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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
Troubleshooting EDONext
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
How do I reset a page to its previous Layout?
Published February 13th, 2026 by ECS Creative
Trying to bring back an older version of your pages? Fear not! There is a way to bring back previously saved versions of a page. Maybe you need to reset the page because: Someone saved over someone else's work You preferred an older version of the page Recovering Page Save History In the page designer of the page you would like to recover. Naviga
What is the Minimum Readable Font Size for Print?
Published February 19th, 2026 by ECS Creative
While the answer to this might change depending on your chosen font, for simpler fonts such as Arial or Times New Roman, we typically recommend that you do not choose a font size under 10 pt. Our default text boxes set body text at 16 pt and header text at 52 pt, but these settings can vary depending on your desired look. Keep in mind that more styl
Fonts Available in EDONext
Published August 29th, 2024 by ECS Creative
Here’s a collection of fonts available for use on EDONext. Typography
VIDEO: Pre-Flight Warnings in EDONext
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 EDONext and how to fix them.
How to Wrap Text and Use Limit Move Region
Published September 27th, 2024 by ECS Creative
Some 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 to the
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
Creating People Page Templates with Photo Grid
Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative
Align Your Photos in a Grid with our Photo Grid Feature Ensure that your frames are lined up quickly and easily by using the Photo 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 Photo Grid to Your Page In the page designer, click on t
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
VIDEO: EDOnext Designer Basics
Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative
Welcome to the EDONext Designer! Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Welcome to a new, streamlined designer, where you can take your vision and make your next book come to life! In this guide we will go over the basics of EDONext's page designer, including topics such as: The Text Tool - Guide here Images and how to use them - More guides be
What Pages Should Advisors Design vs Assign?
Published February 22nd, 2026 by ECS Creative
As an advisor, it is important to share the design responsibilities. Collage pages, autographs, club and sports pages & many more can be shared with your yearbook team! But there are pages that only the advisor should work on since some pages are much more integral than others. Your browser does not support HTML5 video. One of the pages the a
Advisor-Approved Page Checklist
Published February 19th, 2026 by ECS Creative
To ensure your yearbook pages are ready for approval, we recommend following this checklist: 1. Review Pages Regularly: Advisors should review pages as often as possible. Use the following methods: Click the page thumbnail preview or the "Preview" option on the Manage Ladder to view a larger version of the page. Use the "Preview Yearbook" option at
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 files names that our yearbook software uses to flow your student portraits together onto your yearbook pages. PSPA stands for Professional School Photographer Association. This index usually c
How to access the EDOnline Page Designer.
Published September 27th, 2024 by ECS Creative
From your account’s home page: Navigate to the CREATE Tab in your main account dashboard. Click on the first option, EDOnline – Page Design, as shown below. 3. Page 1 will automatically load. You can also click on any of the pages/spread from the ladder on the right side of the designer. Your spread will load in the center of the designer
How to Flow 2 Classes on One Page
Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative
Video walk through: Your browser does not support HTML5 video. 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 “Photo Grid” feature to create the layout you want for
How do I use the eyedropper tool?
Published February 11th, 2026 by ECS Creative
To use the eyedropper tool in EDONext, follow these steps. 1. Select "Fill": In the top toolbar, click on the "Fill" option. 2. Add Custom Color: Click the "+" sign next to "custom" in the pop-up menu. 3. Choose the Paintbrush Icon: In the New Color Window, select the paintbrush icon. 4. Use the Eyedropper Tool: The eyedropper tool will allow yo
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 for the shipping*. Each account is awarded a cert
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.
Quick Copy and Paste Image into EDONext Designer
Published December 4th, 2025 by ECS Creative
How do I create a cohesive yearbook?
Published February 13th, 2026 by ECS Creative
You can create a cohesive yearbook theme by: Using consistent fonts throughout your book Picking a color scheme Using cohesive imagery / clipart Why a theme is important: It makes the yearbook feel organized and professional Consistent design helps readers focus on the memories and stories rather than be distracted by contrasting styles A strong the
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
(Video) How to Upload and Flow People Pages
Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative
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 on how to upload your students: Your browser does not support HTML5 video. (See 2nd video below on h
12 Frequently Asked People Pages 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
A student deleted content — what now?
