Here are some answers, inline; On Saturday, August 3, 2013, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Aug 2013 08:57:56 -0400, John Sgammato < > john.sgamm...@actifio.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > >I am using FM11 unstructured with Mif2Go to populate a SalesForce > >Knowledge knowledgebase. SalesForce Knowledge is a relatively new > >offering from SaleForce, much better than their older knowledgebase > >product. Ultimately this will involve hundreds of individual topics so > >I want to automate as much of it as I can. > >I have talked to Rick Quatro about this, but there are some other bits > >where I'd appreciate some ideas. > > > >To populate the knowledge base: > >1. I must generate individual HTML files from the FM content and store > >them in a single folder. > > That's the default result. > > >2. The SalesForce importer reads a .csv file to get location and other > >info about the content. > > > >The .CSV file looks like this: > >isMasterLanguage,Title.File,datacategorygroup.Products,Channels,Language > >1,Forcing Expiry of a Backup Image,/articles/en_US/doc/ab1101973.htm > >PAS_51,sites,en_US > >1,Restoring Selected > Files,/articles/en_US/doc/ab1101043.htm,PAS_51,sites,en_US > > Are the first, fourth, fifth, and sixth columns the same > for all files, or do they vary too? If they vary, is there > a rule that describes what they need to be, for your project? 1,4,5,&6 are the same for all files > > >For this release, I need only the procedures; conceptual information > >can come in the future. (I have it, but I do not want to use it in the > >knowledge base until I do some more development work on it.) > > > >After I generate all the HTML files, I somehow need to get a list of > >the filenames for the third column of the .csv, and I'd love a way to > >get the Title of the topic into the second column. > > We can probably write a CSV file with that info for each > Frame chapter, then just concatenate them for the full book. > > >My plan is to go through the 6 books that will get this treatment and > >apply a new marker to all of the topics that I want for the knowledge > >base. > > Please don't. Not only is it a large effort, it is not > necessary from your description above. The guaranteed > unique filenames we create will work. Yours would be > absolutely guaranteed **not** to be unique, There is > a reason we warn against this. OK - markers are out > > >I know how to set the HTML file title = that marker, but I am afraid > >that in the end I will have many surplus files, and they will all have > >autogenerated filenames like ab1101973.htm. > > Even worse. > > >Is there a way to automatically set the output *filenames* to match > >the titles? I understand it's a Bad Idea in case I have multiple files > >with the same title, but I will be doing enough post-processing to > >catch and fix that. > > There actually is; we undocumented it for a while > because of the large number of disasters reported > to us. There is *no way* to tell which files were > clobbered by others until *your* users complain > about the links going to the wrong places... > > >Is there a way to get only the topics I want and ignore the other > >content? > > How would you identify it? (Hint: **not** markers.) Suppose I create two new para formats, procedure looks like Heading2 and procedure-end is 1pt with nothing in them. Then Mif2go would know the start and end of each procedure? Xxxxx End of new comments xxxxx > > >I can start a new topic at every H1 and H2, and I can title > >the ones I want from the markers, but in the end I will have a bunch > >of files with near-identical filenames, right? Maybe I can send the > >topics with the markers into a different folder? > > No, that won't work. The right answer depends on > your answer to the question above. > > >I have some time to work on this, but not a lot - a major release will > >be upon me next week. > > Plenty of time, LOL! > > >I have a henchman in India who can help with the FM work, but he > >doesn't know Mif2Go yet. > > This may not be the best time for him to learn. ;-) > > >I appreciate any thoughts to set up a good, solid, reproducible > >process for this. > > A few answers, please, and we can probably provide one. <g> > > -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. > <jer...@omsys.com <javascript:;>> http://mif2go.com/ > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as > john.sgamm...@actifio.com<javascript:;> > . > > Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com <javascript:;>. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com <javascript:;> > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/john.sgammato%40actifio.com > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com <javascript:;>. > Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- *John Sgammato * Documentation Architect *e* john.sgamm...@actifio.com *w* +1-(508) 927-2083 *Recover anything instantly for up to 90% less than you're paying now.*
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