They’re carefully designed and approved as PDFs.
Publi helps you bring that content online in a way that’s easier to read, navigate, and revisit—without changing how your team works.
Your viewbooks, magazines, and reports deserve to work online
Their reality
Your website works well.
Institutional publications are where things get harder—especially when they need to work beyond a PDF.
- viewbooks and admissions materials
- alumni magazines
- annual and impact reports
- departmental publications
These are high-visibility pieces. Carefully designed. Reviewed across teams.
They’re often published as PDFs or flipbooks—and that works.
But it also means they don’t translate naturally to how people read online.
Where it falls short
Harder to use on mobile
What works as a designed document is harder to navigate on a phone.
Harder to explore
Content is there, but not easy to move through or revisit.
Harder to build on
Strong content exists, but it’s not easy to extend or reuse across the web.
What improves
Better first impressions
Admissions and institutional content works the way students expect online.
Stronger engagement
Alumni and stakeholders can read, browse, and return to content more easily.
Content that keeps working
Reports and publications stay accessible and continue to deliver value over time.
Workflow fit
You don’t need to change how your teams work
- Design in InDesign.
- Collaborate across departments.
- Run approvals as you already do.
- Produce the PDF your stakeholders expect.
What changes is what happens after it’s approved:
Your content doesn’t have to end as a file.
Use cases
Admissions & viewbooks
Make first impressions count with content that works across devices.
Alumni magazines
Keep the editorial feel, but make them easier to read and revisit.
Annual & impact reports
Present institutional progress in a format that’s accessible and easier to explore.
Accessibility
Accessibility matters
Institutions are expected to meet accessibility standards.
Publishing content in a way that works beyond static PDFs helps support those requirements—without adding complexity to your workflow.
Start with the content you already have
Make your most important institutional content easier to read, explore, and revisit
Discover answers in FAQ's
Start wherever makes sense. Many institutions begin with their highest-visibility publication (alumni magazine or annual report), see the results, then expand to other publications. You decide the pace.
You can set up multiple users with different permissions. Advancement handles alumni content, President's office handles annual reports, Admissions handles viewbooks—all on one platform with appropriate access controls.
Yes. Upload your most recent publication—whatever type (magazine, report, viewbook). Free 10-page test. See the mobile experience. Share with your team. Then decide for future publications.
HTML preserves your institutional design system—colors, fonts, layout principles. It's responsive (adapts to screens) but maintains your visual identity. Stakeholders recognize it as your institution's publication.
API integration with most platforms (WordPress, Drupal, Cascade, etc.). Can also embed. Or host on subdomain (publications.youruniversity.edu). Whatever fits your technical infrastructure.
Yes. SEO-friendly content (alumni success stories, research findings, student outcomes) attracts prospective students. Authentic institutional content is more credible than admissions marketing alone.
Our HTML output is WCAG 2.1 AA compliant. Screen reader compatible. Proper semantic structure. Meets institutional accessibility requirements for all stakeholder audiences.
We provide presentation materials showing institutional benefits, stakeholder engagement value, and cross-department efficiencies. Frame as "institutional publishing infrastructure" not "new expense."
Absolutely. Provide both options—PDF for those who prefer it (often for printing or archiving) and HTML for mobile access and discoverability. Let stakeholders choose.
Data visualizations convert to responsive images or interactive elements. Charts remain readable on mobile. Complex financial tables preserve structure. We handle data-heavy institutional reports effectively.
Your InDesign workflow stays the same. Continue producing print for alumni who value it, then convert the same PDF to HTML for mobile-first audiences. Serve both generations without doubling production effort.
That's exactly why institutions use Publi. Keep print for older alumni who treasure the tangible magazine. Add HTML for recent grads who expect mobile-first content. Analytics show engagement by cohort so you can serve all generations effectively.