Published February 13th, 2026 by ECS Creative
Mistakes happen! If you've designed a page and either yourself or someone else accidentally deleted it, or your computer decides to shut down on you, there is a way to recover it! Our software uses an autosave system to hopefully alleviate some of these instances. If your work has been deleted or you need to find a different version of the page you
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. Watch Video Tutorial Here: 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 HE
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
Page Guidelines in EDONext
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 Page guidelines inside the designer: Bleed Line: The red guideline is called the bleed. You must make sure to bring your backgrounds to the red guideline. If you decide to have your pictures or images or
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
Setting Page Dimensions in an External Design Program
Published November 21st, 2025 by ECS Creative
When creating documents for print production, understanding precise page setup and export requirements is crucial. This guide covers essential technical specifications for professional document preparation in design software like Photoshop and InDesign. Page Dimensions and Bleed Total Page Dimensions: 8.75" x 11.25" Trim Size: 8.5" x 11" - Size the
How to edit your People Page text
Published February 10th, 2026 by ECS Creative
How to change your People Page text after flowing your pages. Once your people pages are set, you may want to adjust the text to keep the font and colors consistent throughout your book. You can do this with a single student, an entire grade or even your entire book! You have several formatting options available, including increasing or decreasing t
Photo Editing
Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative
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 place an image by just dropping it on the page from your uploaded photos or you can first place a “drop
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
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
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
Adding a Student to Your Portrait Pages
Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative
If you need to add a student to your existing portrait pages, start by going to the Manage tab and selecting Manage People Data. Click on the green Add New Person button. The “Add New 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 their Grade, Teacher,
How do I organize photos by event or photographer?
Published February 19th, 2026 by ECS Creative
To organize photos by event or photographer, we recommend the following steps: 1. Create Photo Categories: In your account, navigate to Manage > Manage Photos. Click on the + Create Photo Category button. Enter a clear and descriptive category name, such as “Sports Events,” “Graduation,” or the name of the photographer. Set category permissions t
What resolution do photos need to be for full-page vs small images?
Published February 12th, 2026 by ECS Creative
It is important to remember when placing photos onto a page in EDOnline that the resolution is determined by two things: First, what are the pixel dimensions of that image? You can see the pixel dimensions of any image by clicking on it to view the details either in Manage Photos or by clicking on the + icon in the corner of the photo here: This
Clone Your Yearbook
Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative
If you loved your design from last year, or are ready to copy your softcover to your hardcover (and vice versa), you can copy over your entire book to your current project. Please note: Cloning a previous year’s yearbook content into your current account will replace all the content on the pages of your current yearbook including the cover. If you
Creating, Saving & Applying Custom Text Styles to Exisiting Text
Published February 12th, 2026 by ECS Creative
When working with text in the designer, you have powerful customization options for creating and applying unique text styles that can be saved and used throughout your book. This guide will walk you through the process of creating and managing custom text styles. Creating a Custom Text Style Select the text box containing the style you want to s
Inserting Pages Mid-Book
Published February 12th, 2026 by ECS Creative
To add pages mid book, 1. (if you need to) you will add more pages by going to Manage < Manage account Scroll down, click on the number < select new quantity < hit UPDATE information Adding pages will automatically place them all at the end of your book. If you do not need to add pages, you will just need to move your blank pages arou
What happens if two people try to edit the same page?
Published February 13th, 2026 by ECS Creative
When someone enters the designer, it will create a page lock. Page locks will keep other users out of the book, which is intentional, as we only want one person working on a spread at the same time. Although we allow more than one user to be assigned to a page, they still cannot work at the same time; otherwise, they may end up overwriting each oth
How to Flow Teachers on your student People pages
Published February 12th, 2026 by ECS Creative
Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Watch Our Help Video: How to Flow Teachers with Students on Your People Pages Before you get started, there’s one important thing to know: people can only be flowed onto one page. If you’re creating a separate staff page and want the teacher to appear on student pages as well, you’ll need to manually plac
How Do I Delete a Template From My List?
Published February 12th, 2026 by ECS Creative
Saved your template too many times? Made some better ones and want to remove some? Been there! To delete a template from your list of saved templates: Go to Layouts on the left taskbar Click on My Templates Scroll to the template you want to remove Hover over the template and click Delete The template will then no longer be listed. Sometimes it
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
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
How to Unflow your People Pages
Published February 12th, 2026 by ECS Creative
If you need to clear all of the photos and names from your flowed people pages while keeping your template in place, there are two ways to accomplish this. Clear People Open the designer to one of the pages you wish to wipe your people clean. At the top of the page, click the “People” tab and then use the Clear Left People or Clear Right People butt
What’s the best margin / gutter safe area for yearbook pages?
