Re: [Framers] FrameMaker to Confluence

2018-04-25 Thread Robert Lauriston
I worked with Jeremy trying to make MIF2Go a solid way to migrate from FrameMaker to Confluence. We got OK results page by page, but cross-references between pages were a sticking point and Atlassian was not helpful. He posted to this list about it on 22 March 2013. I'd post what we came up

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker to Confluence

2018-04-25 Thread Robert Lauriston
The WebWorks ePublisher thing mentioned in that book came out just as Confluence was switching from wiki markup (versions 3 and earlier) to XHTML (versions 4 and later). it converted FrameMaker docs to an awful mess of Confluence 3 wiki markup and macros that rendered OK but was not editable.

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker to Confluence

2018-04-25 Thread Lore Eargle
I stumbled on a copy of "Confluence, Techcomm, and Chocolate" by Sarah Maddox yesterday as I was searching for information on converting documentation to Confluence. She was working at Atlassian at the time she wrote this. See

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker to Confluence

2018-04-19 Thread Rick Quatro
tro@lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of Kevin Ryan Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2018 4:44 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker to Confluence My company is preparing to copy numerous FrameMaker 7 manuals to Confluence. Based on past postings among contributors to thi

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker to Confluence

2018-04-19 Thread Kevin Ryan
My company is preparing to copy numerous FrameMaker 7 manuals to Confluence. Based on past postings among contributors to this list (including the late Jeremy Griffith at OMSYS), I've developed a working method for converting legacy FM chapters via Mif2Go to Confluence-friendly XHTML that can

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker to Confluence

2018-04-18 Thread Robert Lauriston
The HTML Macro doesn't really make much sense since the switch from wiki markup to XHTML in Confluence 4. It's disabled by default. In Confluence Server, you can install the Source Editor plugin and paste HTML. You can also copy rendered HTML in a browser and paste it in the regular Confluence

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker to Confluence

2018-04-18 Thread Art Campbell
as had some experience in moving FrameMaker books > into Confluence. Out-of-the-box, Confluence only supports import from Word > docs, so the approaches are to either save as RTF and then to Word, or save > as PDF and then to Word. PDF appears to be the better intermediary format > as we ca

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker to Confluence

2018-04-18 Thread Robert Lauriston
.@dieboldnixdorf.com> wrote: >> Hi Framers, >> I'm hoping somebody has had some experience in moving FrameMaker books into >> Confluence. Out-of-the-box, Confluence only supports import from Word docs, >> so the approaches are to either save as RTF and then to Word, or save

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker to Confluence

2018-04-18 Thread Robert Lauriston
18, 2018 at 11:50 AM, Shaw, Brian <brian.s...@dieboldnixdorf.com> wrote: > Hi Framers, > I'm hoping somebody has had some experience in moving FrameMaker books into > Confluence. Out-of-the-box, Confluence only supports import from Word docs, > so the approaches are to

[Framers] FrameMaker to Confluence

2018-04-18 Thread Shaw, Brian
Hi Framers, I'm hoping somebody has had some experience in moving FrameMaker books into Confluence. Out-of-the-box, Confluence only supports import from Word docs, so the approaches are to either save as RTF and then to Word, or save as PDF and then to Word. PDF appears to be the better

Fwd: From FrameMaker to Confluence: STC November Program

2013-11-12 Thread John Sgammato
and by webinar. Details below, or if you can't see them just reply to me directly for details at john.sgamm...@actifio.com -- Forwarded message -- From: STC New England ad...@stcnewengland.org Date: Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 2:15 PM Subject: From FrameMaker to Confluence: STC November Program

Fwd: From FrameMaker to Confluence: STC November Program

2013-11-11 Thread John Sgammato
and by webinar. Details below, or if you can't see them just reply to me directly for details at john.sgammato at actifio.com -- Forwarded message -- From: STC New England <ad...@stcnewengland.org> Date: Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 2:15 PM Subject: From FrameMaker to Confluence: STC No

RE: FrameMaker to Confluence via WebWorks

2013-06-23 Thread Rick Quatro
...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 11:57 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FrameMaker to Confluence via WebWorks Maybe. They didn't suggest that when I complained about the export. On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Rick Quatro r...@rickquatro.com

Re: FrameMaker to Confluence via WebWorks

2013-06-23 Thread Robert Lauriston
To my knowledge the only documented, supported method for batch import is .doc / .docx, and as I noted before that has some serious bugs that would require a lot of cleanup. There's a command-line interface that should work for batch import, but I encountered what seemed to be bugs:

