Comments on: Raise the Hammer Print Edition

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:22:12 +0000

That is really awesome, what did you used to make the PDF?

We generated the print edition with HTML and CSS, using the CSS3 column-count property to generate the newspaper columns. IE doesn't support CSS3 (in fact, it doesn't even fully support CSS2, but that's a whole 'nother issue), so we load the print edition HTML page in Firefox; then we simply print to PDF and upload the saved file to the webserver. Several programs let you print to PDF, including a few free, open-source programs. Just do a search for free pdf converter to see what's available.

By: RobLove

RobLove — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:35:48 +0000

That is sweet, I really like the layout

Thanks Tim!

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:32:16 +0000

Apparently “Acrobat Distiller 7.0″. If you’re interested in a fast, free way to make multi-page PDFs, though, I’d recommend OpenOffice.

By: Ade

Ade — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:23:48 +0000

I’m not sure, it’s not my department. Ryan?

By: wemi

wemi — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:36:03 +0000

Looks great guys, good work!

By: RobLove

RobLove — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:01:01 +0000

That is really awesome, what did you used to make the PDF?