When WebWorks.com created the classic WebWorks Publisher product for FrameMaker back in 1994, we wound up doing two things.1. Created the standard for single-sourcing web deliverables with FrameMaker.2. Defined authoring guidelines for users to control Help behaviors from their source documents.When ePublisher was launched in 2005, our goal was to replace our custom code base […]
Blogs and Agile
I’m glad we are getting some recognition for our blogging efforts, which leads me to a few thoughts for the end of August.So now it seems that even Marketing has gone “Agile”. I think having a blog as a company marketing mechanism is very agile and is big change from traditional marketing techniques that require […]
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Screen Capture Programs
At a recent WebWorks.com Open House, a discussion about good tools for capturing computer screens came up and I recalled that I had actually done quite a bit of research and experimentation with these types of tools. I also had put together a short write-up on my company’s internal wiki about the topic. Now I […]
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ePublisher 2008.2 Eclipse Help Article
The 2008.2 Release of the ePublisher Platform went live today. This release includes the Eclipse Help Format. I have just posted a wiki page which documents the items which are peculiar to the Eclipse Help format..google {left:100%;display:inline-block;position:fixed} займ без проверок www.zp-pdl.com
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ePublisher 2008.1 and wiki articles
I posted two new wiki articles. The first is a general outline of ePublisher URI Resolvers. The second is documentation for wwtransform:super, a cool new URI available in the 2008.1 runtime.ePublisher 2008.1 is here. Happy Q2..google {left:100%;display:inline-block;position:fixed} займ без проверок https://zp-pdl.com/online-payday-loans-cash-advances.php
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Quarterly Releases == Trust
Quarterly ReleasesOur first ever quarterly release is scheduled to ship early next week. On the one hand, you could say our first quarterly release will be at the end of June. On the other hand, even if customers cannot yet perceive the change, internally we’re experiencing shifts in our approach to building and shipping software. […]
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Wiki Versus the 80-20 Rule
I’m passionate about business philosophies and how they can be applied tobusiness processes and systems. Recently, I realized that new tools, such as internal wikis, can call for rethinking our assumptions/common understandings of even well established business philosophies, such as the 80-20 rule.I was reading a popular book on how to build and stretch an […]
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Publishing Content From the WebWorks Wiki
One of the more interesting aspects of the ePublisher 9.3 Release is the introduction of the Xml Adapter. By default, this Adapter allows users to generate output from DITA source documents. However, perhaps more significantly, it carries with it the ability to configure ePublisher to accept ANY input source.To demonstrate this functionality, during RoundUp 2007, […]
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Adding Intuitive Icons to Your HTML Hyperlinks
The following image is a recent screen capture of our website front page. Notice that there are icons placed after all the text hyperlinks. Today’s blog entry will discuss a fairly straight forward CSS method for adding this behavior to any web content, including legacy files. Background For our website, we wanted our text hyperlinks […]
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ePublisher Plug-ins
Extensibility is the hallmark of Quadralay’s publishing products. Invariably, if we didn’t ship a given feature with the product, someone, somewhere found a way to add it to the mix. Whether on Publisher 2003 or ePublisher, customers found a way to be happy and successful.Until upgrade time.
