How to Setup Visual Paradigm Publication Server on Mac

Visual Paradigm Online can let you create digital flipbook and slideshows from various sources, including create from scratch with Visual Paradigm Online editing environment, upload from PDF, PowerPoint, etc… By default the published flipbooks/slideshows are hosted in Visual Paradigm Online website. With Visual Paradigm Publication Server user can host the flipbook by themselves, with full control to the storage and security of their content. In this article you will learn how to setup subscribe and setup Publication Server on Mac to host the flipbook/slideshows by yourselves.

Subscribe Visual Paradigm Publication Server

The first thing we need to do is to subscribe the Publication Server license. Publication Server license only offer in subscription mode. To subscribe a Publication Server license:

1. Visit Self-host service page at Visual Paradigm Online website.
   

   Visit Visual Paradigm Online website

2. Scroll down and press Subscribe Now.
   

   Subscribe Publication Server license

3. Go through the order page to subscribe the license. Please note that you will need to specify the domain you would like to run the server. For example, if you wish to have your flipbooks/slideshows run under mycompany.com, then please specify www.mycompany.com in the domain field.
   

   Specify server doamin when subscribe Publication Server license

4. Once the order being processed you will receive email notification from us. Follow the details inside the email to login to our Customer Service Center ( https://cs.visual-paradigm.com ).
   

   Login to Customer Service Center account

5. Switch to Download tab, select the Mac OS X version for Silicon chips, or select the Mac OS X with JRE for Intel chips, and press Download button to download it.
   

   Select server package according to your Mac’s hardware

Setup Publication Server on Mac

Once you subscribed the license you can then set-it-up.

1. Unzip the downloaded Publication Server to the location where you want to set it up.
   

   Unpack downloaded Publication Server to setup location

2. Open Terminal and navigate to scripts folder of the Publication Server.
   

   Navigate to scripts folder of Publication Server using cd command

3. Execute command ./startup.sh
   

   Startup Publication Server

4. Open web browser and access to the server on port 1999.
   

   Visit Publication Server on port 1999 with the domain specified when place order

5. Specify the name of your Publication Server, as well as the password for default Admin user.
   

   Specify server name and default Admin password

6. Select the database to be use for Publication Server. Suggest to use Embedded Database for simple setup.
   

   Select server database

7. Login to Publication Server as Admin user.
   

   Login to server as Admin

8. Activate the Publication Server under System Tools > License Information.
   1. Online activation:
      1. Enter the login ID and password obtained from the order confirmation email.
         

         Activate server online using login info obtain from order confirmation email

   2. Offline activation:
      1. Select the license key in your Customer Service Center account and press Download button to download it.
         

         Download server license key form Customer Service Center account

      2. Upload the license key file and press import button to perform activation.
         

         Activate server offline by upload license key file

9. Go to Members tab and press New Member button to create a member account for manage the books.
   

   Create member account for mange the books on this server

10. Specify member’s details and press Save button to save the change.
    

    Specify user name, email address and password for the member

11. Select Mail Server on the left to configure the connection to your organization’s mail server. This will be required for sending out notification email to your readers.
    

    Specify connection to your organization’s mail server

12. Add Publication Server to your system service (so that you don’t need to manually start it up after computer being boot up).

Export Flipbook/Slideshows

Ready your flipbooks/slideshows for your Publication Server.

1. Login to Visual Paradigm Online website with user got Combo Edition or above subscription license.
   

   Login to Visual Paradigm Online with user got Combo Edition or above license

2. Select Flipbooks or Slideshows on the left.
3. Mouse over your flipbook or slideshow, then press the ellipsis button and select Export for Publication Server from popup menu to download your publication.
   

   Export flipbook/slideshows to offline hosting

Upload Flipbook/Slideshows to Publication Server and Share it with your readers

Put your flipbooks/slideshows into your server.

1. Login to Publication Server with the member account you previously setup.
   

   Login to publication server as member

2. Press Import button under Flipbooks, or under Slideshows to import your publication.
   

   Import publication to server

3. Press the link icon of the book to copy its URL, and share it with your reader.
   

   Copy the URL of your publication and share with your readers