{"id":15,"date":"2017-09-19T13:17:53","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T13:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/pressbooksprintguide\/chapter\/chapter-1\/"},"modified":"2017-09-22T21:43:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T21:43:46","slug":"chapter-1","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/pressbooksprintguide\/chapter\/chapter-1\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Pressbooks","rendered":"Introduction to Pressbooks"},"content":{"raw":"

What is Pressbooks?<\/h2>\r\nPressbooks is a web-based authoring tool based on the WordPress authoring platform. If you\u2019ve created a website using WordPress, you\u2019ll find some similarities working with Pressbooks. \u00a0Pressbooks allows you to create content once and publish it in many different formats (fig 1.). \u00a0These export formats enable the resource to be easily imported and edited in different platforms such as WordPress, Wikis and even learning management systems. The formats appear at the bottom of the web version of the resource to allow other users to easily export and adapt the resource. These features will allow the resources we are developing to be used, adapted, contextualized and localized by different institutions and communities. Pressbooks\u00a0will make the resource more available to different users by giving them the option of accessing it on the web, on their mobile devices or print it out as a PDF document. By designing each part of the resource as a standalone guide institutions will be able to select and adapt the sections to use, edit and adapt for their context. These features will allow the resources we are developing to be used, adapted, contextualized and localized by different institutions and communities.\r\n

Export Formats<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Print PDF<\/td>\r\nAllows documents to be easily shared while retaining the same visual formatting. It is page-oriented and has a static layout. Print PDF optimized for printing<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Digital PDF<\/td>\r\n\u00a0For digital PDF \u00a0distribution<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
xHTML<\/td>\r\n\u00a0This format allows the resource to used and edited in different systems<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
WordPress\u00a0XML<\/td>\r\n\u00a0These files can be imported into WordPress and the resources can be easily adapted into an interactive website.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
EPUB<\/td>\r\nEPUB files are designed for portability. These files are used for most eBooks and other eReaders. The point of these files is not to provide editing capability, but to deliver a comprehensive package that contains all elements of a book including text and images \u2014 like a zipped package \u2014 to a device for reading.<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
MOBI<\/td>\r\nFor Kindle eReader<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n \r\n

Why Pressbooks<\/h2>\r\nFor the creation of this Indigenization resource for BC, Pressbooks is a platform that allows us to create content that can be easily reused, and adapted by different institutions. In doing this the core resource can be easily localized for different regions and institutions. By using a modular design our\u00a0goal is for different institutions to be able to put together a resource or set of resources, adapt it to their context and share it in ways that make it easy to access for students, instructors, staff, and the community.\u00a0Pressbooks\u00a0will make also make this resource more available to different users by giving them the option of accessing it on the web, on their mobile devices or print it out as a PDF document. .. We are excited about the potential of developing a living resource that can be adapted, built upon and shared throughout British Columbia.\r\n