FM8 HTML output

[Yves Barbion]

Better news is also that the new ePublisher platform (2008.2) has improved A
LOT:

   - Better UI
   - Good DITA support (with the DITA Open Toolkit integrated)
   - Better documentation (Help) and a wealth of valuable information on the
   WebWorks site (videos, wiki Help Center...)
   - The ability to handle "mixed content" as input: not only "unstructured"
   FrameMaker files, but also DITA maps and even W*rd files. Surely, only 1
   "input adapter" is included when you buy ePublisher and you have buy the
   additional ones, but at least you have this option.
   - Better configuration: 1 ePublisher Pro to design "stationery" (style
   sheets) and a number of ePublisher Express licenses to generate output,
   using the stationery.
   - A number of "themes" included by default.

So, Bruce, if you develop templates for the writers of your techpubs group,
I think the new ePublisher platform is well worth the investment.
Admittedly, you'll have to redesign your ePublisher "templates", but you'll
get a lot in return. And the tech writers can use Express and your
stationery to generate their output.

You can always request an evaluation version and compare it with MIF2Go
(which is great too) and RoboHelp.

-- 
Yves Barbion • Managing Director Scripto • Adobe-Certified FrameMaker
Instructor
www.scripto.nu • skype: yves.barbion • T: +32 494 12 01 89


On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 10:53 PM, Combs, Richard
<richard.combs at polycom.com>wrote:

> <bruce.macarthur at vsea.com>
> OK, I've got bad news, worse news, and then better news for you. :-)
>
> Bad: WebWorks Publisher is long dead. You'd have to switch to its
> replacement, ePublisher Pro.
>
> Worse: ePublisher Pro is very different from WWP -- an xml-based
> solution with a non-trivial learning curve. Your WWP macro language
> skills don't transfer. Old WWP licenses no longer qualify for an upgrade
> price. And it costs an arm and a leg.
>
> Better: If you have to buy new FM licenses anyway, you should seriously
> consider the Adobe Technical Communication Suite instead. It includes
> versions of FM and RoboHelp that are tightly integrated (or so I'm told;
> we're still looking into it here, but are likely to upgrade to the suite
> soon).
>
> IMHO, YMMV, etc.
>
> Richard
>
>
> Richard G. Combs
> Senior Technical Writer
> Polycom, Inc.
> richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
> 303-223-5111
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