Re: Intranet based operations manual - software to create?

[James / Hans Kunz]

it seems you are creating a manual in form of webpages, so adobe's  
dreamwaver (top of the class) bbedit (share ware) page spinner (share  
ware) or any other app that can create webpages (m$ word has some  
capabilities as well)
for auto update you have to go a step higher & use databases like  
MYSQL & scripting with java or php to connected to your webpage, or  
when you update use always the same url & file name (which deletes  
the old file & puts the updated one in place)

cheers James

On 31/12/2008, at 18:35, Steven Knowles wrote:

Hoping for some informed suggestions on the best software  
application to use for the Mac platform.


I want to set up an instruction manual for staff. It needs to be  
accessible by staff from anywhere, potentially a big number of  
them, so delivery via the web makes sense. Writing the manual using  
html would enable me to make use of hyperlinks for user friendly  
navigation and cross referencing. Does anyone know of any software  
which makes writing such a manual easy? I've pondered basic web  
authoring software, but I need something that will do things like  
automatically number sections and clauses, automatically update  
cross references, hyperlinks, etc. A layered security feature (to  
stipulate access levels by user or groups) would be a useful feature.


Someone has suggested utilising ProjectForum www.projectforum.com>. Would this achieve what I want? Any better  
options?


As well as the above need, I have a document which is divided into  
a number of clauses. I want to create the document with some  
software which will not only automatically number clauses  
(obviously a basic Word processor will do this), but will  
automatically update references or links to other areas or clauses  
of the document should another clause be inserted or deleted. To  
clarify by example, let's say I have created a document which  
contains clauses numbered 1 to 10. Let's say clause 9 makes  
reference to clause 1. Later, I insert a new clause at the  
beginning of the document, so that the new clause becomes clause 1,  
and the old clause 1 becomes clause 2. What I want is that the  
original reference within clause 9 to clause 1 is automatically  
updated to become a reference to clause 2. Hope that makes sense.


Any tips or thoughts appreciated. Freeware / open source  
applications ideal, but will buy commercially for better solutions.


Cheers, Steven

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Intranet based operations manual - software to create?

[Steven Knowles]

Hoping for some informed suggestions on the best software application  
to use for the Mac platform.


I want to set up an instruction manual for staff. It needs to be  
accessible by staff from anywhere, potentially a big number of them,  
so delivery via the web makes sense. Writing the manual using html  
would enable me to make use of hyperlinks for user friendly navigation  
and cross referencing. Does anyone know of any software which makes  
writing such a manual easy? I've pondered basic web authoring  
software, but I need something that will do things like automatically  
number sections and clauses, automatically update cross references,  
hyperlinks, etc. A layered security feature (to stipulate access  
levels by user or groups) would be a useful feature.


Someone has suggested utilising ProjectForum . Would this achieve what I want? Any better options?


As well as the above need, I have a document which is divided into a  
number of clauses. I want to create the document with some software  
which will not only automatically number clauses (obviously a basic  
Word processor will do this), but will automatically update references  
or links to other areas or clauses of the document should another  
clause be inserted or deleted. To clarify by example, let's say I have  
created a document which contains clauses numbered 1 to 10. Let's say  
clause 9 makes reference to clause 1. Later, I insert a new clause at  
the beginning of the document, so that the new clause becomes clause  
1, and the old clause 1 becomes clause 2. What I want is that the  
original reference within clause 9 to clause 1 is automatically  
updated to become a reference to clause 2. Hope that makes sense.


Any tips or thoughts appreciated. Freeware / open source applications  
ideal, but will buy commercially for better solutions.


Cheers, Steven

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