Publications Importer Q&A

Ru from Chicken — lead developer of the award-winning Publications Importer — gives a live demo of the latest features and answers questions from councils. The Publications Importer is a Drupal module that lets you upload a PDF (or Word document) and automatically generate an accessible LGD Publication. Using AI, it extracts text, splits content into logical pages, generates page titles and summaries, and maps content to the right paragraph types — saving significant time compared to doing it manually. What's covered in this session: What the Publications Importer does and how it works New features in version 2, funded by West Lindsey District Council — including Word document import, cover page options, structured paragraph support, and pipeline export/import How to configure pipelines and AI prompts to get the best results Whether you need AI to use it (you don't, but it helps) Updates to the Publications module itself, including a new sticky, collapsible navigation menu Questions on PDF read order, AI labelling, site navigation, breadcrumbs, and page titles If your council is thinking about converting PDFs into accessible HTML publications, this session will give you a clear picture of what the tool can do and what to expect. Useful links: Publications Importer on Drupal.org: https://www.drupal.org/project/localg... LocalGov Drupal Slack — join the #feature-publications and #feature-publications-importer channels