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Sharing One RoboHelp Project Among Multiple Authors


John S. Daigle

John Daigle

showmethedemo.com

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. The Way It Was, the Way It Is, and RoboSource Control Features
  3. Test-Driving Content Management with a Sample Project
  4. Summary Workflow Strategy for Content Management
Created:
3 May 2004
User Level:
All

Content management provided by the RoboSource Control in Macromedia RoboHelp X5 eases the pain of project sharing among teams of multiple writers. It's good news for lone authors, too. This article provides the basics for getting off to a smooth start. After a bit of background and going over a list of features, I provide a basic startup scenario for your team and end with a comprehensive workflow strategy.

This imaginary scenario uses a WebHelp policies and procedures website as an example. However, the practices outlined are just as valid for technical writers supporting desktop software with HTML Help (CHM files). There are three parts to this scenario:

  • A RoboHelp X5 practice project to test-drive the new RoboSource Control tools
  • A RoboDemo movie showing how a user opens a project from the RoboSource Control database for the first time
  • A RoboDemo movie to take you through the process of rolling back to a previous version of your project

Requirements

To complete this tutorial you will need to install the following software and files:

RoboHelp X5 with the RoboSource Control Client application installed

RoboSource Control Server installed with administrative rights (to create a database and set up users)


Tutorials and sample files:

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About the author

John Daigle is president of Evergreen Online Learning, LLC, based in Evergreen, Colorado. He is an Adobe Community Expert and frequent speaker at online help conferences as well as a contributor of several articles in the Adobe Developer Center. John is an Adobe Certified Instructor for RoboHelp, Adobe Captivate, and Acrobat Connect Professional (formerly Breeze). His websites, hypertexas.com and showmethedemo.com, offer resources for online help authoring and e-learning design and techniques. John is a senior member of the Society for Technical Communication and has a Journalism degree from the University of Houston. He began his career in broadcast news as a reporter for the NBC-TV affiliate in Houston, Texas.