Mif2Go Developers

[Diane Gaskill]

Donna, Jerilynn, and Friends-of-Frame,

Along those same lines, a division of our parent company decided to use ArborText and wanted us to use it as well.  With the help of several FM experts and consultants who hang around this for fun :-) I created a spreadsheet with a detailed comparison of AT and FM.  For our business purposes, FM won, hands down. It would have been very difficult, time-consuming, and expensive to implement AT, particularly since our primary deliverables are PDFs on a CD.  While we are switching to structured FM and will eventually use a CMS to share XML files, FM still gives us the option of creating PDFs quickly and efficiently.  Not so with AT.  There are writers in my pubs dept who have used AIT and AT.  Their recommendations to me can be boiled down to a single word: "Don't."

Diane Gaskill
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-----Original Message-----
>From: "Lineberger, Donna" <Donna.Lineberger_contractor at datascantech.com>
>Sent: Feb 15, 2008 2:47 PM
>To: Diane Gaskill <dgcaller at earthlink.net>, Jerilynne Knight <jerilynne.knight at gmail.com>, Framer's List <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
>Subject: RE: Mif2Go Developers
>
>The company I work for has tried to go down the AuthorIT path this past
>year and it has NOT been pretty. We use FrameMaker mostly and will keep
>using it. From what I see with AuthorIT, I would not recommend it,
>especially if this is a new company for you. Good Luck!
>
>Donna Lineberger
>Educational Services
>DataScan Technologies
>5925 CabotParkway
>Alpharetta, GA 30005
>678-762-7147
>-----Original Message-----
>From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
>[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Diane Gaskill
>Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 4:32 PM
>To: Jerilynne Knight; Framer's List
>Subject: RE: Mif2Go Developers
>
>Hi Lin,
>
>AuthorIT is Word based.  Are you sure you want to get into that?
>
>Cheers,
>Diane
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
>[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com]On Behalf Of Jerilynne
>Knight
>Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 10:51 AM
>To: Framer's List
>Subject: OT: Mif2Go Developers
>
>
>Hello all you wonderful resources
>
>I have a potential project where Mif2Go development experience is needed
>and
>wondered what resources were available for that possibility. This would
>be
>for my new speaking/coaching company. To get basic stuff up and running
>I
>did things the "non single source way (I know, horrific thought!). Now
>that
>I have a basic site up and am starting on additional content and
>deliverable
>types, I am developing the content models, writing content and creating
>the
>FrameMaker templates to handle the upcoming projects and various things
>I'm
>doing.
>
>So, if any of you out there have background in this area, please do let
>me
>know!
>
>Off Off Topic: Although I know ya'll are FrameMaker users, I have heard
>some
>rumblings about using AuthorIT for this type of project, especially
>since
>I'm starting from scratch on the content. If you have pointers to
>articles
>or comparisons, I would appreciate that information too. I've been a
>FrameMaker user since 1992 and am very comfortable with it and, in
>general,
>know how to get it to do what I want it to do. AND want to make sure I
>stay
>informed.
>
>Thank you for your help.
>
>Have an awesome, passion-filled day
>
>jerilynne knight
>simpy written, inc. and
>passion...purpose...spirit
>317.508.2898 (cell)
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