There are plenty ways to polish things as you build and maintain an environment for structured authoring. One easily forgotten detail like this is your choice of the principles for how you name content, which provide … Read More
Fonts are a styling detail where the associated requirements can take many technical writers by surprise. Most of us are not graphic designers and as such, most of us are happy with the default options. They … Read More
Starting in 2026, the Finnish technical communication society (STVY) uses our DoX CMS system as part of their internal documentation. STVY also addressed this in a blog post. The reason that they chose us is how … Read More
Most users never participate in setting up covers. The rest must just add the occasional new conditional value to them. These circumstances make it all the more important to discuss how covers are made. This way, … Read More
Whether large language models are the greatest scam of our time or the next industrial revolution, they will prove rather unhelpful unless they have access to your own content. At the same time, there are few … Read More
Version 8.8 of DoX CMS includes notable changes to the underlying structure of titles and internal links. The table of contents will also reflect these changes. I will list these changes here and also address challenges … Read More
A risk that the use of systems for structured authoring involves is that the targets for internal links are not included in all publications which include those links. You can avoid this if you condition these … Read More
Version 8.7 of DoX CMS added the identifiers for the revisions of used publication templates to publications. In a previous piece, I discussed the changes to filtering in version 8.7. This time, I will show how … Read More
The new version 8.7 of DoX CMS added to the functionality of the filters used to control views considerably. The now allow you to set up standard views or workspaces which remain in use until you … Read More
Style sheets are not merely a means to define layouts for finished publications. You may use distinct styles to highlight parts which are relevant for preview purposes. The layout rules need not be limited to styling … Read More
