Affinity Spotlight

[Petar Petrenko]

Hi,

is it, by any chance, possible Affinity Spotlight to become a monthly PDF magazine? Something like Adobe has Creative Pro (ex. InDesign Magazine)?

[PaoloT]

On 2/23/2022 at 10:30 PM, NNN said:

Something like Adobe has Creative Pro (ex. InDesign Magazine)?

Creative Pro is not published by Adobe, but by an independent team.

Paolo

 

[RNKLN]

Actually, that's how Spotlight started, a pdf type of magazine one could download. Serif published two magazines before the switched to the current model.

[Petar Petrenko]

10 minutes ago, RNKLN said:

Actually, that's how Spotlight started, a pdf type of magazine one could download.

IMO, it is much better option.

[RNKLN]

Objectively, the current model may be better but for some reason I also prefer to look forward to something that's released periodically.

[Petar Petrenko]

Yes, and somebody can printed if needed to have hard copy.

[RNKLN]

In the meantime, it would be nice if somebody could share the two magazines. I haven't been able to find them on my hard drive, somehow. Such a pity. 😥

[bici]

Let's update this thread for 2024. 

1) Are there any good new magazine templates for Publisher

2) Has perchance the template Spotlight that was released for version 1 been updated? The original came as spotlight-mag-afpub-workbook-resources which I found to be a god sent in getting me started. 

Thanks all. 

Currently on version  2.5 and lovin it. 

[walt.farrell]

16 minutes ago, bici said:

2) Has perchance the template Spotlight that was released for version 1 been updated? The original came as spotlight-mag-afpub-workbook-resources which I found to be a gid sent in getting me started.

That was provided to customers who purchased the Affinity Publisher Workbook, which is no longer published. As far as I know there were no updates to the digital resources used in that Workbook, nor the resources used in the corresponding Photo and Designer Workbooks, all of which were published only for V1.

[bici]

2 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

That was provided to customers who purchased the Affinity Publisher Workbook, which is no longer published. As far as I know there were no updates to the digital resources used in that Workbook, nor the resources used in the corresponding Photo and Designer Workbooks, all of which were published only for V1.

Right! I forgot that it was part of my purchase of Affinity Publisher Workbook. What a great move on my part to have made the purchase. An invaluable resource. 

Thanks Walt. 

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.

[She-ra]

But it appears that the resources are no longer available.  I purchased the Designer workbook but now I cannot obtain the digital resources (e.g., https:affin.co/panther).  Is there still a way to obtain these files.  Thank you, She-ra

[PaulEC]

Hi @She-ra, Welcome to the Forum

Although it's been several years since Serif stopped selling these books themselves (any you buy now must either be second hand or very old stock from elsewhere!) the resources are, apparently, still available. When I click on the link you provided a zip file is downloaded. If it's not working for you, I would suggest checking in your usual downloads folder, or try using a different browser.

[walt.farrell]

17 hours ago, She-ra said:

But it appears that the resources are no longer available.  I purchased the Designer workbook but now I cannot obtain the digital resources (e.g., https:affin.co/panther).  Is there still a way to obtain these files.  Thank you, She-ra

Make sure you are typing that URL in the location bar of your browser, not in a Search field. And note that it is a ".co" not a ".com" address, as some users have made that mistake and it won't work.

[She-ra]

Thank you both for your responses.  I have tried using four different browsers, used the URL box and not the search box, cleared DNS cache in each browser and then cleared DNS cache using PowerShell, turned off my VPN, returned my Microsoft security settings to default.  I  am able to go to any other web site, including https://affin.co (which takes me to affinity.serif.com) but not to any of the affin.co/[name of zip file] addresses.

The error message varies slightly between browsers, but essentially it is: We can’t connect to the server at s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com.  MS Edge also identifies the name of the zip file (e.g., https://affin.co/panther.zip).   Also, I may get an error message that I should try http instead of https, which I have done with no change to the result.

Could this specific set of affin.co/xxx addresses be behind a firewall somewhere on my compute?  I am at a loss.

Any ideas? 

Regards,

She-ra

 

[Brian_J]

@She-ra Have you tried downloading the file using a mobile device? If you’re success with a mobile device, you could then download the file from your cloud account to your computer.

[PaulEC]

I've tried in both Chrome and Firefox. In both it doesn't take me to a website, it just downloads the zip file to my default download folder. 

EDIT: I just tried in Edge, it worked there as well!

[carl123]

59 minutes ago, She-ra said:

We can’t connect to the server at s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com

Try pinging it, see if you get a reply

1 hour ago, She-ra said:

Could this specific set of affin.co/xxx addresses be behind a firewall somewhere on my compute? 

Switch it off and try again

[She-ra]

The only device that was able to download the panther file was my tablet.  Thanks for the tip to try another device.  Everyone's help was appreciated!!!

[She-ra]

This is to Carl.  I tried to ping the amazonaws server and could not do it.  I wonder why the error message was associated with amazonaws except on my android tablet?  You don't have to spend your time answering.  But now the download problem is resolved by using my tablet.