FrameMaker to Confluence via WebWorks

2013-06-23 Thread Rick Quatro
at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 11:57 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FrameMaker to Confluence via WebWorks Maybe. They didn't suggest that when I complained about the export. On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Rick Quatro wrote: >

FrameMaker to Confluence via WebWorks

2013-06-23 Thread Robert Lauriston
To my knowledge the only documented, supported method for batch import is .doc / .docx, and as I noted before that has some serious bugs that would require a lot of cleanup. There's a command-line interface that should work for batch import, but I encountered what seemed to be bugs:

Re: FrameMaker to Confluence via WebWorks

2013-06-22 Thread Robert Lauriston
Maybe. They didn't suggest that when I complained about the export. On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Rick Quatro r...@rickquatro.com wrote: I just watched one of Webwork's webinars on creating custom outputs from ePublisher. Can't you create a custom output for Confluence 4 in ePublisher?

Re: FrameMaker to Confluence via WebWorks

2013-06-21 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:44:19 -0700, Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com wrote: The big problem is that WebWorks' Confluence feature was written for Confluence 3.x, so it exports wiki markup. This sometimes results in very messy code in Confluence 4.x and later, which use XHTML instead. Robert

FrameMaker to Confluence via WebWorks

2013-06-21 Thread Rick Quatro
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 11:44 AM To: Mary Jo Dockman; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FrameMaker to Confluence via WebWorks The big problem is that WebWorks' Confluence feature was written

FrameMaker to Confluence via WebWorks

2013-06-21 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:44:19 -0700, Robert Lauriston > wrote: >The big problem is that WebWorks' Confluence feature was written for >Confluence 3.x, so it exports wiki markup. This sometimes results in >very messy code in Confluence 4.x and later, which use XHTML instead. Robert also worked

FrameMaker to Confluence via WebWorks

2013-06-21 Thread Robert Lauriston
Maybe. They didn't suggest that when I complained about the export. On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Rick Quatro wrote: > I just watched one of Webwork's webinars on creating custom outputs from > ePublisher. Can't you create a custom output for Confluence 4 in ePublisher?

Re: FrameMaker to Confluence via WebWorks

2013-06-20 Thread Robert Lauriston
OK in read mode, it's only when you go to edit them that things get gnarly. https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/19789/converting-from-framemaker-to-confluence-4 Going through Word is problematic because Confluence's import has some serious bugs. http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers

FrameMaker to Confluence via WebWorks

2013-06-19 Thread Robert Lauriston
OK in read mode, it's only when you go to edit them that things get gnarly. https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/19789/converting-from-framemaker-to-confluence-4 Going through Word is problematic because Confluence's import has some serious bugs. http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers

FrameMaker to Confluence via WebWorks

2013-06-18 Thread Mary Jo Dockman
Has anyone taken FrameMaker source files and used WebWorks ePublisher to import the content to a Confluence wiki? If so, besides the initial set up of stationary and page formats, is the process fairly effortless? If you make changes in the source FrameMaker files, and go through WebWorks

FrameMaker to Confluence via WebWorks

2013-06-18 Thread Mary Jo Dockman
Has anyone taken FrameMaker source files and used WebWorks ePublisher to import the content to a Confluence wiki? If so, besides the initial set up of stationary and page formats, is the process fairly effortless? If you make changes in the source FrameMaker files, and go through WebWorks

AW: FrameMaker to Confluence

2010-08-02 Thread Georg Eck
Yes, FrameMaker to Confluence with WebWorks ePublisher is very successful. If you want a web based presentation (in English or German) with FrameMaker in our Confluence demo system please send us an e-Mail. More Information: http://www.pixsoftware.de/Confluence/confluence-und-webworks-epublisher

AW: FrameMaker to Confluence

2010-08-02 Thread Georg Eck
Yes, FrameMaker to Confluence with WebWorks ePublisher is very successful. If you want a web based presentation (in English or German) with FrameMaker in our Confluence demo system please send us an e-Mail. More Information: http://www.pixsoftware.de/Confluence/confluence-und-webworks-epublisher

FrameMaker to Confluence

2010-07-27 Thread mathieu jacquet
Hi all, I was recently wondering how to convert FM files for integration into a Confluence Wiki. Here is a very recent tuto I have found on this issue: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DISC/Framemaker+native+to+Confluence+-+case+study. Currently working on it...I'll keep you posted

FrameMaker to Confluence

2010-07-27 Thread mathieu jacquet
Hi all, I was recently wondering how to convert FM files for integration into a Confluence Wiki. Here is a very recent tuto I have found on this issue: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DISC/Framemaker+native+to+Confluence+-+case+study. Currently working on it...I'll keep you posted