diff --git a/news/index.html b/news/index.html
index 4d1a805..1dec2f2 100644
--- a/news/index.html
+++ b/news/index.html
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ <h1 data-toc-skip>Changelog <small></small></h1>
 
     <div class="section level2">
 <h2 class="page-header" data-toc-text="1.0.12" id="rjtools-1012">rjtools 1.0.12<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#rjtools-1012"></a></h2>
-<ul><li>check functions updated, including DOIs in references, title case in bib file, existence of csl file</li>
+<ul><li>Added <code><a href="../reference/rjournal_article.html">rjournal_article()</a></code> as a preferred alias to <code><a href="../reference/rjournal_article.html">rjournal_web_article()</a></code> since this output format generally produces both HTML and PDF outputs.</li>
+<li>check functions updated, including DOIs in references, title case in bib file, existence of csl file</li>
 <li>reference to new web site in the documentation</li>
 <li>new function to assist authors prepare for a release</li>
 <li>style to better adhere to accessibility standards</li>
diff --git a/pkgdown.yml b/pkgdown.yml
index 8fa9596..b75582b 100644
--- a/pkgdown.yml
+++ b/pkgdown.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ articles:
   check_functions: check_functions.html
   create_article: create_article.html
   format-details: format-details.html
-last_built: 2023-10-04T05:16Z
+last_built: 2023-10-04T05:24Z
 urls:
   reference: https://rjournal.github.io/rjtools/reference
   article: https://rjournal.github.io/rjtools/articles
diff --git a/reference/create_article.html b/reference/create_article.html
index 7e69188..3528b5b 100644
--- a/reference/create_article.html
+++ b/reference/create_article.html
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
   <div class="col-md-9 contents">
     <div class="page-header">
     <h1>Create an R Journal article with the existing template</h1>
-    <small class="dont-index">Source: <a href="https://github.com/rjournal/rjtools/blob/HEAD/R/rjournal_article.R" class="external-link"><code>R/rjournal_article.R</code></a></small>
+    <small class="dont-index">Source: <a href="https://github.com/rjournal/rjtools/blob/HEAD/R/rj_article.R" class="external-link"><code>R/rj_article.R</code></a></small>
     <div class="hidden name"><code>create_article.Rd</code></div>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/reference/index.html b/reference/index.html
index 59dd6ef..92f20ab 100644
--- a/reference/index.html
+++ b/reference/index.html
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ <h2 id="r-markdown-article-format">R Markdown article format <a href="#r-markdow
           <p class="section-desc"></p><p>Functions to build HTML and PDF R Journal articles</p>
         </th>
       </tr></tbody><tbody><tr><td>
-          <p><code><a href="rjournal_article.html">rjournal_pdf_article()</a></code> <code><a href="rjournal_article.html">rjournal_web_article()</a></code> </p>
+          <p><code><a href="rjournal_article.html">rjournal_article()</a></code> <code><a href="rjournal_article.html">rjournal_pdf_article()</a></code> <code><a href="rjournal_article.html">rjournal_web_article()</a></code> </p>
         </td>
         <td><p>R Markdown output formats for R Journal articles</p></td>
       </tr></tbody><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">
diff --git a/reference/rjournal_article.html b/reference/rjournal_article.html
index 71c850e..414c521 100644
--- a/reference/rjournal_article.html
+++ b/reference/rjournal_article.html
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
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-<!-- Generated by pkgdown: do not edit by hand --><html lang="en"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><meta charset="utf-8"><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"><title>R Markdown output formats for R Journal articles — rjournal_pdf_article • rjtools</title><!-- jquery --><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js" integrity="sha256-CSXorXvZcTkaix6Yvo6HppcZGetbYMGWSFlBw8HfCJo=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><!-- Bootstrap --><link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootswatch/3.4.0/cosmo/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" crossorigin="anonymous"><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha256-nuL8/2cJ5NDSSwnKD8VqreErSWHtnEP9E7AySL+1ev4=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><!-- bootstrap-toc --><link rel="stylesheet" href="../bootstrap-toc.css"><script src="../bootstrap-toc.js"></script><!-- Font Awesome icons --><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.12.1/css/all.min.css" integrity="sha256-mmgLkCYLUQbXn0B1SRqzHar6dCnv9oZFPEC1g1cwlkk=" crossorigin="anonymous"><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.12.1/css/v4-shims.min.css" integrity="sha256-wZjR52fzng1pJHwx4aV2AO3yyTOXrcDW7jBpJtTwVxw=" crossorigin="anonymous"><!-- clipboard.js --><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/clipboard.js/2.0.6/clipboard.min.js" integrity="sha256-inc5kl9MA1hkeYUt+EC3BhlIgyp/2jDIyBLS6k3UxPI=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><!-- headroom.js --><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/headroom/0.11.0/headroom.min.js" integrity="sha256-AsUX4SJE1+yuDu5+mAVzJbuYNPHj/WroHuZ8Ir/CkE0=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/headroom/0.11.0/jQuery.headroom.min.js" integrity="sha256-ZX/yNShbjqsohH1k95liqY9Gd8uOiE1S4vZc+9KQ1K4=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><!-- pkgdown --><link href="../pkgdown.css" rel="stylesheet"><script src="../pkgdown.js"></script><meta property="og:title" content="R Markdown output formats for R Journal articles — rjournal_pdf_article"><meta property="og:description" content="The R Journal is built upon the distill framework with some modifications.