Published February 12th, 2026 by ECS Creative
There are a few different colored lines in EDOnline that exist to help users keep their content fully contained within the page, but also to help the page look as good as possible. The lines on the outside edge are Red , Black and Pink/Purple and each line has it's own purpose. We will also cover the Blue Spine lines that appear in the center of t
How to Insert a Placeholder Photo
Published February 13th, 2026 by ECS Creative
In the Designer, navigate to the left-side menu and click on Elements, then select Shapes. You will see several options for placeholder photo shapes. The options that include a grey “Drop Photo Here” box are the placeholder photo frames you can use to create beautiful custom page layouts, even if you don't have all of your photos uploaded yet! Once
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
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 Sell → Setup 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
How to Adjust the Auto Save in EDONext
Published November 12th, 2025 by ECS Creative
What makes a page feel too crowded?
Published February 25th, 2026 by ECS Creative
Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Design is important! You want the information, photos, and graphic elements to be easy for the reader to navigate. If you put too many elements on a page, it can: Make a page feel crowded Weaken your overall theme Confuse the reader Make text illegible Make it difficult to select elements on a page due to o
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.
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 Step 1: Make sur
How to Setup Ad Sales in EDONext
Published December 4th, 2025 by ECS Creative
Using text in Your Yearbook
Published November 15th, 2024 by ECS Creative
Watch this video tutorial here: 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
How to Add & Edit Drop Shadows
Published February 6th, 2026 by ECS Creative
Why won’t my photo upload?
Published February 20th, 2026 by ECS Creative
One of the key components of the yearbook is the photos of all the events and student portraits. If you ever run into an issue in which your photos are not uploading, there are a few things to look out for or to check. Step1.) Make sure the files you are uploading under Manage Photos are these particular file types: JPG, PNG, HEIC, and PDFs Step2 .
Right Clicking in EDONext (including MAC)
Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative
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 arrow. Choose Click with two fingers; Click in bottom right
How to Wrap Text in EDONext Designer
Published December 4th, 2025 by ECS Creative
Biggest Cover Design Mistakes
Published February 19th, 2026 by ECS Creative
Your browser does not support HTML5 video. 1. Bleed Lines/Safe Zones The Mistake Designers often place text, logos, or faces too close to the edge of the cover, or forget that the back cover also requires bleed. This can cause important elements to be trimmed off in production. How EDONext Helps Bleed & Safe Zone Guides: EDONext displays bleed
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
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
Clipping Images in EDONext
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: If YouTube is blocked on your current browser, Click Here. Step 1: On your yearbook page, place the image that you wish to clip. Select the image, then s
Uploading (and Managing) Photos
Published September 10th, 2025 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 EDONext: .jpg, .jpeg, .png and .heic. (Please note that attempting to upload content that is not
Getting Started Walkthrough
Published December 9th, 2025 by ECS Creative
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, also when you right click on the page while in The pointer cursor lets you select objects on your page. This is the cursor you will use for most of your design work. The text cursor allows you to activate a
Video: How to get started - EDONext Manage Features
Published September 5th, 2025 by ECS Creative
Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Welcome to EDOnline - the future of yearbook technology! In this video, we will brush over where to find the main tools of the website, such as: Your Yearbook DashboardManage DeadlinesManage AccountManage Ladder - Full Guide here Manage Photos - Full Guide here Manage Users - Full Guide here Manage Upload
How to Move a Student to a Different Class in Manage People Data
Published February 19th, 2026 by ECS Creative
Once you have uploaded your student photos and connected your Index, you can edit a student's profile by going to Manage People Data under the Manage tab. This is where you can edit their Class. Editing an Individual Student To change an individual student's class, you can click on their portrait photo to open their profile information. In this po
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
How to design an awesome yearbook cover
Published February 12th, 2026 by ECS Creative
1. Define Your Story With the Theme Tools Before designing the cover, clarify what the year was all about. Once you can explain your theme in one sentence, you’re ready to design with purpose. Themes resource EDONext helps define the year’s main idea and message. It provides pre-built covers that are fully customizable, guides design choices like co
(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
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
Design Principles for Clear and Effective Layouts
Published February 25th, 2026 by ECS Creative
Using the Modular Grid Effectively When presenting complex information, consider legibility, readability, and negative space. Breaking information down into manageable chunks results in clearer, more effective layouts. Modular grids can be a valuable tool when building your spread or cover. By using the modular grid feature within our system, you
How to Add in Retake Portraits
Published February 19th, 2026 by ECS Creative
"But I don't like my picture!!" – “Use my staff photo from 5 years ago!” – “I didn't know it was picture day!” We all know both students and staff are likely to have retakes! Most photographers will have a retake day and a few weeks or so later, send you over the new portraits and hopefully an accompanying index file ("PSPA" – spreadsheet with stude
Design Do’s & Don’ts for Yearbooks
Published February 19th, 2026 by ECS Creative
