Jack,
My SME's work directly in unstructured
FrameMaker 9. We all work on the same set of files in a shared directory
on our corporate internet. I have a well-defined set of templates, along
with a well-defined set of Corporate Branding Standards and Grammar Standards.
I work closely with the
2012-01-27-05T13:50Z
Tim -
Makes _great_ sense to me. My character format is Resume here: , indicating
that this passage needs further work.
Dave Stamm
Information Engineer
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
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My take on it would be to use a free open source engine such as WordPress
as the CMS (I've been doing this a lot lately -- good solid platform.)
Then use Frame's database publishing capability to to into the MySQL
database that feed the CMS and pull out content. You should also be able to
pull
If you go to structured FM, then the SMEs can write topics in their favorite
XML/text editor.
But getting structured is a major change that your organization might not be
ready for.
I would ask the boss to refine the task. Is it for SMEs to publish to users
without your attention? That’s
IMHO FM's got an awful steep learning curve for just word processing
For what it's worth, a colleague has created a customized user interface for FM
that shows only basic functions; all the fancy stuff that can get you into
trouble is hidden from the user. This enables non-FM types like
Would you be willing to expand on that, or at least give us your colleague's
contact information? That could address a myriad of issues for my office.
I'm currently the only person who can edit the manuals, and the most likely
backup person to train would likely screw up my manuals beyond
Ideally, we would have a system that keeps chunks of info that I could let
others access (with versioning), then I would output the chunks into Frame
files and/or RoboHelp.
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From: Jeff Coatsworth jeff.coatswo...@jonassoftware.com
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Something XML based? They edit in a free/cheap XML editor, you open the same
files in FM and publish. I haven't done this so could be talking through a hole
in my head but it sounds feasible.
Steep learning curve for you but prob not for the developers.
Cheers
Rebecca
On 27/01/12 at 10:11,
I'm starting to use SmartDocs and will be rolling it out to an initial
group of about a dozne users, none of whom are technical writers.
It gives Word users a lot of the capabilities that Frame users have had
for a while: conditional text, reusable variables, and snippets, all of
which can be
On 1/26/2012 2:01 PM, Lea Rush wrote:
A couple of years ago, I asked this list about inserting alink targets
directly into my Frame (8.0p277) files so that I wouldn’t have to code
them by hand afterward. A very helpful gentleman whose name I’ve
completely forgotten actually called me to help and
John,
Thank you very much for your detailed reply and kind offer. To answer your
question, the SMEs would not be able to publish to user docs; I am the sole
owner. We (developers and I) do all have access to XML editors, and this may be
the push I need to finally “go structured”.
We
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:01:24 -0800, Lea Rush l...@astoria-pacific.com wrote:
I generate CHM from my Frame files (Framemaker 8.0 p277). Is it possible to
add the help targets in Frame directly?
Yes, at least if you are doing it with Mif2Go.
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> IMHO FM's got an awful steep learning curve for just word processing
For what it's worth, a colleague has created a customized user interface for FM
that shows only basic functions; all the fancy stuff that can get you into
trouble is hidden from the user. This enables non-FM types like
Would you be willing to expand on that, or at least give us your colleague's
contact information? That could address a myriad of issues for my office.
I'm currently the only person who can edit the manuals, and the most likely
backup person to train would likely screw up my manuals beyond
ally states them to
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I'm starting to use SmartDocs and will be rolling it out to an initial
group of about a dozne users, none of whom are technical writers.
It gives Word users a lot of the capabilities that Frame users have had
for a while: conditional text, reusable variables, and snippets, all of
which can be
On 1/26/2012 2:01 PM, Lea Rush wrote:
> A couple of years ago, I asked this list about inserting alink targets
> directly into my Frame (8.0p277) files so that I wouldn?t have to code
> them by hand afterward. A very helpful gentleman whose name I?ve
> completely forgotten actually called me to
resources here?
Thanks,
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wrote:
>I generate CHM from my Frame files (Framemaker 8.0 p277). Is it possible to
>add the help targets in Frame directly?
Yes, at least if you are doing it with Mif2Go.
(You didn't indicate what tool you are using to
create the HTML Help.)
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