ePublisher Platform - Summary

by Quadralay Corporation - Product Type: Application

Summary

ePublisher Platform by Quadralay Corporation

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Online and desktop publishing suite. ePublisher Platform is for writing groups that convert and deliver their online content. The Designer Plan consist of two components, ePublisher Pro for developing the look and feel of your online deliverables, and ePublisher Express for on-demand testing and quality assurance. The ePublisher Pro component is used to create, maintain, and deploy your ePublisher Stationery. The ePublisher Non-Designer Plan includes the ePublisher Express component that is used by your content developers to run reports, proof online output and deliver final online content. The ePublisher Platform Server is for writing groups that have frequent updates of their online content, would like to integrate online help deliverables into a software build, or want to utilize the power of a content management system. The ePublisher Server package gives full access to the powerful and flexible ePublisher AutoMap component.

ePublisher Platform: Create, Organize, Share Knowledge...Automatically

Key Features:

Easily convert and publish content between popular formats

Control the look and feel of your published content

Automatically publish large volumes of content

Key Benefits:

Reduces need for expensive conversion/publishing resources

Enables content publishing throughout your organization

Enforces brand/layout standards set by your organization

Solves challenges across the organization

The ePublisher platform allows individuals from any department to solve their information and publishing challenges. Whether creating policy manuals, technical documentation or reference material, ePublisher allows you to create your content in any format and publish it anyway you like.

Ideal for professionals in:

Technical Communication

Agile Development

Software Development

Human Resources/Operations

Marketing

The ePublisher platform:

Quickly produces web pages from a Microsoft Word document

Allow information to be published to a Wiki with no technical training

Supports conversion from: Microsoft Word, DITA, and Adobe FrameMaker inputs

Converts your content to these popular formats: PDF, HTML, 5 different Online Help formats, Mobile-Devices, and Wiki

ePublisher Pro - Design your deliverables

The ePublisher Pro component is used for designing, configuring, and maintaining the style and behavior of all your online formats at once within a single master project that systematically handles the deployment of your organization's shared stationery. As your business needs grow, this component makes it easy to propagate changes and updates throughout your entire organization. This component is only recommended for users involved with the creation and maintenance of your organization's shared stationery and who have received proper training in the use of the ePublisher platform.

Key Benefits

Multi-Channel Publishing - Create multiple format targets from within a single stationery to meet all your channel publishing needs (i.e., Web sites, help systems, printing, XML processing). In the future add additional formats as your needs evolve without restyling your stationery.

Full Styling Control - Selectively inherit or override every single layout and/or style property of your source authoring template using the built-in GUI, which is based on CSS2 standards.

Modify Existing Style and Behavior Control - Using the hierarchically organized built-in XSL files that constitute the complete publishing engine for each format, special requirements can be implemented in XSL or other standard scripting languages without creating complex migration and product upgrade challenges in the future.

Enable/Disable Online Features - Online features such as breadcrumbs, related topics, mini-TOCs, drop-down text, integrated PDF links, popup entries, and more can easily be specified using the built-in GUI.

Advanced Table Styling - Tables can inherit the styling and layout of your existing source documents or they can be easily modified to meet the special needs of your online publishing requirements.

Advanced Graphic Handling - Automatic scaling, resizing, maximum sizing, thumbnailing, and transforming of all your graphics can be easily enabled or disabled using the built-in GUI. All the graphic formats supported by your native authoring environment will be supported with the ability to transform them into any Web-ready graphic, including JPEG, GIF, and PNG.

Translation & Localization - Full multilingual text encoding and locale support can be enabled to target all your online readers throughout the world. This also includes full support for double-byte languages (such as Japanese, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese).

ePublisher Express - On demand publishing on your desktop

The ePublisher Express component is used for creating and deploying online publications directly from a user's desktop computer. This component is packaged with out-of-the-box integration for both Adobe FrameMaker and Microsoft Word authoring environments to allow users to easily proof their publications and identify invalid style formatting, 508 compliance issues, broken hyperlinking, and other document irregularities. Using your organization's shared stationery, style and format behavior updates can be automatically synchronized to a user's existing publication projects. This component is recommended for all users who need to either generate or proof their online publications directly from their computer, and requires only limited training for effective use.

Key Benefits

Ease of Use - ePublisher Express is very easy to use, allowing writers to continue writing in their editor of choice rather than learning new tools. In many cases, it's as simple as choosing to generate output from the WebWorks menu integrated into your editor.

