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Templates, Elements, and Backgrounds

Published November 15th, 2024 by ECS Creative

  The Templates, Elements, and Background tools are the key design features we offer on EDONext.  Each tool offers the same library of categories and themes to help you build your yearbook. You can also search for specific keywords in the search bar above the library.   If you find something you like and want to save for later, you can click the lit

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Uploading (and Managing) Photos

Published September 23rd, 2024 by ECS Creative

There are multiple ways that you, your staff, and your community can upload photos to your project. It is important to check the file type you are uploading, to make sure it is supported by our software. The following image file types are supported by Entourage Yearbooks: .jpg, .jpeg, .png and .heic. (Please note that attempting to upload content th

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Uploading Photos Through Email

Published October 17th, 2024 by ECS Creative

  Uploading photos through email is a simple and quick way to get photo submissions from your yearbook community sent directly to categories in your account. If you would like to upload photos via email, first navigate to Manage Photos, located in the Manage tab of your main account dashboard.     Once you are in Manage Photos, select the blue butto

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Ordering Proof Books

Published October 18th, 2024 by ECS Creative

How can I purchase proof books? You can purchase proof books by using  virtual currency, known as Design Points. Most accounts are pre-loaded with Design Points. If you have run out of Design Points, you can contact your account manager about aquiring more. How much does a proof book cost? Each proof book costs 3 Design Points, or $60 per book. What

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How to Make an Ad

Published October 8th, 2024 by ECS Creative

If your school has offered yearbook ad sales and you would like to purchase one, we would like to provide you with the following guide to create a successful ad! If you have further questions or are stuck at any point, please call our Tech Support line at 888-926-6571 ext. 2. *Your school's yearbook advisor is responsible for placing your completed

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Using the Yearbook Ladder

Published September 24th, 2024 by ECS Creative

  Yearbook Organization Made Simple, explore the book planning ladder! Your yearbook ladder is a digital way of visualizing the organization of your yearbook. You can use it to preview the order of your pages, organize your yearbook tasks, assign pages to staff members, label your pages, and lock/unlock pages as you complete them.  In this article,

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Page Numbering

Published October 16th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Adding numbers to your pages is no longer frustrating or time consuming. Any Admin/Yearbook Advisor who has access to the Yearbook Ladder can conveniently add numbers to their pages using simple or advanced options.  Go to the “manage” tab and click on “manage ladder” to find the Page Numbering button in the top left corner to get started. Turn on p

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VIDEO: How To Save Custom Templates And Using Pages From Previous Years

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

  Save time by creating your own custom templates and reusing pages from previous year’s yearbook projects with Entourage Yearbooks. Your browser does not support HTML5 video.

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Upload Other Content (like PDF’s)

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

In addition to photos, you can upload other content to your yearbook account such as PDFs, documents, and videos. If you have multiple files over 50 mb, and your internet connection is not strong, then you may want to use our HighTail Dropbox ←               Please note that only PDF’s can be placed directly into the yearbook ladder. Videos may be e

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Top 5 issues to look out for when Approving!

Published March 4th, 2025 by ECS Creative

Nothing is worse than realizing you spent all that time on the yearbook, only to realize you made a mistake somewhere after submitting  your book to us, so in this guide, we're going to go over the 5 biggest issues to look out for before approving for production.   5) Page numbering - did you add them in? Page numbering can be enabled by going to th

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Stickers: After Yearbook Delivery

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

After months of work, and reviewing the pages thousands of times your yearbooks have been printed and delivered to the school. You are flipping through and see something not quite right. What’s the best way to fix this without re-printing the whole yearbook? … Stickers! These stickers are specially made to match the design of the page, so they blend

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Clipping Images in EDO

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Easily remove the background from your photos to create masks, cutouts, or clipping paths – all done instantly with our clipping tool. Check out this video on clipping an image inside the designer: Your browser does not support HTML5 video. If YouTube is blocked on your current browser, Click Here. Step 1: On your yearbook page, place the image that

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Endsheets and Inside Printing

Published September 26th, 2024 by ECS Creative

If you have chosen to take advantage of Entourage’s upgrade to design custom endsheets, or you are interested in this upgrade, the information below may be useful.  Whether you're trying to set up a big group photo, a dynamic skyline, or just a cool thematic design, Endsheets, and Inside printing is a great way to personalize your book! The big diff

