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<blockquote data-quote="mudbunny" data-source="post: 5768136" data-attributes="member: 56746"><p>Previosly, when they were compiled, the articles were compiled prior to the month beginning. Pagination and everything was already done, as was a table of contents (including page numbers). Then, once the articles were posted to the web, people inevitable found errors in the article. These errors were pointed out to the WotC staff, and then these errors were then corrected in the final version of the compiled magazine. As a result, there were two versions of the article out there. The version in the compiled magazine and the version in the individual web-article.</p><p></p><p>Since then, they looked at the number of downloads of the magazine as compared to the article. They found that there was a rather insignificant number of people overall that were actually downloading the entire compiled magazine as compared to those that were simply downloading the individual articles. As a result, they made the determination to simple post the articles and not compile it. This had two positive effects in the eyes of WotC:</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">They were saving time and money in that they no longer needed to have someone work on the layout of the magazine as a whole. If an error resulted in an article jumping to another page, they no longer needed to do the pagination/table of contents/etc all over again.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">They would only have one version of the article on the web. As the article was corrected during the month, they would just need to update the pdf file for the article. No need to go into the pdf for the magazine and correct it there, then re-compile the magazine, which always runs the risk of introducing another error.</li> </ol><p></p><p>I apologize for any confusion my earlier post may have brought up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mudbunny, post: 5768136, member: 56746"] Previosly, when they were compiled, the articles were compiled prior to the month beginning. Pagination and everything was already done, as was a table of contents (including page numbers). Then, once the articles were posted to the web, people inevitable found errors in the article. These errors were pointed out to the WotC staff, and then these errors were then corrected in the final version of the compiled magazine. As a result, there were two versions of the article out there. The version in the compiled magazine and the version in the individual web-article. Since then, they looked at the number of downloads of the magazine as compared to the article. They found that there was a rather insignificant number of people overall that were actually downloading the entire compiled magazine as compared to those that were simply downloading the individual articles. As a result, they made the determination to simple post the articles and not compile it. This had two positive effects in the eyes of WotC: [list=1] [*]They were saving time and money in that they no longer needed to have someone work on the layout of the magazine as a whole. If an error resulted in an article jumping to another page, they no longer needed to do the pagination/table of contents/etc all over again. [*]They would only have one version of the article on the web. As the article was corrected during the month, they would just need to update the pdf file for the article. No need to go into the pdf for the magazine and correct it there, then re-compile the magazine, which always runs the risk of introducing another error. [/list] I apologize for any confusion my earlier post may have brought up. [/QUOTE]
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