About This Website

This website serves as a showcase project, demonstrating how to set up a lightweight publishing solution using Typemill and the Publisher Theme.

What is Typemill?

Typemill is an open-source web content management system (CMS) designed for multi-format publishing, also known as single-source publishing. It can generate general websites and professional eBooks in PDF and EPUB formats using the free eBook plugin. Typemill also allows for the creation of multiple publishing projects, each with dedicated authors and separate content, all within a single instance. This feature enables you to create and publish a series of publications, as illustrated in this demo instance.

How to Create eBooks?

Typemill offers a complimentary eBook plugin that transforms your Typemill instance into a fully equipped eBook studio. With this plugin, you can select content from your Typemill website and convert it into a professional PDF complete with pagination, running headers, a table of contents, internal linking, and much more. The eBook plugin also allows you to generate EPUBs from your content. You can create eBooks from your entire website, specific projects, folders, or individual pages.

What is the Publisher Theme?

The Publisher Theme is a website frontend for Typemill, specifically designed to showcase multiple publishing projects. It features a clean layout that lists books on the homepage, facilitating easy downloads and online reading in a web format. Installing the theme in Typemill is straightforward, and you can customize it to suit your needs.