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Lesser Known Designer Tips

Published January 7th, 2025 by ECS Creative

Learn how to : Create your own gradients Align your content Use the book builder Wrap text lock frames Create custom templates Use the grid feature Put frames in front of others Crop photos using photo fit settings And selecting multiple frames

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Uploading Photos

Published September 26th, 2024 by ECS Creative

There are multiple ways to upload your photos to EDONext. The way we will be focusing on in this article is by using the Upload Tab. Below, we list the steps needed to successfully upload your photos using this method.  From your Home page select the Upload tab, then select the option that says Upload Photos from the dropdown menu S Step 1: Make sur

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Renewing Your Contract

Published October 17th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Work With Us Again! Have you enjoyed working with us this year? Would you like to renew your contract for another year? Awesome! To get your contract renewed and your next yearbook project set up, contact your Account Manager, whose contact is provided on the Manage Account page of your yearbook project. Your Account Manager will forward you a quick

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Using text in Your Yearbook

Published November 15th, 2024 by ECS Creative

  Adding text to your page is amazingly simple in the EDONext designer. In this help page we will go over how to add a text box to your page, different ways you can edit your text, text wrapping, and text in overflow warnings.   How to Insert Text Open a page in the EDONext designer. For more info on how to open a page, click here. Click the Text bu

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Fonts Available in EDONext

Published August 29th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Here’s a collection of fonts available for use on EDONext.  Typography  

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Supported File Types

Published July 10th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Below is a list of file types we support through our uploader: Photo files: Video Files: Index Files:   NOTE – PDFs, videos, and image files can be uploaded by selecting Upload Photos under Upload. Index files can be uploaded by selecting Manage People Data under Manage.

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Advanced People Page Tricks

Published November 26th, 2024 by ECS Creative

In this video, we go over the most frequently asked questions & features of people pages and people page data.We highly recommend watching the first People page video, which explains how to upload your data and flow your students: Importing and flowing People Data   Your browser does not support HTML5 video. In this guide, we go over how to : Ch

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Building your first page on EDOnline

Published November 26th, 2024 by ECS Creative

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Adding Comments

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

You can now leave comments to other yearbook staff directly on your pages.  1) Right Click on the page where you would like to leave the comment. Select Add Comment from the menu that appears.   2) Type in your comment, then click Add Comment.   Once you have added your comment, a Pin Icon will appear letting others know about the comment in the yea

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Foreign Language Font Map

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

We Offer a Variety of Foreign Language Fonts in EDONext EDONext has a few foreign language fonts available to you in the form of templates. The foreign language fonts we have available are: Korean Chinese Vietnamese Greek Russian Hebrew Japanese Adding a Foreign Language Font to your Project To access foreign language fonts, first click on the “Layo

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Video: Setting Up Ad Sales with Entourage LINK

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Learn how Creating An Ad works You can set up your account to sell yearbook ads using Entourage’s secure online yearbook store, LINK! Ads, or dedications, can be designed and purchased directly through link.entourageyearbooks.com and is a great way to raise funds for your yearbook project. How to Setup Your

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Saving a Page as a Template, Accessing Last Years Pages & Templates

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

If you created a page that you want to use multiple times in your yearbook project, you can save that page as a template so you don’t have to go back and recreate the page. In this article, we will go over how to save your page as a template, how to edit your template, and how to access last year’s pages. Create a Custom Template: Open a page in the

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Yearbook Curriculum

Published October 17th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Every Yearbook team can accomplish great memories! The yearbook project can be treated like a class with a grade at the completion of the project. To explore our yearbook Curriculum and download lessons for your class just CLICK HERE!

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Log In to the Website

Published July 16th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Once your yearbook project has been set up by your Entourage representatives, you’ll be ready to dive in and get started! If this is your first yearbook project with Entourage, follow the steps below to log into your account: Visit www.entourageyearbooks.com Click the Login button on the top-right corner of the page Enter your username and password

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Dynamic Clipart (change clipart colors!)