+<!-- Generated by pkgdown: do not edit by hand --><html lang="en"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><meta charset="utf-8"><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"><title>R Markdown output formats for R Journal articles — rjournal_article • rjtools</title><!-- jquery --><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js" integrity="sha256-CSXorXvZcTkaix6Yvo6HppcZGetbYMGWSFlBw8HfCJo=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><!-- Bootstrap --><link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootswatch/3.4.0/cosmo/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" crossorigin="anonymous"><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha256-nuL8/2cJ5NDSSwnKD8VqreErSWHtnEP9E7AySL+1ev4=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><!-- bootstrap-toc --><link rel="stylesheet" href="../bootstrap-toc.css"><script src="../bootstrap-toc.js"></script><!-- Font Awesome icons --><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.12.1/css/all.min.css" integrity="sha256-mmgLkCYLUQbXn0B1SRqzHar6dCnv9oZFPEC1g1cwlkk=" crossorigin="anonymous"><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.12.1/css/v4-shims.min.css" integrity="sha256-wZjR52fzng1pJHwx4aV2AO3yyTOXrcDW7jBpJtTwVxw=" crossorigin="anonymous"><!-- clipboard.js --><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/clipboard.js/2.0.6/clipboard.min.js" integrity="sha256-inc5kl9MA1hkeYUt+EC3BhlIgyp/2jDIyBLS6k3UxPI=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><!-- headroom.js --><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/headroom/0.11.0/headroom.min.js" integrity="sha256-AsUX4SJE1+yuDu5+mAVzJbuYNPHj/WroHuZ8Ir/CkE0=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/headroom/0.11.0/jQuery.headroom.min.js" integrity="sha256-ZX/yNShbjqsohH1k95liqY9Gd8uOiE1S4vZc+9KQ1K4=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><!-- pkgdown --><link href="../pkgdown.css" rel="stylesheet"><script src="../pkgdown.js"></script><meta property="og:title" content="R Markdown output formats for R Journal articles — rjournal_article"><meta property="og:description" content="The R Journal is built upon the distill framework with some modifications.
 This output format behaves almost identically to the
 distill::distill_article() format, with some formatting and structural
-changes."><!-- mathjax --><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.5/MathJax.js" integrity="sha256-nvJJv9wWKEm88qvoQl9ekL2J+k/RWIsaSScxxlsrv8k=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.5/config/TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML.js" integrity="sha256-84DKXVJXs0/F8OTMzX4UR909+jtl4G7SPypPavF+GfA=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><!--[if lt IE 9]>
+changes. The rjournal_article() format will produce both HTML and PDF
+outputs, while the rjournal_pdf_article() produces only the PDF output."><!-- mathjax --><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.5/MathJax.js" integrity="sha256-nvJJv9wWKEm88qvoQl9ekL2J+k/RWIsaSScxxlsrv8k=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.5/config/TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML.js" integrity="sha256-84DKXVJXs0/F8OTMzX4UR909+jtl4G7SPypPavF+GfA=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><!--[if lt IE 9]>
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@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@
   <div class="col-md-9 contents">
     <div class="page-header">
     <h1>R Markdown output formats for R Journal articles</h1>
-    <small class="dont-index">Source: <a href="https://github.com/rjournal/rjtools/blob/HEAD/R/rj_pdf_article.R" class="external-link"><code>R/rj_pdf_article.R</code></a>, <a href="https://github.com/rjournal/rjtools/blob/HEAD/R/rj_web_article.R" class="external-link"><code>R/rj_web_article.R</code></a></small>
+    <small class="dont-index">Source: <a href="https://github.com/rjournal/rjtools/blob/HEAD/R/rj_article.R" class="external-link"><code>R/rj_article.R</code></a>, <a href="https://github.com/rjournal/rjtools/blob/HEAD/R/rj_pdf_article.R" class="external-link"><code>R/rj_pdf_article.R</code></a>, <a href="https://github.com/rjournal/rjtools/blob/HEAD/R/rj_web_article.R" class="external-link"><code>R/rj_web_article.R</code></a></small>
     <div class="hidden name"><code>rjournal_article.Rd</code></div>
     </div>
 
