Welcome to Flipsnack Academy. In this video series you'll discover everything you need to know in order to use Flipsnack to its full potential. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced user, the step-by-step tutorials guide you through creating flipbooks with ease.
Chapter 1: Main Dashboard
Account details explained
Overview
The first video focuses on the Main Dashboard, your central hub for account details, flipbooks and settings.
What you will learn
Create flipbooks by uploading PDF or PPT files into the Design Studio
Reach the Template page and your own templates
Open the Analytics section for an overview of flipbook performance
Chapter 1: Main Dashboard
Flipsnack settings explained
Overview
Access and navigate your Flipsnack account settings.
What you will learn
Manage your workspace and set default privacy options
Handle billing information
Grant Flipsnack access to your account for technical support
Chapter 1: Main Dashboard
Branding Options explained
Overview
Personalize your Flipsnack profile to reflect your brand identity.
What you will learn
Change the favicon, profile header, social links and social thumbnail
Build a Brand kit with custom fonts, brand colors and logos
White Label setup is covered in a later lesson
Chapter 1: Main Dashboard
My flipbooks
Overview
Navigate the Main Dashboard to manage workspaces and flipbooks.
What you will learn
Switch workspaces, search and filter flipbooks
Read statuses: Not published, Published, Draft, Shelf, Inactive
Rename, edit, customize, share or remove a flipbook
Chapter 1: Main Dashboard
Knowledge recap
Main Dashboard
Chapter 2: Creating a Flipbook
Creating a flipbook
Overview
How to create a flipbook either by uploading one or more PDF files into Flipsnack, or from scratch using the built-in Design Studio.
Chapter 2: Creating a Flipbook
Upload PDF
Overview
Create a flipbook by uploading PDF or PPT files.
What you will learn
Upload single or multiple PDFs
Customize flipbooks to improve the reader experience
Add interactivity through the Design Studio
Add extra PDF pages to an existing flipbook
Chapter 2: Creating a Flipbook
How to create a flipbook from scratch
Overview
Create a flipbook from scratch in the Design Studio.
What you will learn
Select a project size and start a new flipbook
Navigate the top bar, sidebars and design canvas
Add links, videos, GIFs and templates
Manage pages and layers
Chapter 2: Creating a Flipbook
How to replace a PDF
Overview
Replace a PDF without losing interactivity or the statistics the flipbook has gathered.
What you will learn
Access the Replace feature
Upload the replacement PDF
Republish the updated flipbook
Chapter 2: Creating a Flipbook
Templates
Overview
Everything about using templates effectively.
What you will learn
Find templates from the site, dashboard or Design Studio
Create and save custom templates in My Templates
Mix and match pages from different designs
Chapter 2: Creating a Flipbook
How to edit your PDF
Overview
Edit your PDF directly in Flipsnack: convert PDFs into editable publications, update text and images, create editable copies, and convert single pages without changing the whole document.
Chapter 2: Creating a Flipbook
Knowledge recap
Creating a Flipbook
Chapter 3: Making your flipbook interactive
Interactions menu - Links and Tags explained
Overview
Use link areas, link buttons, tags, captions, embed code and pop-up frames to make a flipbook interactive.
Chapter 3: Making your flipbook interactive
Interactions menu - Multimedia options explained
Overview
Add multimedia elements to your flipbook.
What you will learn
Spotlight, slideshow and pop-up slideshow
Video embed from YouTube, Vimeo or self-hosted files
Video button and trimmed audio
Chapter 3: Making your flipbook interactive
Interactions menu - Shop features explained
Overview
The Product Tag feature: add product title, description, URL, price and up to three images, then let readers open an interactive overlay with a Shop this Item button.
Chapter 3: Making your flipbook interactive
Interactions menu - Embed options explained
Overview
Embed external content and lead generation forms.
What you will learn
Embed code for videos, maps or 3D tours
Pop-up frame for embedded content
HubSpot and Salesforce forms (Enterprise plan)
Chapter 3: Making your flipbook interactive
How to add quizzes to your flipbook?
Overview
Create, customize and analyze quizzes inside Flipsnack, from questions and correct answers to mandatory quizzes and GDPR consent.
Chapter 3: Making your flipbook interactive
How to add questions to your flipbook
Overview
Use the Question element to gather open-ended responses inside your flipbooks, and customize messages and privacy settings.
Chapter 3: Making your flipbook interactive
How to create a contact form to your flipbook
Overview
Add and customize a Contact Form to collect contact details without sending readers to an external page.
Chapter 3: Making your flipbook interactive
Interactions menu - Navigation, social & other option explained
Overview
Add navigation buttons for next, previous, a specific page, first or last page, plus social and other action buttons with assigned URLs.
