Flare vs DITA

[Writer]

Gillian, I'm really unclear why you think you need to get someone to write scripts for you. Getting a PDF from FM with or without Dita FMx is not hard. Time-consuming, but not hard. I haven't looked at the new output capabilities in FM 12, but they give you other options. As you already know, WebWorks ePublisher allows you to process DITA into PDF and HTML. The PDF output can be challenging, but you shouldn't need to hire anyone to write scripts. There are other tools, too, for processing Dita, but I'm not familiar with them.
What is your required output? What are you challenges? Do you need to get up and running faster than you have time to learn how to create output? Do you need a better way of managing your content?
I'd be happy to work with you offline to show you how to create PDFs from FM.
Nadine
 
      From: Gillian Flato <gill6034 at comcast.net>
 To: Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com> 
Cc: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> 
 Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 1:20 PM
 Subject: Re: Flare vs DITA
   
Thanks everyone.

Sorry I wasn’t clear. I’ve used DITA for about two years authoring with Oxygen and EasyDITA. I outsourced my script writing to a third party. That’s the problem with DITA. To get the docs and help to look professional, you have to outsource script writing and that’s expensive. 

I was looking for cheaper alternatives. I have used DITA-FMx and I may go that route.

I just wanted to know of Flare was a better alternative to structured Frame with DITA-FMx

Thanks
Gillian


> On Apr 13, 2015, at 9:08 AM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com> wrote:
> 
> You can write topics with any tool, but Flare sort of forces you to,
> since the source is one file per topic (at least down to some heading
> level).
> 
> Flare templates are extremely customizable.
> 
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Gillian Flato <gill6034 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> How does Flare compare to DITA? It seems like you get all of the advantages of topic-baesd authoring, without having to have someone write scripts for you. Has anyone tried modifying their templates? How easy or difficult is that. How is their help file making product?

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