How to deploy our systems
We support our users though the whole deployment process for our systems. Together with you, we ensure that you know the best practices from the start, even if structured authoring, for example, is novel to you. … Read More
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CSS variables and calculations in support of documentation
The earlier update to the DocRaptor pipeline used by DoX CMS allows you to use CSS variables and calculations with it when you compile PDF publications. The other publication formats which are compatible with these functions … Read More
The other fields in the text editor: shortdesc, prolog, and sections
A topic in DoX CMS contains parts other than just its title and the content field. In this piece, I will discuss how to use the other fields. They are Shortdesc This field lies immediately below … Read More
How to assemble multilanguage publications
We just updated DoX CMS to version 8.5. This came with a new feature that you can use to publish documents with content in more than one language. In this piece, I will discuss considerations related … Read More
Attributes for selectors in style sheets
You can use any identifiers for selectors in style sheets. Usually, this involves ID values or classes such as .dita-title.However, you can also use other attributes similarly. Because tags and element classes in DoX CMS are … Read More
The benefits when you apply general features
I remember when a Russian lecturer for a university course on international communication joked that ‘Everything in Finland works but nothing can be done about anything, whereas in Russia, nothing works but you can make anything … Read More
How to adapt the WebHelp template for mobile use
You can use DoX CMS to publish online content in the WebHelp format which applies a predefined frame to HTML content. I have previously discussed how you can adjust the appearance of this frame here. Here, … Read More
Internal documentation in DoX and on DoX
I discussed how to research how your predecessors used DoX CMS if they left no internal documentation behind in an earlier piece. As I stated there, internal documentation on the conventions at play is essential. This … Read More
How to adapt the WebHelp template
One publishing format that DoX CMS supports is WebHelp. They are HTML publications which are set inside a template that shows the table of contents together with one topic at a time. The template was originally … Read More
A checklist for a new user in an old environment
It is too often that I come across situations where the only technical writer in a company has changed and the new user was provided with zero internal documentation on how to use their copy of … Read More