"THE WORKS" Newsletter - #6 - July 2007
elcome to the latest issue of THE WORKS, the WebWorks.com Newsletter. Over the last few months the WebWorks team has been working on the continuing development of our products and services, as well as our new branding and market focus. This week sees the launch of the new-look WebWorks.com Web site. On the services side we have also launched the most comprehensive maintenance program yet offered for our products.
Interest in the RoundUp Conference continues to grow with the program schedule now complete. We are delighted to be joined by representatives of companies such as Dell, Xerox, Symantec and more. We look forward to seeing you in Austin in November for two days that will increase your product knowledge, give you the opportunity to ask lots of questions, and of course offer a chance to network and have some fun too.
And look out for another major announcement from WebWorks soon.
Your Content. Your Way. Every Time.
-Tony McDow
WebWorks News
New Look WebWorks.com Launches
If you haven't yet checked it out, click on by to WebWorks.com and check out our new-look Web site.
The site has been completely redesigned and rewritten to reflect our new branding and focus. The new design is aimed at providing:
- Easy navigation - the floating menus on either side allow you to access any other page on the site directly, no matter where you are.
- The latest information on WebWorks.com products and services.
- More online technical assistance and documentation.
There is even more content in development, so check back regularly for updates and additions to the new WebWorks.com.
Every page on the new-look WebWorks.com site carries a Made With the ePublisher Platform button and logo. Yes, we used our own products to build this site. Content was written in a mix of FrameMaker, MS-Word, and a selection of DITA authoring tools by contributors from across the company. The ePublisher Platform was then used to combine that content and deliver HTML pages predefined to conform with the new appearance and layout.
WebWorks Offers New Full-Service Maintenance Option
As part of our growing and continuing commitment to provide our customers with the best possible service, WebWorks.com is pleased to announce the creation of a brand-new Full-Service Maintenance Program for the ePublisher Platform.
The new Full-Service Maintenance Program will give participants an unprecedented level of support and access never before offered for any ePublisher products.
Quadralay Celebrates 15 Years in Business
On July 6 Quadralay Corporation celebrated the 15th anniversary of its incorporation. Since the very beginning Quadralay has been involved in many different aspects of online delivery and Internet infrastructure. Quadralay was one of the original commercial licensees of NCSA Mosaic, and was an early pioneer of the World Wide Web and its related technologies. Ever since, we've remained passionate about applying Internet technologies and ePublishing solutions to help our customers achieve their business goals.
If you've ever wondered where "Quadralay" came from, our most excellent name was chosen when our founder found himself sitting among a pile of hard drives and corn chips: Quadra hard drives, and Frito-Lay corn chips!
WebWorks and Adobe FrameMaker 8.0
As you may already be aware our partners at Adobe Systems recently announced the launch of FrameMaker 8.0. Many of our customers have been asking if they will be able to use ePublisher with the new version of FrameMaker. The WebWorks.com and Adobe teams continue to work together to make sure that ePublisher is an essential component in FrameMaker-based multi-channel publishing solution. The WebWorks team has been working with FrameMaker 8.0 since early in the Beta development phase. We continue to work with it in our test suite. Once we are confident that the transition to FM8 for existing ePublisher customers can be made with minimum impact, we will announce a release schedule on our Web site and in our newsletter.
WebWorks Webinar Series
Just Sytems / XMetaL Joint Webinar
On July 24 we will be teaming with our partners at JustSystems for a special webinar on Using DITA for UA: Multi-Channel Publishing Made Easy.
User assistance encompasses a range of output formats, including printed manuals, catalogs or training materials, Web site content, online help systems, and Web-based tutorials. By moving to the structured architecture provided by DITA, you can improve your content-development process and take advantage of the flexibility that XML source allows for multi-channel publishing.
In this webinar, we will discuss the advantages of moving to DITA for delivering UA content to multiple formats, audiences, and languages. Attend this session to learn:
- How your current UA content-development process can be improved.
- How practical is creating and editing user documents in DITA?
- What the high-level process is for moving to DITA.
- How to optimize your source for multiple multi-channel publishing.
- How to easily and quickly generate the output formats you need.
Click the link below to register:
WebWorks RoundUp 2007 Conference Update
Full Schedule now Finalized
The full conference schedule for the RoundUp 2007 Conference is now available.
Speakers from companies such as Accu-Med, Apex, DELL, Quest, Symantec, Unica, and Xerox will speak on a variety of subjects including:
- Benefits of single sourcing.
- Controlling help-specific features.
- Customizing skins.
- Localization.
- Meeting new industry standards.
- Merging structured and unstructured content into an online deliverable.
- Publishing online deliverables from DITA content.
The second day of the conference will start with a special presentation by The Content Wrangler himself, Scott Abel, on the impact of Web2.0 technologies on technical communications.
Click here to check out the full schedule and session descriptions for both User and WebWorks tracks.
Early Registration Open
If you haven't yet registered for RoundUp 2007 you can do so at the SUMMER DISCOUNT price of $795.
Rooms at the Stephen F. Austin hotel are very popular and are going fast, so we'd encourage you to sign up as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Registration is available now on-line or phone. - Call 1-877-6-WEBWORKS
WebWorks.com On The Road
Upcoming Events
- September 17-19, CIDM Best Practices, Atlanta, GA.