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Change the color of clip art in EDOnline Any clipart with a star shown next to it is dynamic, this means you can change the color of it. Cliparts without the white star are static and the color cannot be changed.  First, place your chosen clipart on the page. Learn how to place clipart here.  Once your clipart is placed on the page, in the quick men

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Layers in Edonline

Published January 7th, 2025 by ECS Creative

Understanding layers in EDOnline using the Frame Index tab, as well as Content and Background Layer.   Creating layers and assigning frames to these layers allows you to toggle them on and off for complete control of your frames. Using this technique helps with organization, and even allows to flow multiple classes on one page using people data.    

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Video: Page Guidelines in EDO

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

How do you know what the guidelines on your pages inside Entourage Yearbook’s EDOnline designer mean? Here are some tips for best design practices  

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Setting up your LiNK account for parents to use

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Check out these videos on how to turn on photo uploading and online sales from Manage LiNK:   If YouTube is blocked on your current browser, Click Here. If YouTube is blocked on your current browser, Click Here. What is LiNK! and how can I use it? LiNK by Entourage Yearbooks is a service to provide the ongoing “link” between your yearbook and your c

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(Video) How to Upload and Flow People Pages

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. People page technology can be used to quickly create the student pages in your yearbook project. With our new people page technology, it is easier than ever to flow your students to templates that you have designed on your pages!  See the video below to flow your students:     Flow your students easily, wit

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Creating People Page Templates with Auto Grid

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Align Your Photos in a Grid with our Auto Grid Feature Ensure that your frames are lined up quickly and easily by using the Auto Grid feature.  For those who want to create student templates – this would be the ideal tool to utilize.  Follow these steps to create your customized grid. Adding Auto Grid to Your Page In the page designer, click on the 

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Uploading Photos from your Phone

Published September 24th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Exciting new way to upload photos directly from your phone to your yearbook account. Scan the QR code on Manage Photos from your phone. This will auto take you to a photo upload. *The QR code will refresh every 60 minutes and uploads photos as the user you are logged in as on your desktop. Do not share this QR code. Select a Category, then browse yo

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Keyboard Shortcuts in EDONext

Published October 8th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Keyboard shortcuts can be useful when performing an action using the keyboard that would otherwise be accessible through constant clicking through menus using a mouse. Here are some EDONext shortcuts to help expedite common operations when designing your pages. ·       CTRL + C: Copy ·       CTRL + V: Paste ·       CTRL + (+): Zoom In ·       CTRL +

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Adding a Student to Your Portrait Pages

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

If you need to add a student to one of your existing portrait pages, start by opening the page you would like to add the student onto. Click on the People tab, and click on the Add Person option. The “Add Person” popup will appear. From here, you will see a blank new person template. Enter the student’s first and last name on the right. Then, check

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Clone Your Yearbook

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

You can now copy old yearbook layouts into your current yearbook account simply by using Book Builder Please note: Cloning a previous year’s yearbook contents into your current account will replace all the contents on the pages of your current yearbook including the cover. If you have any designs or templates you would like to keep, please save thos

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EDO Cursors Types

Published September 3rd, 2024 by ECS Creative

In EDONext, there are 4 different types of cursors you can use. You can find all the cursors by selecting “Cursor” in the top tool bar   Pointer:   The pointer cursor lets you select objects on your page. This is the cursor you will use for most of your design work.   Text:     The text cursor allows you to activate a cursor in a text box. If you cl

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VIDEO: How To Move Pages

Published October 2nd, 2024 by ECS Creative

You’ve completed personalizing some or all of your pages, but you’re not satisfied with the location of the page.  You can either use our Simple or Advanced Page move features. (NOTE: this feature can only be used by staff members with Administrator status) . When moving pages you should plan and think about the following: Do I want to keep my page

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Using your Photos in the Designer

Published September 25th, 2024 by ECS Creative

  You can insert an image onto your yearbook page in a variety of ways, such as using our CLICK-TO-CLICK feature, or using your photos as a background!  This article will also explain how to refresh your photo categories, upload photos from the EDONext designer, insert a drop photo box as a placeholder, and how to filter your images. How to Insert I

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Uploading Other Content (like PDFs)

Published July 16th, 2024 by ECS Creative

In addition to photos, you can upload other content to your yearbook account such as PDFs, documents and videos. If you have multiple files over 50 mb, and your internet connection is not strong, then you may want to use our HighTail dropbox. Please note that only images and PDF’s can be placed directly into the yearbook ladder. Videos may be embedd

