Objective

After introducing the basic concepts and overviewing the templates included in WebWorks Publisher Professional Edition 7.0, this two-day course thoroughly covers all aspects of converting single-source FrameMaker books into various online formats. The course begins with an explanation of how to properly map and customize styles using the new Style Designer and then shows you how to implement your own corporate look-and-feel via the ASP pages along with how to create cross-platform and cross-browser help systems. At the end of this course, you will be able to quickly and easily implement the information you learned into your own ePublishing environment.

Topics

• Getting started with WebWorks Publisher Professional Edition.
• Learning how to map Paragraph, Character and Table styles.
• Generating HTML
• Customizing Paragraph, Character and Cross-Reference styles using the Style Designer.
• Controlling the output of FrameMaker Tables to HTML.
• Generating Dynamic HTML by implementing Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
• Overview of Macros and Building Blocks
• Customizing the look and feel of the output through ASP files.
• Building WebWorks Help 3.0

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Prerequisite

The user should have completed the FrameMaker Basic AND FrameMaker Advanced classes or equivalent experience and should also have a basic understanding of HTML.

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