There are two paths you can take with Ryuzine as a publisher. One is to create “stand-alone”/downloadable publications, the other is to create “hosted” publications from a blog. The table below should help you figure out which is right for you:
| Stand-Alone | Blog Hosted | |
| Authoring | Ryuzine Machine installed on localhost web server. | Ryuzine Press plugin and WordPress post editor |
| Reading | Ryuzine webapp | Ryuzine webapp installed inside Ryuzine Press plugin |
| Environment | HTML Web or FTP* server | PHP+SQL Server with WordPress 3+ |
| Offline | Package as archive for download | Not possible |
| Title Support | Multiple Titles in a single Ryuzine installation. | Single title works best, multiple titles require using oldest post for covers. |
| Issues per Install | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Configuration | Each issue can have its own config file | All editions share one configuration |
| Download | Ryuzine PDK | Ryuzine Press Plugin |
| Documentation | Ryuzine Machine Manual | Ryuzine Press Manual |
* If packaged as archive can be hosted on FTP server as a downloadable file for offline reading.
Both the stand-alone and blog hosted methods use the exact same Ryuzine reader webapp. That means you can use the same Add-Ons and Themes and you can also offer both stand-alone and hosted publications from the same server (in fact the publisher’s manuals linked to above demonstrate this – they are both on our website, but one is a stand-alone publication and the other is blog hosted).