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Subject: Re: best web help add-on for FrameMaker 10?
I did not find Flare's FrameMaker import clean enough to go directly to an
output format.
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Flare has some advantages and I'd consider it for large projects where I
could start from scratch
Kieth, do you mean if you were authoring from within Flare? What are those
advantages?
Thanks,
Nadine
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Thanks, Keith.
Nadine
Well, it's designed for content reuse, so sharing common content across
projects is easy. Since it's topic based, it's easy for more than one
writer to work on a project. It also has some very nice reporting and
tracking
features. If I was working on a large
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To: Keith Soltys; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: best web help add-on for FrameMaker 10?
Flare has some advantages and I'd consider it for large projects where I
could start from scratch
Kieth, do you mean if you were authoring from within Flare? What are those
advantages
If I were working on the kind of project where the one-file-per-topic
model seemed like a plus, I'd focus on authoring tools that support
DocBook and/or DITA.
I don't think that projects so large that you need multiple writers
make that model desirable. Usually individual writers own larger
> Flare has some advantages and I'd consider it for large projects where I?
> could start from scratch
Kieth, do you mean if you were authoring from within Flare? What are those
advantages?
Thanks,
Nadine
Thanks, Keith.
Nadine
> Well, it's designed for content reuse, so sharing common content across?
> projects is easy. Since it's topic based, it's easy for more than one
> writer to work on a project. It also has some very nice reporting and
> tracking
> features.? If I was working on a large
13, 2013 9:37 AM
> To: Keith Soltys; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: best web help add-on for FrameMaker 10?
>
> > Flare has some advantages and I'd consider it for large projects where I
>
> > could start from scratch
>
> Kieth, do you mean if you
If I were working on the kind of project where the one-file-per-topic
model seemed like a plus, I'd focus on authoring tools that support
DocBook and/or DITA.
I don't think that projects so large that you need multiple writers
make that model desirable. Usually individual writers own larger
gt; To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: best web help add-on for FrameMaker 10?
>
> I did not find Flare's FrameMaker import clean enough to go directly to an
> output format.
>
> http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=10=13473
>
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Buying a WWP license is expensive, especially on top of the cost of upgrading
to
TechCommSuite 4. But I've lost four entire days of income trying to
cooperate with Adobe Tech Support, not getting anywhere, and ultimately being
abandoned without so much as a sorry we can't help you we've
I'd go with MIF2GO (first choice) or
Flare... Flare links to FM files nicely for single sourcing. I think it's
kind of clunky as a primary authoring tool, but as a downstream Help
generator, not many complaints.
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
... In my opinion, there's nothing
@Carol, are you using RH's HTML5 SSL, called Multiscreen?
Although you can still create SSL's per device, using Mulitscreen as your SSL
produces only one set of HTML files, with a single CSS3 to do exactly what you
mentioned in your post.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication |
Matt, yes I am using RH's Multiscreen output. I'm annoyed at the
differences in the out-of-box options for the various device outputs.
There doesn't appear to be a unified set that retains the same
color scheme or other skin characteristics. But my biggest whine is
that RH10 treats the device
Vendor post: I am a WebWorks reseller.
What I see in WWP suggests that their coding will be
truly responsive and flexible regardless of the device that
displays the output. If I'm wrong here about either product, let me
know. That's what I'm trying to determine.
The information about
Yep, in other words, just like RH Multiscreen output.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Feb 11, 2013, at 11:29 AM, David Shaked da...@almondweb.com wrote:
Vendor post: I am a WebWorks reseller.
What
I did not find Flare's FrameMaker import clean enough to go directly
to an output format.
http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=10t=13473
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 6:38 AM, Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com wrote:
I'd go with MIF2GO (first choice) or
Flare... Flare links to FM
> Buying a WWP license is expensive, especially on top of the cost of upgrading
> to?
> TechCommSuite 4. But I've lost four entire days of income trying to
> cooperate with Adobe Tech Support, not getting anywhere, and ultimately being
> abandoned without so much as a "sorry we can't help you
I'd go with MIF2GO (first choice) or
Flare... Flare links to FM files nicely for single sourcing. I think it's
kind of clunky as a primary authoring tool, but as a downstream Help
generator, not many complaints.
