Pentia PDF module for Sitecore
The PDF module can be used for 2 purposes:
In its simple form, the PDF module is used to generate a PDF document from a Sitecore webpage. This is done by creating a PDF layout. A PDF layout contains information about the PDF document’s paper format (A4, A5, US Letter, …), margins, header and footer layers and water marks or other things that are repeated for each page. The text from Sitecore’s web page is rendered with a PDF device, paired with the PDF layout and a webpage is created.
In its advanced form, the PDF module is used to generate user specific PDF books. On your website a page will be created where the user can choose chapters that should be included in the book. Following this a PDF document is generated, complete with front page, table of contents, page numbering etc. Generation is extremely fast, as every chapter is pre-rendered when a website is published. In existing customer solutions, the module generates 800 pages in less than 10 seconds. It actually takes longer to download the finished book than to generate it.
A demo is available here.
Lix for Sitecore
In 2008 almost no websites passed the Automated Readability Index (ARI) or in Danish Lix on the Danish website quality test Best On The Net. ARI or Lix is a readability test designed to gauge the understandability of a text and therefore it makes sense that it is a Best On The Net criteria.
Because the Lix number is part of the Best On The Net criteria Pentia has developed the module for Sitecore CMS. The module is easily installed on Sitecore CMS. This means that Sitecore based websites are able to improve thier possibilities against the competition.
For the Editor it is very easy. The Lix number can be checked automatically and/or as required. When the Lix number is automatically checked,it is marked with a red bar beside the text if it is difficult to read.
Messages that are easy to read
Even if you are not taking part in Best On The Net it makes common sense to be aware of the Lix number. Websites are information channels and information channels should be kept clear of noise. Language that is hard to understand naturally effects how well your message is received. The Lix number reveals how easy your message is to understand.
Young people and children cannot read texts with a high Lix number, like adults can. The Lix number of the message should therefore match the target groups reading skills. In Lix for Sitecore CMS it is therefore possible to manage the value for when a text exceeds the limit.
Versions
Lix for Sitecore CMS is available in a version for Sitecore CMS 5.3 and for Sitecore CMS 6.