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Sell Your Yearbooks With Book Inventory

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

You can sell a specific inventory of books. This feature is perfect for schools that only wish to sell a certain number of books, mainly for in-school distribution. In the “Approve for Production” stage Step -2 Price and Purchase Deadlines.    In the feature shown below, You will scroll to the bottom of the section where it will allows you to set th

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EDOnext Minimum Requirements

Published October 16th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Designing a yearbook can be frustrating and time consuming.  We would like to help you!  For the best and most optimum performance please follow these minimum requirements for using EDOnext : Internet Browsers we support:  Google Chrome: 50 or higher (RECOMMENDED) Download Here Firefox: 46 or higher (RECOMMENDED) Download Here Microsoft Edge: 24 or

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LINK Polls

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

LINK polls are polls to send to your students and/or families to gather information that can be used in your yearbook. Enter a title, description, and questions for your poll. To navigate to the polls select the Sell tab and choose Setup LINK in the drop down menu Next in the left menu, select LINK PAGES   You will now be directed to the Manage LiNK

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How to use LINK: For Parents!

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Parents often have a lot of questions about how to use our LINK site to do things like buy books, design ads , and upload photos . The following links are documents our team at Entourage created for the parents and students in your school community. These documents will take them through a step-by-step process of how to use the features on our LINK

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Account Management Design Services

Published October 8th, 2024 by ECS Creative

What is AM Design services? T his is the option for schools to work with an Entourage Artist one on one to create a unique yearbook experience tailored to their needs. AM SPA services offers professional cover designing, collateral theme element designing, portrait page assistance, and can help polish off your yearbook design to ensure your yearbook

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Cover Upgrades

Published October 18th, 2024 by ECS Creative

If you’re looking to change the style of your cover this year, we have plenty of options available. Read below to find out more. There are four basic cover packages available: I. Classic Hard Leatherette Cover Standard Size: 8.5in x 11in Also available in Trim Size 9 – 9in x 12in for an added cost Leatherette Hard Cover Includes one 5″ foil stamp Av

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How to Flow 2 Classes on One Page

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Many schools want to flow 2 classes onto one page because of small class sizes, limited pages or they have AM and PM classes with the same teacher. To do so, layers are going to be your best friend! To begin, you are going to use the “Auto Grid” feature to create the layout you want for the first class. Once you generate the grid, adjust the grid on

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Adding Custom Colors

Published January 7th, 2025 by ECS Creative

In this Article you will learn how to add custom colors to your project in EDONext.  Adding a Custom Color First, select “Fill” in the top tool bar Next select the + sign next to “custom” in the pop up menu Then select the paintbrush icon in the New Color Window In the pop up for “New Color”, you can either type in the HEX code number for your custo

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Grouping

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Select Frames to Exist in a Group Move multiple numbers of frames easily using grouping. To access grouping, you must first multi select the frames you would like to be grouped together, right click on your page to access the multi-select cursor.   Select the multi-select cursor, then click and drag the cursor across the page to select multiple fram

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EDONext Color Guide

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

There are currently 36 different standard color variations that can be located in the EDOnline Designer that you can use to create and enhance your yearbook project. These colors can be used to fill shapes, add a border color, enhance text, and personalize each and every page within your yearbook project.   The colors that we currently offer within

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Video: Approving Your Books For Production

Published April 7th, 2025 by ECS Creative

Congratulations on wrapping up your yearbook project! In this guide, we will go over how to properly approve your project for us to print. Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Where to Start: To begin the approval process, head over to the “Manage” tab, then click the "Approve for Production" button. NOTE: Only Admin logins will be able to app

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Import Photos From Facebook/ Instagram

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

How to video on importing photos from your Facebook or Instagram profile into your yearbook project.

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Creating Your Personalized Pages on LINK!

