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أدلة خطوة بخطوة للتصدير دون اتصال، وتضمين المواقع، وميزات القارئ — إلى جانب إجابات للأسئلة التي يطرحها فريقنا أكثر من غيرها.
التوثيق
Getting Started
Your first five minutes inside Inkwell Shift.
After signing up, you'll land on your Dashboard — your home base for usage, recent books, and quick actions.
Your main sections
- My Books — your full library of converted flipbooks.
- Upload — bring a new PDF into the platform.
- Billing — your plan, usage, and upgrade options.
- Settings — profile, password, and account preferences.
Uploading Your First Book
Turn a PDF into a 3D flipbook in three steps.
- From the Dashboard, click Upload New Book (or open My Books → + New).
- Drag your PDF into the upload area, or click Choose File to browse.
- Give the book a Title, then pick the Language and Reading Direction.
- Click Upload.
Conversion begins automatically. Most books finish in seconds; very large books may take a few minutes. You'll see a live progress bar on the book's tile in My Books, and you can keep working in other tabs while it converts.
Offline Exporting
Take your book out of the platform — two ways.
Once a book is converted, you can take it out of the platform in two ways: a Web Bundle (ZIP) or a Standalone Desktop App. Both work completely offline — once downloaded, your readers never need an internet connection.
Option A — Download as a Web Bundle (ZIP)
Perfect for emailing to a client, hosting on your own server, putting on a USB drive, or archiving a permanent copy.
- Open My Books and click the book you want to export.
- Click Download for Offline Viewing in the top toolbar.
- On the export page, click Generate Web Bundle.
- When the job finishes, click Download ZIP.
The ZIP contains index.html, a pages/ folder with optimised images, and the bundled viewer with search, table of contents, zoom, and dark mode. To view, extract the ZIP and open index.html in any modern browser.
Option B — Standalone Desktop App
Distribute your book as a polished, branded product with a double-clickable application icon. We produce platform-native installers for Windows (.exe), macOS (.dmg), and Linux (.AppImage).
- Open My Books and click the book you want to export.
- Click Download for Offline Viewing.
- Choose your target platform: Windows, macOS, or Linux.
- Click Generate Desktop App.
- When the job finishes, click Download.
The desktop app includes a few extras the Web Bundle doesn't: local notes & bookmarks that persist between sessions, a Resume Reading prompt at the last page viewed, and true fullscreen with no browser chrome.
Website Integration (Embedding)
Drop your flipbook into any website, blog, or CMS with one iframe.
Embedding lets you place your flipbook directly inside your own website, blog, or CMS — WordPress, Webflow, Squarespace, HubSpot, Shopify, or any page where you can paste HTML. The embedded viewer is fully responsive, looks great on phones and tablets, and respects light/dark modes from your site.
Step 1 — Enable Sharing for Your Book
- Open My Books and click the book you want to embed.
- Click Settings in the book's toolbar.
- Open the Sharing & Embed tab.
- Toggle Make this book publicly accessible to On.
- Toggle Allow embedding on external websites to On.
Step 2 — Copy the Embed Code
On the Sharing & Embed screen you'll see a section titled Embed Code. Click Copy next to the snippet:
<iframe
src="https://app.inkwellshift.com/embed/your-book-slug"
width="100%"
height="720"
frameborder="0"
allow="fullscreen"
loading="lazy"
title="Your Book Title">
</iframe>Step 3 — Paste It Into Your Site
- WordPress: use a Custom HTML block in the Gutenberg editor.
- Webflow: drop an Embed element where you want the book to appear.
- Squarespace: add a Code Block to your page.
- Custom HTML / your own site: paste it directly into your page source.
Making the Embed Fully Responsive
For a perfect fit (iframe expands and contracts with your page), wrap the embed in a simple aspect-ratio container:
<div style="position: relative; width: 100%; padding-bottom: 75%;">
<iframe
src="https://app.inkwellshift.com/embed/your-book-slug"
style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;"
allow="fullscreen"
loading="lazy"
title="Your Book Title">
</iframe>
</div>That's it — your flipbook is live on your site, complete with 3D page-turn animations, search, table of contents, and the full reader experience. No plugins required.
Sharing the Desktop App with Your Readers
Zero-install — your students or clients double-click and the book opens.
When you choose Desktop App in the export page, the platform produces a ZIP that contains the published book plus a real Windows / macOS / Linux application. Your readers don't need to install anything — no admin rights, no setup wizard, no terminal commands.
What's inside the ZIP
- A real application binary for the target platform (.exe on Windows, .app on macOS, .AppImage on Linux).
- A START_HERE.txt with step-by-step instructions in English, Arabic, and Chinese — your reader sees it the moment they unzip.
- A resources/book folder containing the book payload (pages, search index, overlays). They never need to touch this.
Windows students
- Right-click the downloaded ZIP and choose Extract All.
- Open the extracted folder.
- Double-click Inkwell Shift.exe.
- The book opens. That's it.
macOS students
- Double-click the downloaded .dmg to mount it.
- Drag Inkwell Shift.app to your Applications folder (or any folder).
- Double-click the app. The book opens.
Linux students
- Right-click the .AppImage file → Properties → Permissions → tick Allow executing file as program (only needed once on most distros).
- Double-click the AppImage. The book opens.
Anti-theft (your IP is protected)
Every desktop build ships with three layers of protection so students can read, but no one can casually steal the proprietary 3D physics engine or your branded viewer:
- ASAR archive — all source files are wrapped in a single binary blob, not browsable as files.