Reporting - Reports inform writers about potential errors or other relevant information useful for increasing accuracy. Writers are informed of errors and can correct mistakes early in the process, eliminating the need for tedious reviews. Built-in reports include illegal style usage, hyperlinks, filenames, topic aliases, and accessibility compliance violations.

Stationery - ePublisher Express uses the same stationery created by ePublisher Pro, allowing reuse of all presentation work created by a designer. This further frees up writers to write and not be concerned with presentation issues.

Table Support - Supports advanced table styling properties.

Configurable UI - At installation time, the UI is configurable to either enable or disable condition, variable, and cross-reference panels. This provides managers the added flexibility of allowing writers to modify this information or to restrict the values to those specified in the stationery.

ePublisher AutoMap - Automap your publishing process

The ePublisher AutoMap component is used for creating and deploying online publications either from a dedicated server or a user's desktop computer. This component is ideal for creating lengthy publications that require the full processing power of a computer system and an e-mail notification to indicate when the publication is ready for use. In addition, this component can be used to extend the publishing capabilities of existing content management or version control systems. This component is recommended for users who need to schedule conversions to occur at times when they are not using their computer, or when creating server-based solutions that automatically create publications to meet specific organizational workflows.

Key Benefits

Scheduler - Built-in scheduler allows conversions to run any time or at repeated intervals. The scheduler works with the built-in Windows Task Scheduler so all login and permission issues are handled properly and securely.

Version Control Integration - Works with virtually any version control or content management system, enabling ePublisher AutoMap to adapt to your existing process.

E-mail Notification - Automatic e-mail notification alerts users when the job is complete or possible problems have occurred.

Deployment - Automatic deployment to Internet, intranet, file system, software build system, or any other location.

Publish all Targets at Once - Generate all or select targets from your stationery in a single job instance. Also, control and modify the deployment options, conditions, variables, and format settings on a per-target basis.

Scripting - Built-in script editor with environment variables allows for the creation of pre-generation and post-generation scripts for advanced document retrieval and deployment requirements.

Batch Operations - Create your own scripts and facilitate batch conversion operations using the feature-complete command line interface.

ePublisher is available in Designer, Non-designer and AutoMap licenses

ePublisher Designer includes:

License of ePublisher Pro

License of ePublisher Express

License for all Input Adapters (FrameMaker, Word, DITA-XML)

ePublisher Non-designer includes: (you must own at least one ePublisher Designer License in order to purhcase Non-designer Licenses)

License of ePublisher Express

License for all Input Adapters (FrameMaker, Word, DITA-XML)

ePublisher AutoMap Server includes:

License of ePublisher Pro

License of ePublisher Express

License of ePublisher AutoMap

License for all Input Adapters (FrameMaker, Word, DITA-XML)

ePublisher 2010 Highlights:

Per target designer settings that allow for even greater flexibility in single projects with multiple output formats.

Updates to FrameMaker and DITA-XML input adapters.

Improvements to MediaWiki output deployment.

Further development of ePublisher's PDF XSL-FO capability.

Upgrade protection and backwards compatibility.

Easy installation with reduced footprint.

ePublisher 2009 Improvements

All

Flexible, network-enabled licensing technology

Quick access to Format and Target customization folders

Improved performance when working with projects over network shares

Stationery now preserves user customizations separate from base files

FrameMaker

Text inset processing now correctly handles invalid XREFs returned from FrameMaker 8

Word

PDF bookmarks properly nested in all cases

Resolved invalid link issue for group level/merged PDFs

DITA

Improved style name mappings for DITA bookmaps

Lists within table cells now report correct level information

Formats:

All - By-reference image handling corrections related to scaling and translation

WebWorks Help 5.0 - Keeping pace with current browser security restrictions

Wiki - MediaWiki now correctly escapes all output (except for pass-through code, of course). MoinMoin deployment improvements to handle secure wiki configurations

Online and desktop publishing suite.

