Magazine reading path
The order in which a magazine team learns its site. Each step names who should read the page; most take less than an hour. It assumes the site runs and the accounts exist.
The first week: work safely
| # | Read | Who | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magazines: start here | Everyone | How an issue is organized |
| 2 | Logging into the editor | Everyone | Where to sign in |
| 3 | Editing content | Writers, editors | Create and change pieces |
| 4 | Publishing and versions | Writers, editors | Drafts, publishing and going back |
| 5 | Media and uploads | Art director, editors | Images, galleries and files |
| 6 | Roles for your team | Site owner | Who may publish and who may lay out |
| 7 | Accounts, passwords and two-factor sign-in | Everyone | Safe accounts |
The first month: issues and pages
| # | Read | Who | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | The Layouts editor | Art director | Arrange issue and feature pages |
| 9 | Landing pages with Layouts | Art director, site owner | Pages for issues, themes and campaigns |
| 10 | Content calendar and its template | Editor | Plan the issues |
| 11 | Approvals and review | Editor | Clear editorial stages |
| 12 | Scheduled publishing | Editor | Pieces that appear together |
| 13 | Image and file guidelines | Art director | Sizes, alternative text and rights |
| 14 | Media library upkeep | Art director | A media library you can still find things in |
| 15 | SEO checks | Editors | Titles and summaries that are found and shared |
The first quarter: readers and upkeep
| # | Read | Who | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Newsletters and the newsletter routine | Audience team | Readers who come back |
| 17 | Accessibility upkeep | Editors | Every reader can read every piece |
| 18 | Content audits | Editor | Older issues stay correct |
| 19 | Analytics and what to measure | Site owner | What readers read |
| 20 | How updates work | Site owner | Upgrades with your provider |
| 21 | Backups | Site owner | Years of issues are worth protecting |
| 22 | Feature tour | Everyone | What the site can already do |
If you have only one hour
Read steps 1, 4, 8 and 10: how an issue is organized, how publishing works, how pages are laid out and how the calendar keeps the issues coming.
Related pages
- Magazines: start here
- Customers reading path
- Newsroom reading path
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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