[Framers] Best practices for multiple users

[Robert Lauriston]

If you're using Git, then you might want to create a wiki page where
people can informally check files out and in.

On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 12:41 PM, Cheryl Magadieu <cmagadieu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks. Unfortunately, we are using Git, so we can't lock the files.
>
> Cheryl
>
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 3:31 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The target document has to be open. If the other writer is working on
>> the target file, you could put in "add x-ref" placeholders and add
>> them later.
>>
>> Are you using a source control system such as Subversion? That helps
>> avoid problems. You check out the files you need to work on and check
>> them back in when you're done. While you have a file checked out, it's
>> locked so no one else can accidentally write to it. (Most source
>> control systems except Git have locks.)
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 12:15 PM, Cheryl Magadieu <cmagadieu at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I work at a small company, and there are two of us who are using
>> > FrameMaker. At the moment, we are both working on the same book; each of
>> us
>> > has about 6 chapters. This is the first time we've worked on the same
>> book
>> > at the same time.
>> >
>> > The challenge we've run into is how to make the workflow easier when we
>> > have to create cross-references from one chapter to another. Some of the
>> > chapters will have cross-references to most of the other chapters in the
>> > book. Is there a way to do this without modifying both Document A (which
>> > has the cross-reference) Document B (the document the cross-ref is
>> pointing
>> > point to)? When I add a cross-ref from Document A to Document B, it looks
>> > like FrameMaker inserts a cross-ref marker in Document B. If I don't save
>> > that change to Document B and then update the book references later, do I
>> > then have to manually fix the cross-reference? Maybe we're overlooking
>> > something obvious--is there a better way to share files and work on
>> > cross-references?
>> >
>> > I should mention that the FrameMaker files are not on a network drive, as
>> > our manager does not like that approach.
>> >
>> > We would appreciate any recommendations for making this easier.