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's
@Carol, are you using RH's HTML5 SSL, called Multiscreen?
Although you can still create SSL's per device, using Mulitscreen as your SSL
produces only one set of HTML files, with a single CSS3 to do exactly what you
mentioned in your post.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication |
Matt, yes I am using RH's Multiscreen output. I'm annoyed at the
differences in the out-of-box options for the various device outputs.
There doesn't appear to be a unified "set" that retains the same
color scheme or other skin characteristics. But my biggest whine is
that RH10 treats the
Vendor post: I am a WebWorks reseller.
> What I see in WWP suggests that their coding will be
> truly "responsive" and flexible regardless of the device that
> displays the output. If I'm wrong here about either product, let me
> know. That's what I'm trying to determine.
The information
Yep, in other words, just like RH Multiscreen output.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Feb 11, 2013, at 11:29 AM, "David Shaked" wrote:
> Vendor post: I am a WebWorks reseller.
>
>> What I see in WWP
Without going into too much detail (probably already too late for that
statement?) I believe what you are seeing is actually an *opportunity* to
customize, not a requirement.
Media Query (CSS3 option) allows for formatting based on the device being used
to display.
You can define as many or
I did not find Flare's FrameMaker import clean enough to go directly
to an output format.
http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=10=13473
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 6:38 AM, Art Campbell wrote:
> I'd go with MIF2GO (first choice) or
>
> Flare... Flare links to FM files nicely for single
At 11:00 AM 2/10/2013, you wrote:
So I plan to switch to WWP. It fixes the rendering bug with RoboHelp
9 output in IE8 and the output looks much better than what we've
been getting from RoboHelp.
I'm about ready to switch to WWP from RoboHelp, too. I uprgraded to
TechCommSuite 4 a couple
At 11:00 AM 2/10/2013, you wrote:
>So I plan to switch to WWP. It fixes the rendering bug with RoboHelp
>9 output in IE8 and the output looks much better than what we've
>been getting from RoboHelp.
I'm about ready to switch to WWP from RoboHelp, too. I uprgraded to
TechCommSuite 4 a couple
Actually, there is a call similar to that:
http://server/help
path/wwhelp/wwhimpl/api.htm?context=groupnametopic=TopicAlias
string
groupname is a string you need to specify for merged help. It's kind
of weird that it's required when you're not merging help, but no big
deal. Web help URLs often
Actually, there is a call similar to that:
http:wwhelp/wwhimpl/api.htm?context==
is a string you need to specify for merged help. It's kind
of weird that it's required when you're not merging help, but no big
deal. Web help URLs often look pretty gnarly.
So I plan to switch to WWP. It
We've encountered JavaScript bugs in Internet Explorer 8 that break
the TOC and search in RoboHelp 9's WebHelp output.
We could fix that by upgrading to TCS 4, but that would cost $800, so
I might as well look at other options for generating web help from
unstructured FM.
I've got MIF2Go so I'm
I'll give WebWorks ePublisher a try.
http://www.indoition.com/online-help-authoring-tools-survey.htm says
it costs $795 a year, does the license actually expire?
The subscription expires, but you can still use the software. You just don't
get the four upgrades/year or access to direct
I use Mif2Go. It's complicated to set up, but once it's set up there is
no clean-up afterwards. It's also relatively inexpensive. I had a
consultant set it up for me, and I've been using it ever since. The
consultant was Steve Wiseman (swise...@context.co.il or +972-2-999-7816).
Regards,
I must correct myself. When you purchase a *perpetual* license, you can
continue to use ePublisher after your subscription is done.
I recommend that you contact WebWorks' sales department so that you can discuss
your particular needs with them.
Nadine
I'll give WebWorks ePublisher a try.
On Mon, 4 Feb 2013 15:11:28 -0800, Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com
wrote:
We've encountered JavaScript bugs in Internet Explorer 8 that break
the TOC and search in RoboHelp 9's WebHelp output.
We could fix that by upgrading to TCS 4, but that would cost $800, so
I might as well look at
On 2013-02-05 00:11, Robert Lauriston wrote:
We've encountered JavaScript bugs in Internet Explorer 8 that break
the TOC and search in RoboHelp 9's WebHelp output.
