Styles for tags
These pieces occasionally allude to the option to use the style sheet to specify rules for elements with specific tags. We generally do not recommend that you use such rules. However, this piece will discuss some … Read More
CMS
Good practices for translations in DoX CMS
At this time, the contents in different languages in DoX CMS are managed fully independently. For this reason, contents must be prepared accordingly in the source language before they are sent out to be translated. When … Read More
Default Workflow for DoX CMS
Structured authoring alongside the systems that support it constitute a process with multiple steps. Despite how the details of this process can differ based on the needs of each enterprise, systems have their built-in default workflows. … Read More
User-Controlled Conditioned Manuals
When I attended the 2022 Vakki symposium, I discussed the means to increase how usable documents are with the presenters after one of the presentations there. Specifically, the topic was how to target content batter according … Read More
The Limits of CSS and the Importance of Element Classes
Since I last published an article here, I have encountered several situations where the styling options afforded by CSS have proven insufficient to meet the demand. Such situations can often be resolved with the help of … Read More
Recommended Additions to Stylesheets
I started the year by writing a stylesheet to a new customer of ours. Since I have spent a little over a year studying what CSS lets you do, I had a chance to make some … Read More
How to Add Footnotes and Endnotes
The proper means to do footnotes has proven rather more complex than I expected – and there are surprisingly few resources to help with the issue. As such, I figured that I should write about the … Read More
DoX CMS and the Secrets of Controlling Views
The more I use DoX CMS, the more convinced I grow of the notion that the implemenation for controlling different views is a major strength of the system. This implementation does benefit from practice and anticipatory … Read More
DoX CMS and the Secrets of Controlling Translations
Of late, I have been contacted several times about the details of how translations operate in DoX CMS. ‘Tis the season, I suppose. It is also understandable that how this part of the system operates would … Read More
Introducing Students of Technical Communication to DoX CMS
Last month, we had a chance to get co-operation between DoX Systems and the staff teaching communication studies for the marketing and communication unit for the University of Vaasa started. For now, such co-operation has involved … Read More