- Obfuscation — the JavaScript inside the archive is rewritten into mangled, control-flow-flattened source. After someone extracts the ASAR they still face a wall of unreadable code.
- Developer Tools and right-click are disabled in the packaged app. Reload shortcuts (Ctrl+R, F5, Ctrl+Shift+I, F12, Ctrl+U) are silently swallowed.
Managing Your Library
Everything you can do from My Books.
- Search and filter by title, language, or status.
- Open a book to read or share it.
- Rename, change branding colours, or update the cover via Settings.
- Delete a book (permanent — the conversion cannot be recovered).
- Retry a failed conversion without re-uploading.
Your Usage card (visible on the dashboard) shows how many books you've used out of your plan's quota.
الأسئلة الشائعة
اكتب للبحث في جميع الأسئلة والأجوبة، أو صفِّ حسب الموضوع.
Free is great for trying the product — one book, up to 50 pages, up to 25 MB. Pro unlocks generous monthly quotas, PDFs up to 500 MB / 2,000 pages, offline ZIP exports, Desktop App exports (.exe / .dmg / .AppImage), website embedding, custom branding, reader analytics, removal of the “Made with Inkwell Shift” watermark, and priority support. For the exact limits on your account, open Billing → Current Plan.
Your books stay safe — none are deleted. However, books exceeding the Free plan limit are disabled automatically (oldest first). Disabled books remain visible in your dashboard but cannot be shared publicly, embedded, or exported until you upgrade again or delete them to free up quota.
Yes. Cancel from Billing → Manage Subscription. Your Pro features remain active until the end of the current billing period — no immediate cut-off.
Team seats are included on selected Pro tiers and on every Enterprise plan. Add or remove seats from Settings → Team. Each seat has its own login and audit trail.
Every book you upload is private by default. Only you can see it. Books only become accessible to others if you explicitly toggle Make this book publicly accessible under the book's Sharing & Embed settings.
Your original PDF and the converted flipbook are stored on encrypted servers. All data in transit is sent over HTTPS. We never share, sell, or train models on your content.
Yes. Use the Allowed Domains field under Sharing & Embed. Only the domains you list (e.g. yourcompany.com) will be permitted to render your book — every other site is blocked at the server level.
No. Web Bundles and Desktop Apps are completely self-contained. Once downloaded, they have zero network requirements, zero analytics, and zero connection back to our servers. Your reader can be on a plane, on a USB stick, or behind a strict corporate firewall — the book just works.
We follow industry-standard practices for data protection: encryption in transit and at rest, principle-of-least-privilege internal access, and a documented data-deletion path. For SOC 2 / DPA documentation, contact support@inkwellshift.com.
Most books finish in under a minute. Very large books (500+ pages) can take 5–15 minutes. You'll see a live progress bar in My Books and you can keep working — we'll notify you when it's ready.
Open the book's tile and click Retry. The most common causes are: the PDF is password-protected (remove the password and re-upload), the PDF is damaged (re-export from the source application), or the PDF exceeds your plan's size or page-count limit. If none of these apply, contact support — we'll investigate the specific failure.
Yes — automatically. Hyperlinks, internal page jumps, the table of contents, and full-text search are extracted directly from your PDF and built into every flipbook.
Yes. The Editor lets you place clickable buttons, hotspots, image overlays, and video pop-ups (YouTube, Vimeo, or your own MP4 file) on top of any page. Editor features are available on Pro plans.
Yes. Every Inkwell Shift flipbook is fully responsive. On mobile devices, readers automatically get a single-page swipeable view with the same toolbar, search, and zoom — optimised for touch.
The hosted viewer and embeds support the latest two versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari — including iOS Safari and Android Chrome. Internet Explorer is not supported.
Yes. Send the extracted folder to a phone via email, AirDrop, USB, or cloud storage and open index.html in the device's browser. No app store required.
Yes. The Desktop App works on Surface, iPad Pro, and other touch-capable devices that run a supported desktop OS.
No. The exported ZIP contains a portable executable — your student double-clicks it and the book opens. There is no installer, no admin rights required, and nothing is left behind on the computer when they delete the folder. The ZIP also ships a START_HERE.txt with step-by-step instructions in English, Arabic, and Chinese.
This is normal for any unsigned application — Windows shows a blue warning the first time a new program runs. Have the student click More info → Run anyway. After the first launch the warning won't show again on that computer. If a school or enterprise antivirus quarantines the file, the IT team can whitelist it by filename — there is nothing harmful inside, just an Electron viewer and your published book.
This is macOS Gatekeeper protecting against unsigned apps. The fix takes 5 seconds: right-click (or Control-click) Inkwell Shift.app in Finder, choose Open, then click Open in the confirmation dialog. macOS remembers your approval — double-click works normally from then on.
No. The embed is lazy-loaded by default (loading="lazy" in the snippet), so it only begins downloading when your visitor scrolls near it. The book itself streams pages on demand, not all at once.
Yes. Open the book's Settings → Branding and set your Primary Color and Background Color. The embed picks up these colours automatically everywhere it appears.
Three things to check: (1) Sharing & Embed — both Make this book publicly accessible and Allow embedding on external websites must be On. (2) If you set Allowed Domains, confirm the site you're embedding from is listed exactly — www.yourcompany.com is different from yourcompany.com. (3) If you recently changed sharing settings, give it 30 seconds and refresh — your browser may be caching the previous response.
Password-protected embeds are on our roadmap. For now, restrict access via the Allowed Domains field, or place the embed on a page your CMS already gates (e.g. behind a member login).
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