[Framers] Using Frame as a little CMS

Robert Lauriston robert at lauriston.com
Fri Apr 22 09:03:18 PDT 2016


Have you looked at InsetPlus?

http://www.weststreetconsulting.com/WSC_InsetPlus.htm

On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 8:57 AM, Tornquist, Patti
<patti.tornquist at teamquest.com> wrote:
> We are using insets for reuse (and we use unstructured FM12).  So for content that is used in multiple places, we make it into a text inset and then we can edit in one place and use it in multiple places.
>
> We log the insets in a spreadsheet by fm file name, topic title, writer, and last change date, and then we regularly run a book of books to identify text insets and determine if we're missing any in the spreadsheet.
>
> We have two main problems:
> - There is no way, other than our spreadsheet, to see where the text insets are used.  So if inset A is used in book A, B, and C, we can't tell that other than through the spreadsheet. You can't click the text inset and see where it's used.
> - Also, if we need to find information and we search the book or books for that string, we can't find it as text insets aren't searchable.


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