@@ -74,11 +75,20 @@ <h1>R Markdown output formats for R Journal articles</h1>
     <p>The R Journal is built upon the distill framework with some modifications.
 This output format behaves almost identically to the
 <code><a href="https://pkgs.rstudio.com/distill/reference/distill_article.html" class="external-link">distill::distill_article()</a></code> format, with some formatting and structural
-changes.</p>
+changes. The <code>rjournal_article()</code> format will produce both HTML and PDF
+outputs, while the <code>rjournal_pdf_article()</code> produces only the PDF output.</p>
     </div>
 
     <div id="ref-usage">
-    <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span><span class="fu">rjournal_pdf_article</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">...</span>, self_contained <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">FALSE</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
+    <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span><span class="fu">rjournal_article</span><span class="op">(</span></span>
+<span>  toc <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">FALSE</span>,</span>
+<span>  self_contained <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">FALSE</span>,</span>
+<span>  legacy_pdf <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">FALSE</span>,</span>
+<span>  web_only <span class="op">=</span> <span class="op">!</span><span class="va">legacy_pdf</span>,</span>
+<span>  <span class="va">...</span></span>
+<span><span class="op">)</span></span>
+<span></span>
+<span><span class="fu">rjournal_pdf_article</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">...</span>, self_contained <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">FALSE</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
 <span></span>
 <span><span class="fu">rjournal_web_article</span><span class="op">(</span></span>
 <span>  toc <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">FALSE</span>,</span>
@@ -91,9 +101,8 @@ <h1>R Markdown output formats for R Journal articles</h1>
 
     <div id="arguments">
     <h2>Arguments</h2>
-    <dl><dt>...</dt>
-<dd><p>Arguments passed to <code><a href="https://pkgs.rstudio.com/distill/reference/distill_article.html" class="external-link">distill::distill_article()</a></code> for web articles,
-and <code>rticles::rjournal_article()</code> for pdf articles.</p></dd>
+    <dl><dt>toc</dt>
+<dd><p><code>TRUE</code> to include a table of contents in the output</p></dd>
 
 
 <dt>self_contained</dt>
@@ -104,10 +113,6 @@ <h2>Arguments</h2>
 its size).</p></dd>
 
 
-<dt>toc</dt>
-<dd><p><code>TRUE</code> to include a table of contents in the output</p></dd>
-
-
 <dt>legacy_pdf</dt>
 <dd><p>whether an article is from the past and only have pdf version</p></dd>
 
@@ -115,6 +120,11 @@ <h2>Arguments</h2>
 <dt>web_only</dt>
 <dd><p>additional param for embedding PDF or using Rmd to produce HTML</p></dd>
 
+
+<dt>...</dt>
+<dd><p>Arguments passed to <code><a href="https://pkgs.rstudio.com/distill/reference/distill_article.html" class="external-link">distill::distill_article()</a></code> for web articles,
+and <code>rticles::rjournal_article()</code> for pdf articles.</p></dd>
+
 </dl></div>
     <div id="value">
     <h2>Value</h2>
