We've completely streamlined the look of paper.li, making our site more mobile-device-friendly and implementing slide navigation accessible from your paper's front page.  

If you're a publisher who has been with us for some time, you are most likely very familiar with the old menu and settings.  Our new side-menus might require some extra exploring on your part.  But once you've found your way around, we're confident you'll find the new menus cleaner and easier to navigate across devices, with easy access to the help articles you need -- just a click away.

Consider this article your "map" to explore and discover our new menus: the new main menu (top left) and once signed into a paper, your Paper Settings Dashboard (top right).

      

Signing in via the new main menu icon

Clicking the top left main menu icon, shown below, gives you a sign in option, as well as other important links.

 

 

 

From here, you can sign in, using either your Facebook or Twitter sign on credentials. Once you have signed in, you now have access to:

 

 

 

Note to custom domain users! If you have a custom domain with standard Paper.li headers turned off, your sign-in has not changed.

You sign-in by hitting the ESC button on your keyboard. That will bring up the sign-in overlay. Once you sign-in you can access the menu through the menu or paper.li icon on the left.

 

Signing out via the new main menu icon

Clicking the top left main menu icon, shown below, gives you a sign out option, as well as other important links.  (See above screenshot for image of sign off option.)

 

 

Paper settings dashboard

1. Once you are signed in, you will see a list of all papers created under your publisher account in the new paper.li main menu, by clicking on the paper.li main menu settings icon located top left. 

2.  Select your paper from the list of papers in the new paper.li main menu.

 

Select your paper

3.  Once you've selected a paper, click on the Paper Settings icon  located top right  to access your Paper Settings Dashboard.

 

Pro publishers: see no icon at all at the top of your paper?  If you have your custom header turned ON, don't forget you will need to press ESC on your keyboard (as you did before) to view your menu!

 

 

New paper.li layout: our clean new look!

 

  Attention Pro Publishers!^*  

On March 4, all papers will show the new navigation menus but Pro papers won't immediately see the new changes to their paper layout.  Why?  Because although we've done our best to ensure that the new layout will have minimal impact to Pro users who have customized their papers, it is possible that our changes may require publishers to modify their CSS or any other customizations.  

With that in mind, we've given Pro users a 30 day head-start to fix any issues they see before we "flip the switch" and change all papers, both Pro and basic, to the new layout on April 4.  

If you're a publisher of a Pro paper, you can preview how your paper will look with the new layout, offline.   If after viewing your paper in "preview mode", you are satisfied with the new layout and want to make the switch immediately, you can manually switch to the new layout.

If however, after previewing your paper in the new layout, you see customizations that need modification, you can make changes offline and manually switch to the new layout up to the April 4 deadline.

On April 4, all papers will be switched to the new layout.  

 

Previewing your Pro paper (without custom domain)

• From your Paper Settings Dashboard, click Layout & appearance, then Look & feel.

 

Previewing your Pro paper (with custom domain)

• From your Paper Settings Dashboard, click Layout & appearance, then Look & feel, then Switch to new look and feel.

 

^* The above applies only to Pro publishers with Pro papers started prior to the launch on March 4.  On April 4, all Pro papers will be switched to the new layout.  

 

 Need more help?  Tweet us @smallrivers or submit a request.

 

 

 

  Switch to new layout for Pro papers with subscriptions that began before 4 March 

We've just released a new version of Paper.li! While all basic (free) papers will reflect the new navigation menus and new look and feel, these changes won't be immediately reflected on Pro papers.

Why is this?

Although we've taken care to ensure that the new layout will have minimal impact to Pro users who have customized their papers, it is possible that changes made for the new version of Paper.li may require publishers to modify their CSS and/or any other customisations.  

With that in mind, we are giving Pro users^* 30 days to check papers and make any adjustments that might be needed before we "flip the switch" and change all Pro papers to the new layout on April 4.  

While we don't believe you'll need to make any (or many!) adjustments to your paper we have equipped you with what you need to make adjustments if necessary.

If after viewing your paper in "preview mode", you are satisfied with the new layout and want to make the switch immediately, you can manually switch to the new layout.

If however, after previewing your paper in the new layout, you see some of your customizations need a little modification, you can make changes offline and manually switch to the new layout up to the April 4 deadline. Keep on reading for details below....

^* The above "call to action" applies only to Pro publishers with Pro papers started prior to the new layout change on March 4.  Any papers created after March 4 when we implemented the new layout, were formatted with the new layout.

On April 4, all Pro papers still using the old layout will be switched to the new layout.  

Enough with the blah blah blah, how to get started:

Preview your Pro paper (without custom domain)

• From your Paper Settings Dashboard, click Layout & appearance, then Look & feel.

Preview your Pro paper (with custom domain)

 See no menus?  If you have a custom domain and have turned ON your custom header, you have hidden your paper.li menus from your reader (and from you unless you are signed in)!  To sign in, click the ESC button on your keyboard. That will bring up the sign-in overlay to sign in. Once signed in, you should see both menu icons (top left and right).

• Publishers who have included custom CSS in the old layout need to do the following four preliminary steps before previewing the new layout.

1. If you have added some CSS in the old layout, you will need to copy and paste your code from the old layout into the new CSS editor to preview your paper and see what is working and what needs to be changed.

2.  To find the CSS editor for the old layout, from your Paper Settings Dashboard, click Layout & appearance, then Look & feel, then Custom CSS to access your CSS for the old layout.

3. Copy the code.

4. Now paste the code into the CSS editor for the new layout.  To find the CSS editor for the new layout, from your Paper Settings Dashboard, click Layout & appearance, then Look & feel, then Switch to new look and feel.

Now you are ready to preview your paper in the new layout, by following the instructions below:

New paper.li layout: our clean new look!

 Need more help?  Tweet us @smallrivers or submit a request.

Don't be the last to know.   There are several ways to stay informed on what new features we've implemented at paper.li:

• Stay tuned to our blog;

• Follow us on Twitter;

• Join our  G+ Paper.li Publishers community group;

• Subscribe to the What's New! forum on the help desk.  (To do so, click the button to the right of the title);

• Like us on Facebook.

• We email updates to publishers only if your email address has been verified -and- you have selected in your publisher account settings the option to receive notifications regarding occasional updates.  

In your publisher settings, be sure that (1) you have checked the option box next to "Email notifications"  -and- (2) that your email has been "verified".    If necessary, you may click "resend confirmation" in your publisher settings and verify your email.