Comments on: Using Wordpress to Publish an Online Magazine – Part II – FAQ and Resources

By: Brian Hayden

Brian Hayden — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:58:31 +0000

If you’re still answering questions, I have one!…

Would you ever consider creating all the content in Wordpress first, and then translating it into the print version? More specifically, do you know of any plugins or tools that would take a grouping of blog posts and allow you to turn them into a print magazine? Perhaps your standards for the print version are too high for anything to work, but are you aware of anything simple? I’m picturing an annual, “Best of the online magazine” edition that is printed and sent to a select group.

Thank you!

By: Joe Vasquez

Joe Vasquez — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:37:29 +0000

Thanks for that info, Tracy. We most likely will be relying on our categories as well. If you don’t mind, I would like to get in touch with your web editor regarding that issue, though.

By: yazar

yazar — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:50:55 +0000

Useful tool and good idea to further work on

By: cd

cd — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:42:36 +0000

Very useful information, thanks!

By: tracy

tracy — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:37:23 +0000

That’s a good question, Joe. And it’s the biggest question mark for us too. Swarthmore figured out a nifty solution on their site, and our web editor spoke with them about how they did it. Unfortunately I wasn’t in on that conversation, and we haven’t had a chance to implement it on our site yet, but I’ll be sure to report back once I get more information.

For now, we’re relying on our Categories system as our archive. In other words, we can link to a list of all the stories from any issue because they have each been categorized as being from that issue.

By: Joe Vasquez

Joe Vasquez — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:25:50 +0000

Thanks. I’m in charge of migrating our online alumni magazine to Wordpress, and found your article very helpful. Quick question though: How will you archive your old Wordpress issues when you’re ready to release your new one? From what I’ve researched there aren’t too many easy solutions around.

http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic/a-plugin-for-online-magazines
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/266137?replies=4