Select the Dotted Menu (...) for the publication in Content Manager.

Select Edit and choose Open in editor.

Paligo opens the publication topic.

Select the Insert tab in the Toolbar.

Select Image and choose Image from the menu.

Browse for the image in your media library or upload a new image, see Add an Image.

Click on the image.

Select the mediaobject element in the Element Structure Menu and choose Go to element.

Add the role attribute in the Element Attributes Panel.

Set the value to bg-image.

Select Save.

Select the topic or component in the Content Manager to open it in the Editor.

Alternatively, you can Create a Topic and edit that.

Select the Insert tab in the Toolbar.

Select Image and choose Image.

Browse for the image in your media library or upload a new image, see Add an Image.

Click on the image.

Select the mediaobject element in the Element Structure Menu and choose Go to element.

Add the role attribute in the Element Attributes Panel and set the value to bg-image.

Select Save.

Repeat this process for background images for other cover components.

Prepare a suitable image file.

We recommend that you use an image that is the same size as your intended page size. For example, if you are going to publish an A4 PDF, use an image that is the same size as A4 (210 x 297mm). Your image is going to cover the entire page, so add white space to the image if needed.

In our documentation, we use an example cover featuring a white background with a band of sky partway down the page. The entire image is A4 sized.

Select Layout in the top menu.

Paligo displays a list of Layouts. The list is empty if there are no custom Layouts in your Paligo instance.

Select the Layout you want to update or Create a Layout.

Expand the settings for the relevant cover, either Front page or Back page and then select the settings for the relevant side (front cover recto, front cover verso, back cover recto, back cover verso).

If you are unsure about which sides of the covers these settings relate to, see Covers: Recto and Verso.

Use the Background image setting to upload your image.

Select Save.

Select Layout in the top menu.

Paligo displays a list of Layouts. The list is empty if there are no custom Layouts in your Paligo instance.

Select the Layout you want to update or Create a Layout.

Expand the settings for the relevant cover, either Front page or Back page and then select the settings for the relevant side (front cover recto, front cover verso, back cover recto, back cover verso).

If you are unsure about which sides of the covers these settings relate to, see Covers: Recto and Verso.

Use the Background color setting to choose the color.

Clear the Use default color checkbox to select a color of your own choice.

Set the color either by:

Select Save.

In the Content Manager, select the options menu ( ... ) for the folder that will contain your cover component.

If you do not have a suitable folder, you can create one. For details, see Organize Components in Content Manager.

Select Create Content.

Enter a suitable name for your new component and choose Cover as the document type.

In the following image, we have called the cover "Front Cover Recto - Content Box".

If you are going to publish the cover in multiple languages, use the Language section to add the languages you need.

Select OK.

In the Content Manager, find the cover component you want to edit and then click on it to open it in the editor.

The cover is different to a regular topic, as instead of having a section element at the top-level, it has a cover element. By default, all cover components also contain one para element.

To add content, position the cursor where you want to add the content, and then use the element context menu to add an element. You can add any elements that are valid inside a cover element, for example, para. (The element context menu only shows elements that are valid at the currently selected position. For details of the valid elements, see the DocBook standard).

To access the element context menu, press Alt and Enter (Windows) or Option ⌥ and Enter (Mac).

Enter content inside the element, as required.

Repeat steps 2 and 3 to add the content that you want to appear in the cover's content box.

Select Save.

Select the cover component in the Content Manager.

Select the cover element in the Element Structure Menu and then select Go to element.

In the Element attributes panel, give the cover element a role attribute and set the value to one of the following:

Select Save.

Display the publication topic:

Position the cursor at a valid position for an inserted component, for example, inside the info element after the title.

Select the Insert menu and then select Component.

Paligo displays the Import content dialog.

Find your cover component in the Import content dialog and then select it.

Paligo inserts your cover component into the publication topic. In the structure, it is an import element.

Repeat this process for the other cover components. You can add up to 4 cover components (front recto, front verso, back recto, back verso).

Select Save.

Select Layout in the top menu.

Paligo displays a list of Layouts. The list is empty if there are no custom Layouts in your Paligo instance.

Select the Layout you want to update or Create a Layout.

Expand the settings for the relevant cover, either Front page or Back page and then select the settings for the relevant side (front cover recto, front cover verso, back cover recto, back cover verso).

If you are unsure about which sides of the covers these settings relate to, see Covers: Recto and Verso.

Use the margin settings to control the position of the text box on the page:

You must include the units of measurement, for example, 2cm, 50px, 20pt.

Select Save.

Repeat this process for each of the covers, if required.

Select Layout in the top menu.

Paligo displays a list of Layouts. The list is empty if there are no custom Layouts in your Paligo instance.

Select the Layout you want to update or Create a Layout.

Select Front page or Back page in the sidebar.

If you are unsure about which sides of the covers these settings relate to, see Covers: Recto and Verso.

Select:

Set the Height of the content box.

You must include the units of measurement, for example, 5cm.

Select Save.

Repeat this process for each of the covers, if required.

Select Layout in the top menu.

Paligo displays a list of Layouts. The list is empty if there are no custom Layouts in your Paligo instance.

Select the Layout you want to update or Create a Layout.

Select Front page or Back page in the sidebar.

If you are unsure about which sides of the covers these settings relate to, see Covers: Recto and Verso.

Select:

Enter the amount of spacing you want into the Padding for the content box field.

You need to include the measurement and the units of measurement, for example, 10pt.

