Well this is really above my pay scale but thought I'd chime in to stir the brainstorm.
Check out Xataface. The author has an example of a simple blog. If you could utilize the WYSIG field for content, then somehow (black magic and slick query) grab the content and print to pdf, you may have a winner. Perhaps creating views by author may help in the mix. Let the laughter begin :) Eric On Aug 8, 2012, at 8:57 PM, Sean Phelan wrote: > Joe, > > I imagine there are many, many ways to approach this challenge, of course. > > My take on this is that the hard part isn't the PDF generation, but the > content management, structure, and process you'll need to put together for > getting people to edit/manage their info in a way that you can combine. > > Assuming you have that part under control (or reasonably so), I'd give PDFTK > a whirl and see if it could be coaxed into creating what you want from the > data: > > http://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/ > > Disclaimer ... PDFTK probably won't help you convert the content into PDF, > but could help you arrange it. > > If people are really starting with doc and text files, maybe they could print > them to PDF and just put them in the right place for your book builder to > pick up? > > I'm thinking PDFCreator for this : > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ > > Although most of the office tools let you export to PDF natively nowadays. > > Let us know what you come up with! > > Good luck, > > Sean P > > On 8/8/2012 8:02 PM, Joseph Apuzzo wrote: >> I work with a group of people and support one of 8+ complex HPC applications. >> We in turn work with 10-30 developers and 100 releases etc. etc. >> >> So we have a pile of information that needs to be shared. Thus most of this >> information is in a simple Wiki >> But the server is corporate control and due to me migrated to some new Lotus >> project etc etc. ( you know were that ends ) >> >> So I was thinking of moving the data to a local server that only our >> department needs access to. >> It needs to be accessed via standard web browser, sharing a txt or doc file >> is not going to work. >> Here is the real question, is there a web application that in effect a group >> of people could use to create a "book" >> That is each team create a section on there own product etc. then this >> information could be rendered as a PDF? >> >> As a PDF all users could then have an offline version and would be >> accessible via any OS or device ( like a pad etc ) >> Every time I Google this, for book or manual it gives me books or manuals on >> web servers, not servers or applications that can create a pdf document. >> A good example would be FLOSS Manuals, but it's not apparent what software >> they run or how to duplicate it. >> >> Help! >> >> -- >> /** Joe Apuzzo >> ** Call: KD2AKU >> ** PGP/GPG: key ID BB5C7 >> **/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group >> http://mhvlug.org >> http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug >> >> >> Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College >> Sep 5 - OpenStack >> Oct 3 - Mobile Web Development >> Nov 7 - Typography: Physical Art to Digital Art >> > > -- > Sean Phelan > (321) 698-7987 > <sequoia_2012_sig.jpg> > http://www.SitesBySequoia.com > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Sep 5 - OpenStack > Oct 3 - Mobile Web Development > Nov 7 - Typography: Physical Art to Digital Art
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