Re: Save as HTML in FrameMaker 11

2013-10-23 Thread Robert Lauriston
RoboHelp is usable, but I rank it last of the three FrameMaker add-ons, after WebWorks ePublisher and MIF2Go. On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 5:55 PM, John Sgammato john.sgamm...@actifio.com wrote: * RoboHelp is a good solution, if you have it. ___ You are

Re: Save as HTML in FrameMaker 11

2013-10-22 Thread John Sgammato
The FrameMaker Save As HTML feature is not very good and it is hardly supported. They expect you to use RoboHelp or some other tool. Mif2Go is by far your best choice, IMO. One problem is that your FM headings, ordered lists, etc do not map automagically to HTML tags, so you have to make that work

Re: Save as HTML in FrameMaker 11

2013-10-22 Thread Robert Lauriston
FrameMaker's Save As HTML seems to me more like a proof of concept than a usable feature. Get MIF2Go or WebWorks ePublisher. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com.

Save as HTML in FrameMaker 11

2013-10-22 Thread Robert Lauriston
RoboHelp is usable, but I rank it last of the three FrameMaker add-ons, after WebWorks ePublisher and MIF2Go. On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 5:55 PM, John Sgammato wrote: > * RoboHelp is a good solution, if you have it.

Save as HTML in FrameMaker 11

2013-10-20 Thread Austin Meredith
I'm using FrameMaker 9 Unstructured with Windows 7 to generate PDFs for the internet, and I'm forever getting complaints from my users such as Your live links simply don't function, with Safari on my iPad! Once upon a time I attempted to generate HTML output but the only result I was able to

Re: Save as HTML in FrameMaker 11

2013-10-20 Thread Scott Turner
Changing to structure will not automatically produce a better result. You need to have three things. A good mapping between your paragraph and character tags and the HTML transformation table, a well defined CSS, and well organized FM files. On Oct 20, 2013, at 19:10, Austin Meredith

Re: Save as HTML in FrameMaker 11

2013-10-20 Thread Matt Sullivan
As far as I can tell, the Save as HTML function in Fm 11 is the same that you see in Fm9.The improvements are in the connection to RoboHelp, and that's been better than Save as HTML since it first appeared in Fm8. For straight HTML output, many use MIF2GO. For my outputs (help systems with

Save as HTML in FrameMaker 11

2013-10-20 Thread Austin Meredith
I'm using FrameMaker 9 Unstructured with Windows 7 to generate PDFs for the internet, and I'm forever getting complaints from my users such as "Your live links simply don't function, with Safari on my iPad!" Once upon a time I attempted to generate HTML output but the only result I was able to

Save as HTML in FrameMaker 11

2013-10-20 Thread Scott Turner
Changing to structure will not automatically produce a better result. You need to have three things. A good mapping between your paragraph and character tags and the HTML transformation table, a well defined CSS, and well organized FM files. > On Oct 20, 2013, at 19:10, Austin Meredith

Save as HTML in FrameMaker 11

2013-10-20 Thread Matt Sullivan
As far as I can tell, the Save as HTML function in Fm 11 is the same that you see in Fm9. The improvements are in the connection to RoboHelp, and that's been better than Save as HTML since it first appeared in Fm8. For straight HTML output, many use MIF2GO. For my outputs (help systems with

Save as HTML in FrameMaker 11

2013-10-20 Thread John Sgammato
The FrameMaker Save As HTML feature is not very good and it is hardly supported. They expect you to use RoboHelp or some other tool. Mif2Go is by far your best choice, IMO. One problem is that your FM headings, ordered lists, etc do not map automagically to HTML tags, so you have to make that work

Save as HTML in FrameMaker 11

2013-10-20 Thread Robert Lauriston
FrameMaker's Save As HTML seems to me more like a proof of concept than a usable feature. Get MIF2Go or WebWorks ePublisher.