Re: FrameMaker to HTML

2014-07-16 Thread Robert Lauriston
If the RoboHelp runtime embedded in FrameMaker 12 does not include the CSS customization of full RoboHelp, you could probably customize the generated CSS so it matches your company's design standards, then write a post-processing script to overwrite the generated CSS with your customizations. One

Re: FrameMaker to HTML

2014-07-16 Thread Sean
Of course not. Typically, we are overhead, and startups need to focus on selling something first. On Jul 16, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: > Rober Lauriston wrote: >> The tighter your budget, the worse the effects of false economies. > > Yes, indeed. > >>

RE: FrameMaker to HTML

2014-07-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Rober Lauriston wrote: > The tighter your budget, the worse the effects of false economies. Yes, indeed. > People who are used to getting great development tools such as Eclipse and > Git for free commonly make the false assumption that there are similar free > tools for documentation. It's par

Re: FrameMaker to HTML

2014-07-16 Thread Robert Lauriston
The tighter your budget, the worse the effects of false economies. People who are used to getting great development tools such as Eclipse and Git for free commonly make the false assumption that there are similar free tools for documentation. It's part of the tech writer's role at a small startup

RE: FrameMaker to HTML

2014-07-16 Thread Craig, Alison
lity always wins. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 12:38 PM To: Joe Malin; Framers List Subject: Re: FrameMaker to HTML To evaluate what's cheap, you need

Re: FrameMaker to HTML

2014-07-16 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Mif2Go might be a good solution. I suggest using a Mif2Go expert such as Steve Wiseman to set it up. After that you just click a button and it creates help that requires very little or no clean-up afterwards. You can contact him at: swise...@context.co.il

RE: FrameMaker to HTML

2014-07-15 Thread Keith Soltys
details are fuzzy :-). Keith -Original Message- From: robert.lauris...@gmail.com [mailto:robert.lauris...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 4:19 PM To: Keith Soltys; Framers List Subject: Re: FrameMaker to HTML MIF Doclet used to be a free utility. I used

Re: FrameMaker to HTML

2014-07-15 Thread Robert Lauriston
MIF Doclet used to be a free utility. I used it to go javadoc > MIF > FrameMaker > PDF, automated the whole thing. I think it has not been updated since Oracle assimilated of Sun and is not compatible with JDKs after 1.4. Were you able to include javadoc in your FrameMaker docs in such a way that

RE: FrameMaker to HTML

2014-07-15 Thread Keith Soltys
amers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 3:38 PM To: Joe Malin; Framers List Subject: Re: FrameMaker to HTML To evaluate what's cheap, you need to look at total cost of ownership, not just sticker p

Re: FrameMaker to HTML

2014-07-15 Thread Robert Lauriston
To evaluate what's cheap, you need to look at total cost of ownership, not just sticker price. Expensive professional authoring tools can be a good investment if they make you more efficient. I found ePublisher Pro a lot more flexible and easy to use than RoboHelp. However, if your goal is mergin

Re: FrameMaker to HTML

2014-07-15 Thread Sean
Or WebWorks Publisher. Consider, how many hours to create your non-RoboHelp or non-WWP solution? Then, how many hours needed each project to maintain your custom solution. And, what is the cost per hour of that time. Versus, buying software that automates that output for you? I assume you wou

Re: FrameMaker to HTML

2007-07-25 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Richard: Perhaps I missed it, but I don't believe you described what, if any, work you did with customizing the output of FM's HTML export, nor what specifically you found unacceptable in the conversion. There is some information in the Help system and documentation. If you haven't tried cus

Re: FrameMaker to HTML

2007-07-25 Thread Art Campbell
I'd second Charle's and John's tool analysis, but come more heavily on the MIF2Go side because support is MUCH better. And for what you want, I think it'd be easier to generate what you need. Art On 7/25/07, Charles Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Richard, The only two reasonable ways I kno

RE: FrameMaker to HTML

2007-07-25 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Richard, The only two reasonable ways I know to accomplish this are with the use of third-party tools: * Mif2Go by Omni Systems (http://www.omsys.com/dcl/omni.htm) - Less expensive but more challenging to master. * WebWorks ePublisher by Quadralay (http://www.quadralay.com/) - Mo

Re: FrameMaker to HTML

2007-07-25 Thread John Posada
>How do I convert my FrameMaker files into HTML? Can you > give me an outline of the steps that I should follow, or point me > at some written instruction? You have two options and both involve buying/learning some software. Before you say "but how 'bout free!", remember, you've tried it and yo