We could fix that by upgrading to TCS 4, but that would cost $800, so
I might as well look at other options for generating web help
I hadn't tried generating web help with WebWorks in a long time. It's
very slick. The output looks very professional.
They handle context-sensitive help calls in a way I haven't seen
before. The output contains an HTML file for each TopicAlias marker,
so you can call it with help path/topicalias
Yes, the Firefox issues are definitely related to the oddities of our
application. The help is served by Tomcat without Apache, it's https,
the help is on a different port than some of the calls ... not a
plain-vanilla environment by any means.
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Jeremy H. Griffith
This is a web application, https being served by Tomcat.
We've encountered browser-version-specific RoboHelp rendering bugs
with MSIE, Firefox, and Chrome. Typically if I test the help on an
Apache server it works fine, so the only way for me to troubleshoot
the issues and test potential fixes is
Once I get the output customized as necessary, I shouldn't need
support, though we do need to support new browsers.
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 4:36 AM, Johan Anglemark johan.anglem...@iar.com wrote:
No it doesn't, but when your year is out you no longer get the quarterly
software updates from them
> I'll give WebWorks ePublisher a try.
> http://www.indoition.com/online-help-authoring-tools-survey.htm says
> it costs $795 a year, does the license actually expire?
The subscription expires, but you can still use the software. You just don't
get the four upgrades/year or access to direct
I use Mif2Go. It's complicated to set up, but once it's set up there is
no clean-up afterwards. It's also relatively inexpensive. I had a
consultant set it up for me, and I've been using it ever since. The
consultant was Steve Wiseman (swiseman at context.co.il or +972-2-999-7816).
Regards,
I must correct myself. When you purchase a *perpetual* license, you can
continue to use ePublisher after your subscription is done.
I recommend that you contact WebWorks' sales department so that you can discuss
your particular needs with them.
Nadine
>> I'll give WebWorks ePublisher a try.
On Mon, 4 Feb 2013 15:11:28 -0800, Robert Lauriston
wrote:
>We've encountered JavaScript bugs in Internet Explorer 8 that break
>the TOC and search in RoboHelp 9's WebHelp output.
>
>We could fix that by upgrading to TCS 4, but that would cost $800, so
>I might as well look at other options for
On 2013-02-05 12:08, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote:
> To be clear, the only issue with Firefox you have reported to us is
> with invoking OmniHelp from a Web application. This has never been
> reported by anyone else, and cannot be duplicated here... We use
> OmniHelp in FireFox all the time.
In
On 2013-02-05 00:11, Robert Lauriston wrote:
> We've encountered JavaScript bugs in Internet Explorer 8 that break
> the TOC and search in RoboHelp 9's WebHelp output.
>
> We could fix that by upgrading to TCS 4, but that would cost $800, so
> I might as well look at other options for generating
I hadn't tried generating web help with WebWorks in a long time. It's
very slick. The output looks very professional.
They handle context-sensitive help calls in a way I haven't seen
before. The output contains an HTML file for each TopicAlias marker,
so you can call it with /.html. Though
for my
Yes, the Firefox issues are definitely related to the oddities of our
application. The help is served by Tomcat without Apache, it's https,
the help is on a different port than some of the calls ... not a
plain-vanilla environment by any means.
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Jeremy H. Griffith
This is a web application, https being served by Tomcat.
We've encountered browser-version-specific RoboHelp rendering bugs
with MSIE, Firefox, and Chrome. Typically if I test the help on an
Apache server it works fine, so the only way for me to troubleshoot
the issues and test potential fixes is
Once I get the output customized as necessary, I shouldn't need
support, though we do need to support new browsers.
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 4:36 AM, Johan Anglemark
wrote:
> No it doesn't, but when your year is out you no longer get the quarterly
> software updates from them if you don't renew.
We've encountered JavaScript bugs in Internet Explorer 8 that break
the TOC and search in RoboHelp 9's WebHelp output.
We could fix that by upgrading to TCS 4, but that would cost $800, so
I might as well look at other options for generating web help from
unstructured FM.
I've got MIF2Go so I'm
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