Enhancing your Adobe Digital Publishing Suite app with interactivity is a great way to keep your readers coming back for more. Keeping track of how well those interactive overlays perform is crucial in planning how and where you focus your efforts in creating future issues.interactive-naming

Data gathered by analytics can guide you in making those decisions. However, if you’re viewing a report weeks or months after you’ve published your app, will you know what “video1” or “button2” is referring to? Giving your interactive content detailed names when it’s created will allow you to know exactly which interactive is being referenced when you review the analytics later on, long after a folio has been published.

For example, use button names that describe what action takes place when it is clicked, name media files to describe what is seen or heard, and add detailed descriptions in any object names that will help you decipher the analytic data later.

See the TFP DPS Tips blog for more information about exploring the power of analytics.

Check out TFP’s DPSCreate™ Handbook or DPS Create™ App for more details about building interactive iPad apps.

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Note: Information contained in this post is current as of DPS v29. Visit the Technology for Publishing blog at www.tech4pub.com/tag/dps-version-update/ for the latest info on Adobe software releases and functionality.

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Monica Murphy
Monica Murphy has worked in the publishing industry for over 30 years supporting publishing operations of various sizes. In her role as Technical Product Manager for Technology for Publishing, she shares her publishing application expertise supporting a broad range of publishing clients in InDesign best practices, cross-platform content workflows, and InDesign Template strategies. Her weekly tip and blog posts have a committed following in the InDesign community, and as a long-time participant in the InDesign pre-release community, she regularly analyzes and provides feedback for upcoming features. Monica manages the authoring and publication of Technology for Publishing’s handbooks on InDesign, InCopy, and other associated titles.
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