Uploading archive

Using an FTP client, an archive (of standard PDF files) can be uploaded to us. Here are some simple instructions.

Note: If your archive is larger than 100 GB, please contact us before uploading.

Naming the files
All uploaded PDF files must be named with the title (name or abbreviation of the newspaper) and publication date, if necessary also the part to which the PDF file belongs and the page number.

If an issue consists of a merged PDF:
title_20190101.pdf

If an issue consists of several PDF files, add the page number:
title_20190101_001.pdf
title_20190101_002.pdf
title_20190101_003.pdf

If a number consists of different parts:
title_20190101_partA_001.pdf
title_20190101_partA_002.pdf
title_20190101_partA_003.pdf
title_20190101_partB_001.pdf
title_20190101_partB_002.pdf
title_20190101_partB_003.pdf

It is important to be consistent
The name structure provided allows the files to be imported. Characters such as underscores and periods are also important. If any of the characters are replaced, the files will not be found during import and therefore not published. Therefore, make sure that the name structure always looks the same.

Naming issues using the issue number (optional)

By default, an issue will be named after the publication date, for example 2019-01-01.
It is also possible to name the issue using its issue number, provided that the number is included in the filename in a structured format.
For this to work, each PDF must follow a consistent naming format, for example:
title_1_20190101.pdf
title_2_20190201.pdf

In this example, we can extract issue numbers 1 and 2 from the filename, as well as the year 2019.

If you would like to use this feature, please inform us:
- that the issue number should be used in the name
- which position in the filename contains the issue number
- how the name should be formatted

Examples of display format:
- No. 1 - 2019
- Issue 1 2019