Published September 6th, 2024 by ECS Creative

If your school has applied the Personalized Pages upgrade, read the steps below that breaks down the process step-by-step for you to create those special pages for your student! In order to purchase a personalized page, you must first purchase a book. You cannot design and purchase personalized pages without a book purchase.  1. Sign onto link websi

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(VIDEO) Adding QR codes to your yearbook, and using LINK Pages

Published January 7th, 2025 by ECS Creative

Quick how-to video on creating QR Codes inside Entourage Yearbook’s EDOnline software.  We also demonstrate how to add LINK Pages to continue adding memories to the book even after production!   Since QR Codes are Fragile, here are a few things to note that are discussed in the video: The code needs to be readable as a square, so you cannot stretch

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How to Create and Order Marketing Materials

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Here are the Steps to Create and Purchase Marketing Materials 1. Click on the CREATE tab in your main account dashboard and select Marketing Materials from the menu that appears. 2. Create a coupon code for free design materials! Did you know that most can get marketing materials for free? Just pay the for shipping*. Each account is awarded a certai

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VIDEO: How To Design Personalized Pages

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

How to design and purchase your student’s personalized pages inside the Entourage Yearbook’s LINK ad designer.

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How to Wrap Text and Use Limit Move Region

Published September 27th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Some more advanced options for text editing in EDO include using text wrap and limit move region in your yearbook project. In this article we will go over what each of these things mean and how to use them. Using text wrap To apply a text wrap, click on the object you would like your text to wrap around. This is usually an image or shape. Then, go t

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VIDEO: How To Insert and Edit Photos

Published January 7th, 2025 by ECS Creative

How to video on inserting and editing photos inside the EDOnline designer as well as some photo tips.  

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Video: How to Make an Ad

Published September 30th, 2024 by ECS Creative

If your school has offered yearbook ad sales and you would like to purchase one, we would like to provide you with the following guide to create a successful ad! If you have further questions or are stuck at any point, please call our Tech Support line at 888-926-6571 ext. 2. Step 1:  First, you will need to navigate to our online store website, LiN

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Troubleshooting - Basics

Published September 24th, 2024 by ECS Creative

If you are currently experiencing trouble with using EDOnline, please try the following steps to resolve the issue. If these steps do not resolve the issue for you, please call our tech support line so that we may further assist you. Browser Recommendations If possible, please use  Google Chrome or Firefox  as your internet browser. Many minor issue

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Guide Lines

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

  When you look at a blank page in the EDONext designer, you will notice there are 3 lines on the page. Here is what those lines indicate: Safety Line : The Purple guideline is your margin which is also the safety zone. Any items or content you do not want to get cut off must stay within the purple guidelines. Text should be positioned at least 1/8

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Video: Right Clicking in EDOnline (including MAC)

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

The EDOnline right click menu has important features.  If you are using a MAC, here is how to enable right click.   Here is how to enable right click on a track pad: Go to the Apple menu and select System Preferences.  Click on the Track pad pane.  Choose the Point & Click tab. Check the box next to secondary click. Click on the little down arro

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VIDEO: EDOnline Basics & How To Make a Cover From Scratch

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

A two-part video on how to make a cover that’s right for you.  In these videos, we will go over cover dimensions and guidelines, provide an in-depth guide on each tool to get you started, Gather assets from outside sources, and more! Part One: Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Part Two: Your browser does not support HTML5 video.    

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VIDEO: Pre-Flight Warnings in EDOnline

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

In this video, we explain text in overflow, fit to frame, and low-resolution warnings that appear when you save the page in EDOnline and how to fix them.

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EDONext Requirements

Published September 20th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Designing a yearbook can be frustrating and time-consuming. We would like to help you! For the best and most optimum performance, please follow these minimum requirements for using EDONext: Internet Browsers we support: Google Chrome: 50 or higher (RECOMMENDED) Download Here Firefox: 46 or higher (RECOMMENDED) Download Here Microsoft Edge: 24 or hig

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Setting Up LiNK Store for Photo Uploads and Yearbook sales

Published October 1st, 2024 by ECS Creative

What is LiNK? Entourage LiNK is a website designed to connect you to your school community. You can allow users to upload photos and content that you can use in your yearbook project. You can also use LiNK to sell your yearbooks online, and/or sell yearbook ads. You can also set up LiNK pages, which are web pages for your school sponsored by Entoura

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Troubleshooting - Continued

Published November 15th, 2024 by ECS Creative

So you tried everything in “Troubleshooting Basics” and you are still having problems loading the designer or photos… We are here to help! Let’s go through some common issues, if photos are not loading… First, try copying and pasting the two URLs below in new tabs in your browser.URL: https://photos.entourageyearbooks.com/appservices/EDOImage.asp?im

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Late Book Orders or Post Approval Yearbooks Sales

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

  Allow your community to order their yearbooks, at any time.  Traditionally when you submit your book project for final approval, your online store will turn off and it’s required that you put in the total amount of books you would like to order which would include those orders placed online. With setting up Post approval sales for late book, this

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How to access the EDOnline Page Designer.