Chapter 3: Making your flipbook interactive
Text options explained
Overview
Add text yourself or from Text templates, then style, align and transform it.
What you will learn
Font, size, weight, spacing and line height
Text wrapping, clipping and transparency
Upload custom fonts and save Typography styles
Chapter 3: Making your flipbook interactive
My uploads & team uploads explained
Overview
Upload, organize and manage media files.
What you will learn
Add images, GIFs, audio, video and SVG
Create folders, move, rename and delete files
Share resources through Team Uploads
Chapter 3: Making your flipbook interactive
Elements options explained
Overview
The Elements menu: stock images and video from Pexels and Pixabay, GIFs, stickers and shapes, plus charts connected to Google Sheets and fully styled tables.
Chapter 3: Making your flipbook interactive
Knowledge recap
Making your flipbook interactive
Chapter 4: Customizing Your Flipbook
The Customize page: How to reach it & general overview
Overview
Reach the Customize page from the Main Dashboard, Design Studio or flipbook Details area, and review every option available there.
Chapter 4: Customizing Your Flipbook
How to brand your flipbooks
Overview
Customize the branding of your flipbook.
What you will learn
Add and link your logo in the player
Use a preloader on Business or Enterprise plans
Set background and player accent colors
Chapter 4: Customizing Your Flipbook
Appearance tab explained
Overview
Choose player skin and page transitions.
What you will learn
Classic or Modern skin, Flip or Slide transitions
Layout styles per device and tooltip language
Flip sounds, right-to-left orientation, page shadows, link highlighting
Chapter 4: Customizing Your Flipbook
Menu controls explained
Overview
Manage the interactive controls in the player.
What you will learn
Control bar, navigation bar and pages overview
Share options, fullscreen, download and print PDF
In-flipbook search and background audio
Chapter 4: Customizing Your Flipbook
How to add a lead form to your flipbook
Overview
Use the lead form to collect reader information.
What you will learn
Add a lead form and set it as a content gate
Customize fields, titles and buttons
Field validation and GDPR options
Access and download lead form statistics
Chapter 4: Customizing Your Flipbook
How to create a table of contents to your flipbook
Overview
Add a table of contents from a PDF or build one manually, customize chapters and subchapters, and fix entries after rearranging pages.
Chapter 4: Customizing Your Flipbook
Knowledge recap
Customizing Your Flipbook
Chapter 5: Publishing Your Flipbook
Publishing dashboard: How to reach it & general overview
Overview
Publish from the Main Dashboard by selecting a flipbook and clicking Publish, or from the Design Studio and Customize section with Share & Continue.
Chapter 5: Publishing Your Flipbook
Visibility options explained
Overview
Control who can access your flipbooks.
What you will learn
Public: on your profile and indexed by search engines
Unlisted: direct link only, not indexed
Private: shared by email, recipients must sign in
Chapter 5: Publishing Your Flipbook
How to update a flipbook
Overview
Click Update to make changes live under the same link. Edits made without updating are saved as drafts, so readers keep seeing the old version until you republish.
Chapter 5: Publishing Your Flipbook
Knowledge recap
Publishing Your Flipbook
Chapter 6: After publishing
Intro
Overview
What happens to your flipbook after you publish it, from sharing to downloading to tracking.
Chapter 6: After publishing
Sharing your flipbook
Overview
Manage your link, visibility and sharing settings from the Overview page, create trackable links, optimize SEO, order printed copies and find quick performance stats.
Chapter 6: After publishing
How to share a flipbook via QR code, embed, and email
Overview
Three ways to share a flipbook.
What you will learn
QR code in multiple formats, with your logo
Embed with responsive mode and domain restrictions
Email with your own provider and CSV recipients
Chapter 6: After publishing
How to download your PDF
Overview
Download options for published and unpublished flipbooks: PDF for web or print, HTML5 for offline use, GIF, PNG, JPEG and an MP4 teaser trailer.
Chapter 6: After publishing
How to create a bookshelf
Overview
Create, customize and share bookshelves to group and display flipbooks for your audience.
Chapter 6: After publishing
Knowledge recap
After publishing
Chapter 7: Tracking your flipbooks
How to track your workspace
Overview
Review engagement across the whole workspace: views, time spent, downloads and team performance.
Chapter 7: Tracking your flipbooks
How to track your flipbooks
Overview
Drill into a single flipbook: page-by-page engagement, clicks on interactive elements and trackable link performance.
Chapter 7: Tracking your flipbooks
Knowledge recap
Tracking your flipbooks
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