new features
- A fully responsive design – the app restyles itself to best fit your screen size
- Cleaner, more newspaper-focused design to enhance reading.
- Intro how-to pop-over
- Collapsible side panels containing latest headlines and additional links.
- download editions for offline reading on any device (browser limitations may apply)
- Download a cropped PDF of a page or article
- Download a PDF of the entire newspaper
- Print pages or articles
- Text to voice reading of articles (device limitations may apply)
- Translate articles to another language
- Improved smartphone interface
- Improved navigation
- Tap/click on section or story breadcrumb to select another section or story
- Collapsible page navigator – See page thumbnails and swipe to desired page.
- In article views on widescreen monitors, select from a list of other stories in that section
- Works well with mouse, mousewheel and touch navigation.
Continuing features
- Tap/click to zoom in on story
- Zoom in/out on page
- View pages as single or two-page spreads
- Search stories, adverts, and photos
- Links to additional subscriber content
FAQs
Do I need to do anything or will it automatically refresh?
You don’t need to do anything. The newer site will appear for you on login automatically. If you have the older URLs bookmarked, they’ll redirect you to the new ODN.
What web browsers are supported?
- Current versions of Safari, Chrome, Firefox are recommended
- Internet Explorer 10 and up.
- IE9 and lower versions will be redirected to the original Flash-based web version (ODE) as a fall back.
- Neither Safari on Windows, nor Opera are supported.
What are the new features?
In our older apps, features varied by device, now every device has the same abilities:
- Fully responsive design – the app restyles itself to best fit your screen size
- Cleaner, more newspaper-focused design to enhance reading.
- Intro how-to pop-over
- Collapsible side panels containing latest headlines and additional links.
- download editions for offline reading on any device (browser limitations may apply)
- Download a cropped PDF of a page or article
- Download a PDF of the entire newspaper
- Print pages or articles
- Text to voice reading of articles (device limitations may apply)
- Translate articles to another language
- Improved smartphone interface
- Improved navigation
- Tap/click on section or story breadcrumb to select another section or story
- Collapsible page navigator – See page thumbnails and swipe to desired page.
- In article views on widescreen monitors, select from a list of other stories in that section
- Works well with mouse, mousewheel and touch navigation.
Continuing features
- 30 days-worth of previous issues
- Tap/click to zoom in on story
- Zoom in/out on page
- View pages as single or two-page spreads
- Search stories, adverts, and photos
- Links to additional subscriber content
Can I read this on my phone, tablet or laptop?
Yes.
Where’s my table of contents/section tabs? How do I jump to a section?
Now at the bottom of the window, there is a breadcrumb menu showing you what section and story you’re in. Tap/Click the section or story name to select another section from the list, or another story within the active section to move there.
How do I zoom or move the news page
On a desktop or tablet, you can use your mouse to click and drag, or use the mouse-wheel to scroll the news page.
On a tablet or smartphone, tap and drag to move the page, pinch/zoom in magnify in or out.
How do I print out my crossword/story/photo?
Go to the page or story in question and select "print"
How do I download the edition, a page, or part of a page as a PDF?
- To download the entire edition: While on any page, tap/click the download button and select the ‘Download PDF’ The time to download and size of the PDF will vary with edition size and number of pages.
- To download a page or part of page, go to that page, tap/click the download button and select the ‘PDF crop” button.
- Drag the selection box around the entire page, or just the story you want, and then tap/click ‘Get PDF’
How do I bring up the story view. When I tap the story, all it does is zoom in on the page?
In this version of the ePaper:
Can I swipe between articles?
Yes. Once in the article level view, you can swipe to see the previous and next articles, respectively (or by clicking the prev/next buttons). Also, if you’re reading on a widescreen monitor, you can also choose from a list of stories in that section.
Can I share stories?
Yes –Look for the share buttons on the story level pages
Does the ePaper update throughout the day?
The ePaper presents the daily edition of the AJC, including some ePaper-only sections and pages. Occasionally, we may publish sections or editions later in the day.
The left-hand rail will provide updated headlines, by section, throughout the day.
Can I change the font size?
On the article view, you can increase or decrease font size using the font size icons, or on tablets and phones you can pinch/zoom to resize
Do I have to log in?
You’ll continue to sign in as you always have. If you open the ePaper from our daily email, you’ll be automatically logged in.
How do you see the interactive tutorial?
- Click the ? icon
- On the tutorial overlay screen, click the red box that says “interactive tutorial”
- It will open in a new tab
How do I exit the interactive tutorial?
It opens in a new tab
close that tab or go back to the original tab.