Pricing: ePublisher 2010 - 12 Months Subscription License (Time Limited License) Designer (Pro and Express) 12 Months Subscription Seat License for all Input Adapters (FrameMaker, Word, DITA-XML) - includes 12 months of Maintenance and Upgrades, ePublisher 2010 - 12 Months Subscription License (Time Limited License) Non-Designer (Express) 12 Months Subscription Seat License for all Input Adapters (FrameMaker, Word, DITA-XML)- includes 12 months of Maintenance and Upgrades, ePublisher 2010 - 12 Months Subscription License (Time Limited License) AutoMap Server 12 Months Subscription License for all Input Adapters (FrameMaker, Word, DITA-XML) - includes one seat of Designer and 12 months of Maintenance and Upgrades, ePublisher 2010 - 12 Months Subscription License (Time Limited License) AutoMap Server Add-on 12 Months Subscription License for all Input Adapters (FrameMaker, Word, DITA-XML) - includes 12 months of Maintenance and Upgrades (Requires Designer License), ePublisher - 12 Months Subscription License (Time Limited License) Renewal Designer (Pro and Express) 12 Months Subscription Seat Renewal License - includes 12 months of Maintenance and Upgrades, ePublisher - 12 Months Subscription License (Time Limited License) Renewal Non-Designer (Express) 12 Months Subscription Seat Renewal License - includes 12 months of Maintenance and Upgrades, ePublisher - 12 Months Subscription License (Time Limited License) Renewal AutoMap Server 12 Months Subscription Renewal License - includes one seat of Designer and 12 months of Maintenance and Upgrades, ePublisher - 12 Months Subscription License (Time Limited License) Renewal AutoMap Server 12 Months Subscription Renewal Add-on License - includes 12 months of Maintenance and Upgrades (Requires Designer License), ePublisher 2010 - 6 Months Subscription License (Time Limited License) Designer (Pro and Express) 6 Months Subscription Seat License for all Input Adapters (FrameMaker, Word, DITA-XML) - includes 6 Months of Maintenance and Upgrades, ePublisher 2010 - 6 Months Subscription License (Time Limited License) Non-Designer (Express) 6 Months Subscription Seat License for all Input Adapters (FrameMaker, Word, DITA-XML)- includes 6 Months of Maintenance and Upgrades, ePublisher - 6 Months Subscription License (Time Limited License) Renewal Designer (Pro and Express) 6 Months Subscription Seat Renewal License - includes 6 Months of Maintenance and Upgrades, ePublisher - 6 Months Subscription License (Time Limited License) Renewal Non-Designer (Express) 6 Months Subscription Seat Renewal License - includes 6 Months of Maintenance and Upgrades, ePublisher 2010 - Perpetual License Designer (Pro and Express) Perpetual Seat License for all Input Adapters (FrameMaker, Word, DITA-XML) - includes 12 months of Maintenance and Upgrades, ePublisher 2010 - Perpetual License Non-Designer (Express) Perpetual Seat License for all Input Adapters (FrameMaker, Word, DITA-XML)- includes 12 months of Maintenance and Upgrades, ePublisher 2010 - Perpetual License AutoMap Server Perpetual License for all Input Adapters (FrameMaker, Word, DITA-XML) - includes one seat of Designer and 12 months of Maintenance and Upgrades, ePublisher 2010 - Perpetual License AutoMap Server Add-on Perpetual License for all Input Adapters (FrameMaker, Word, DITA-XML) - includes 12 months of Maintenance and Upgrades (Requires Designer License), ePublisher - Perpetual License Maintenance Renewal and Upgrade Designer (Pro and Express) Perpetual Seat Maintenance Renewal - includes 12 months of Maintenance and Upgrades, ePublisher - Perpetual License Maintenance Renewal and Upgrade Non-Designer (Express) Perpetual Seat Maintenance Renewal - includes 12 months of Maintenance and Upgrades, ePublisher - Perpetual License Maintenance Renewal and Upgrade AutoMap Server Perpetual Maintenance Renewal - includes one seat of Designer and 12 months of Maintenance and Upgrades, ePublisher - Perpetual License Maintenance Renewal and Upgrade AutoMap S

Evals & Downloads: Read the ePublisher Platform Overview, Read the ePublisher Pro Overview, Read the ePublisher Express Overview, Read the ePublisher AutoMap Overview, Read the ePublisher Pro User Guide, Read the ePublisher Express User Guide, Read the ePublisher AutoMap User Guide, Read the ePublisher Support Policy Web page, Read the ePublisher Full Maintenance Program Web page, Read the ePublisher End User License Agreement

Operating System for Deployment: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000

Architecture of Product: 32Bit

Product Type: Application

Keywords: epublisher e publisher publish publishing docs documents

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Document documents docs files filing storage manage manages management

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