Select Save.

Repeat this process for each of the covers, if required.

Select Layout in the top menu.

Paligo displays a list of Layouts. The list is empty if there are no custom Layouts in your Paligo instance.

Select the Layout you want to update or Create a Layout.

Expand the settings for the relevant cover, either Front page or Back page and then select the settings for the relevant side (front cover recto, front cover verso, back cover recto, back cover verso).

If you are unsure about which sides of the covers these settings relate to, see Covers: Recto and Verso.

Enter the border settings in the Border for the content box field.

Select Save.

Repeat this process for each of the covers, if required.

Select Layout in the top menu.

Paligo displays a list of Layouts. The list is empty if there are no custom Layouts in your Paligo instance.

Select the Layout you want to update or Create a Layout.

Expand the settings for the relevant cover, either Front page or Back page and then select the settings for the relevant side (front cover recto, front cover verso, back cover recto, back cover verso).

If you are unsure about which sides of the covers these settings relate to, see Covers: Recto and Verso.

Use the Font family for the content box setting to choose the typeface. Paligo will apply this style of lettering to any text that is in the content box. The text comes from a cover component.

Use the Font size for the content box setting to set the size of the typeface.

You must include the units of measurement, for example, 14pt.

Use the Color for the content box section to choose the color of text (in the content box).

Clear the Use default color checkbox to select a color of your own choice.

Set the color either by:

Select Save.

Repeat this process for each of the covers, if required.

Select Layout in the top menu.

Paligo displays a list of Layouts. The list is empty if there are no custom Layouts in your Paligo instance.

Select the Layout you want to update or Create a Layout.

Expand the settings for the relevant cover, either Front page or Back page and then select the settings for the relevant side (front cover recto, front cover verso, back cover recto, back cover verso).

If you are unsure about which sides of the covers these settings relate to, see Covers: Recto and Verso.

Use the Alignment for the content box setting to control the horizontal alignment of the content in the box.

Set the Vertical alignment for the content box. Choose from:

Select Save.

Repeat this process for each of the covers, if required.

Select Layout in the top menu.

Paligo displays a list of Layouts. The list is empty if there are no custom Layouts in your Paligo instance.

Select the Layout you want to update or Create a Layout.

Expand the settings for the relevant cover, either Front page or Back page and then select the settings for the relevant side (front cover recto, front cover verso, back cover recto, back cover verso).

If you are unsure about which sides of the covers these settings relate to, see Covers: Recto and Verso.

Use the Background color for the content box setting to choose the color.

Clear the Use default color checkbox to select a color of your own choice.

Set the color either by:

Select Save.

Select Layout in the top menu.

Paligo displays a list of Layouts. The list is empty if there are no custom Layouts in your Paligo instance.

Select the Layout you want to update or Create a Layout.

Select Front page in the sidebar.

Select Info elements.

Use the The order of additional info elements setting to control the order of the info elements in the PDF output. Choose from:

Select Save.

Select Layout in the top menu.

Paligo displays a list of Layouts. The list is empty if there are no custom Layouts in your Paligo instance.

Select the Layout you want to update or Create a Layout.

Select Front page in the sidebar.

Select Info elements.

Use the Render element on this side of the front cover settings to choose which page the various additional info elements should appear on.

There are render element on this side of the front cover options for most of the additional info elements, including authorgroup, author, volumenum, and pubdate.

For each info element, you can choose either recto (for the right page) or verso (for the left page). You can also choose none to prevent an info element from being shown on the page.

Select Save.

Select Layout in the top menu.

Paligo displays a list of Layouts. The list is empty if there are no custom Layouts in your Paligo instance.

Select the Layout you want to update or Create a Layout.

Select Front page in the sidebar.

Select Info elements.

Set up automatic labeling for the pubdate, edition, and abstract elements (if they exist in your publication topic). There is a separate setting for each of these elements.

For each of these elements, enable or disable auto-labelling.

Select Save.

Select Layout in the top menu.

Paligo displays a list of Layouts. The list is empty if there are no custom Layouts in your Paligo instance.

Select the Layout you want to update or Create a Layout.

Select Front page in the sidebar.

Select Info elements.

Define the date format for the pubdate element in the Today's date for publication date field.

Which date format to select depends on whether the setting Use translatable publication date is enabled or not.

Use translatable publication date to control whether a full-text date format for the pubdate element should automatically be converted into other languages.

For example, you could have 28 March 2024 in English. For a Swedish output, Paligo would translate the date to 28 mars 2024.

Use leading zero padding to control whether the date should have a leading zero for single-digit dates (when using EXSLT Date Format).

Select one of the following options:

Select Save.

Select Layout in the top menu.

Paligo displays a list of Layouts. The list is empty if there are no custom Layouts in your Paligo instance.

Select the Layout you want to update or Create a Layout.

Select Front page in the sidebar.

Select Info elements.

Set the info element alignment for the front page and reverse side.

Use these settings to set the alignment for the front cover, the reverse, and any further pages:

With both of the alignment settings, you can choose from:

Select Save.

Select Layout in the top menu.

Paligo displays a list of Layouts. The list is empty if there are no custom Layouts in your Paligo instance.

Select the Layout you want to update or Create a Layout.

Select Front page in the sidebar.

Select Info elements.

Set the color of the info elements on the front cover and the reverse side.

For both color options, you can either use the default color (black) or clear the checkbox and then choose a different color. You can enter rgba values or use the color selector to choose a color.

Select Save.