Published September 27th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Watch this quick how to video on designing a page inside EDOnext: From your account’s home page: Navigate to the Design Tab in your main account dashboard. Click on the first option, EDOnline – Page Design, as shown below.          3. You will begin at the Welcome Page where you can see:   Helpful links to our E-Guides Your recent photo uploads and

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Copyrighted Materials in Yearbooks

Published October 16th, 2024 by ECS Creative

  Copyrighted materials is copyrighted regardless of who makes it. If the image is generated on an AI platform that has copyright requirements, then clearly our service and our schools need to abide by those copyright requirements, regardless of it is is made by an AI or a person. A majority of AI image generation sites DO NOT have copyright require

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Follow Us on Social Media

Published August 23rd, 2024 by ECS Creative

Follow Us on Social Media This link below gives you access to all our social media accounts on all popular platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, X(formerly known as Twitter), TikTok, and YouTube. https://linktr.ee/entourageyearbooks Why Follow Entourage? Joining Entourage Yearbooks on social media is a way for anyone involved in yearbook creatio

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Photo Editing

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Check out this video on editing photos: If YouTube is blocked on your current browser, Click Here. If you need to edit photos in your yearbook, there are a few features in the designer that can benefit you. How to Edit Images: To edit a photo, you must first click on an image you have placed on the page, or place an image onto the page. You can plac

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Resizing Elements

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

How to Resize Elements Click on an element such as a shape, picture box or text box. By clicking on the box with the Selection Tool, which appears as your default cursor, a series of blue dots will appear around the object.  Click and drag these blue dots to resize the image, as shown below.    To move an object, hover over the object until a hand c

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Undo and Redo

Published September 30th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Did you delete something on a page and want to get it back? Use the undo button! The Undo button is located on the top toolbar in the EDONext page designer, and the Redo button is right next to it. Clicking on the Undo button will reverse any edits you made on your page. Clicking the Redo button will allow you to recreate the last action that was un

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People Pages - Frequently Asked Questions

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

1) Students don’t have names under their photos This is usually due to your data headers being labeled incorrectly. Try deleting all your People Pages data and re-uploading your index. You can delete your student data by clicking the Delete All People button located under manage people data. This button will highlight in red when you click it and as

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How to Enter the Yearbook Contest

Published April 23rd, 2025 by ECS Creative

Entourage Yearbooks National Yearbook Contest is one of the year's most anticipated events! Our yearbook council is excited to see the entries from all grade levels.  Before entering, we will break down the rules of entry and categories.  Entries: All entries must be the work of a school using Entourage Yearbooks as their 2025 Yearbook Publisher.The

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Video: How to Get Started - Quick Starter

Published January 27th, 2025 by ECS Creative

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. If you're just starting and what to know some basic steps on where to get started, here is a quick guide to review every essential feature for building your book. After watching, feel free to browse our other guides for more in-depth tutorials on the following topics. We are looking forward to working with

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All About Your People Page Index

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

In yearbooks and school photography, an ‘index’ (sometimes referred to as a PSPA or a PSPA disc) refers to the list of student names and corresponding photo file names that yearbook softwares use to flow your student portraits together onto your yearbook pages.PSPA stands for Professional School Photographer Association. This index usually comes in

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Pre-Flight Warnings!

Published September 25th, 2024 by ECS Creative

While designing your book, you may run into certain warnings when you attempt to save your page. If left unchecked, these warnings will also appear as you approve your page content in the Final Approval process. Heeding these warnings can make a difference in the quality of your yearbook. Here’s an explanation of some of the warnings you may see.  

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Align and Arrange Tools

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

How to make sure everything in your yearbook lines up. There are a few tools in the EDONext designer that can help you make sure that everything is lined up in a visually pleasing manner. Text and photo alignment is a quick and easy step you can take to make your book look professional and well put together. In this article, we will go over the best

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