Here are some essential design do's and don'ts for creating an effective yearbook: Do's: 1.Define Your Story with the Theme Tools: Before designing, clarify the main idea of the year. Use EDONext's theme resources to ensure your cover and pages reflect this story consistently. 2. Use Consistent Fonts and Typography: Limit your book to 1-2 headline f
Smart Cropping for Stronger Yearbook Design
Published February 17th, 2026 by ECS Creative
Design Guidance on Cropping and Layout Cropping helps a subject stand out on a page or spread by bringing the desired focal point into clear view. It effectively zooms in on the subject, making it more prominent within the layout and guiding the viewer’s attention with intention. If the image is serving as a presentation page for a new section of th
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
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
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
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
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,
EDONext Color Guide
Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative
There are currently 36 different standard color variations that can be located in the EDONext 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 t
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
Building your first page on EDOnline
Published November 26th, 2024 by ECS Creative
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How to Manage Personalized Pages as an Advisor
Published December 4th, 2025 by ECS Creative
How to Enable Photo Uploads on the LINK Website and the App
Published February 18th, 2026 by ECS Creative
How to Turn on the Option to Upload Photos on the Link Website and the App After logging into your account, navigate to the Sell tab at the top of the screen and select Setup LINK from the dropdown menu. The next step is to enable photo uploads for the Link website. To do this, navigate to the Mobile tab located on the left side of the Setup LINK pa
Can I lock objects so students don’t accidentally move them?
Published February 12th, 2026 by ECS Creative
Yes, there is a button in your top toolbar in EDOnline where you can lock the selected object on the page so it an no longer be accidentally moved. That button can be found here: When it is locked, the icon will change to a closed padlock icon land you will notice that the handles on the corners and edges of the object disappear. *Please note that t
How do I design a page using columns?
Published February 25th, 2026 by ECS Creative
If you have a large body of text that you would like to split into 2 or more columns on a page… 1. Place a text box on a page and stretch it to either the full size of the page inside the purple guideline, or smaller depending on your design. 2. Select your text box < Navigate and double click on “Text Settings” on the right side of designer <
Layers in EDONext
Published January 7th, 2025 by ECS Creative
Understanding layers in EDOnext using the Frame Index tab, as well as the 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 for the flow of multiple classes on one page using peo
What is Ask Ed?
Published October 1st, 2025 by ECS Creative
Introducing your new AI helper, Ed! Ed is a multifaceted AI capable of generating answers to EDONext questions and offering help guides to related subjects. To use him, simply enter a question or a topic, and hit ENTER, and Ed will show you what to do. For example, if I am unsure how to change the background or if I want to learn how to use people
How to add a new class to Manage People Data
Published February 12th, 2026 by ECS Creative
How to Upload Photos and Student Index in EDONext 1. Log In and Go to Manage People Data Log in to your EDONext account. In the top navigation menu, click Manage. From the dropdown menu, select Manage People Data. This will open the People Data management screen, where you can import or edit records. 2. Upload Your Photos and Index In the Manage Peo
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
What's Going on in the World?
Published February 12th, 2026 by ECS Creative
Want to find some additional fun content to place in your project? Records and highlights from the past year that are both interesting and informative? Check out the Year In Review ! These pages have been designed by our team with a collective variety of events, historic moments, influential people and major stories that have occurred last year in
VIDEO: How To Move Pages
Published October 2nd, 2024 by ECS Creative
Watch Video Tutorial OR follow instructions below: 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 th
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
How often should advisors review pages?
Published February 12th, 2026 by ECS Creative
As yearbook advisors work on pages in EDOnline, they should be reviewing as often as possible in a few different ways. The most common ways to review your pages include: First, clicking the page thumbnail preview (or click Preview) on Manage Ladder to view it larger. This will give you a larger view to quickly check larger text and headlines on the
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
How To Use Custom Templates 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. In the new designer, open a page, go to Layouts>My Templates> From Select a Book, choose your previous project where you want to get the custom templates and/or pages. Click TEMPLATES then select the specific Temp
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
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
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
Creating a Directory
Published January 6th, 2026 by ECS Creative
Important Notes People data must be uploaded prior to make tagging streamlined Creating the physical directory should be one of the last things done in the project in order to keep the information on the directory accurate. Tag your Photos Tagging Method 1: Tag Photos in Manage Photos Access your photo categories in either the Manage tab > Manage
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
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
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 + (-): Zo
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
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
How to Make a Gradient in EDONext Designer
Published December 4th, 2025 by ECS Creative
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
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
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
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
Video: The Top Tool Bar in EDONext
Published January 7th, 2025 by ECS Creative
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