[Framers] Using Frame as a little CMS

[Robert Lauriston]

I've never used it.

On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 9:15 AM, Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Robert, are you using this, or just knew about it?
> _____________
> And, it does look as if it requires structured Fm, but the web site (quick
> perusal) doesn't say what kind of structure is required/supported.
>
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Tornquist, Patti
> <patti.tornquist at teamquest.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yes and it looks excellent, but it only works with structured Frame.
>>
>> The jump from unstructured to structured Frame is quite significant.
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: robert.lauriston at gmail.com <robert.lauriston at gmail.com> on behalf of
>> Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com>
>> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 12:03 PM
>> To: Tornquist, Patti; framers at lists.frameusers.com
>> Subject: Re: [Framers] Using Frame as a little CMS
>>
>> 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.