FM + CMS + SMEs w/o $$$?

[jackdeland at comcast.net]

Ideally, we would have a system that keeps chunks of info that I could let others access (with versioning), then I would output the chunks into Frame files and/or RoboHelp. 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Coatsworth" <jeff.coatsworth at jonassoftware.com> 
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com 
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 4:11:21 PM 
Subject: RE: FM + CMS + SMEs w/o $$$? 


IMHO FM's got an awful steep learning curve for just word processing - I'd be inclined to just keep them on Word and have them submit docs to you. Or go to something wiki-like (& cheap) like Confluence. 


From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of jackdeland at comcast.net 
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 1:58 PM 
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com 
Subject: FM + CMS + SMEs w/o $$$? 



All, 

I have been tasked with finding a way to allow SME input directly into our publishing workflow. That is, the developers and managers would be able to edit text and add graphics to our source files. I want to keep FrameMaker as the publishing engine. I'm thinking a CMS would be in order, but the company is aghast at the thought of spending more than 10K a year on "word processing". I basically need functionality something like Author-it that ties into Frame. I could do single-sourcing with RH (we have TCS3.5). I'm thinking we would have 3 developers at a time who might be using the system, plus me. That's a budget of $2500 or less per year per user. 

Can anyone point me toward some current resources here? 

Thanks, 

Jack DeLand 

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