Introduction

FrameMaker Publishing Server

With centralized and automated publications, it is easy to integrate and synchronize publication of technical documents with product build schedules. Multiple users can remotely access FMPS simultaneously and run various tasks such as create templates, presets, and schedule publishing tasks. FMPS leverages out-of-the-box integration with leading Content Management Systems (CMS) like OpenText Documentum, Microsoft SharePoint, DitaExchange and Adobe Experience Manager. Using the FMPS APIs, you can smoothly integrate with other CMSs as well to enable you to manage publication tasks and enforce version control.

With ExtendScript Toolkit integrated with FMPS, you can create custom publication tasks that work with source files in XML and FrameMaker formats. By creating reusable publication task settings, you can quickly set up custom publication environments and schedule the build processes to run daily, weekly, or at any defined intervals.

What’s new in FrameMaker Publishing Server (2019 release)

64-bit FrameMaker support

With the support of 64-bit system in FrameMaker, enhance your content creation performance from FMPS. With the new 64-bit architecture you can leverage better memory management, faster file operations, and faster publishing. Publishing structured and unstructured content from FMPS via FrameMaker is much more smoother and quick.

Customize DITA templates for PDF

FMPS can now store and use DITA templates for PDF output. You can store your PDF output settings in a settings (.sts) file and easily make changes to it. The same settings file can then be exported and imported into a new publishing task.

More control over PDFs

The new PDF generation capability in FrameMaker comes with comprehensive publish settings. The PDF publish settings are bucketed under three categories - General, Marks and Bleeds, and Security. The General settings allow you to configure the output preset, PDF standard, compatibility, viewing options, and more. The Marks and Bleed setting can be used to set the crop, bleed, registration marks, and bleed and slug settings. You can also add more security to your PDF file by setting password to open the PDF. In addition, the new PDF generation process allows you to created tagged PDF - making your PDF more accessible.

Other features in FrameMaker Publishing Server

New Frameless HTML5 layouts

Create modern frameless Responsive HTML5 layout to deliver a superior navigation experience. Also, the responsive HTML5 output comes with first-of-its kind search experience. The newly redesigned responsive HTML5 output now displays predictive search results based on a few characters that you type in the search box. This reduces the search time and improves the usability of your Help system.

New Basic HTML output

You can now publish in Basic HTML format from FMPS. The Basic HTML output format takes each topic file within your book or DITA map and generates a corresponding HTML file with the similar look-and-feel controlled through a CSS file. The generated output does not contain any JavaScript or custom layouts that can be re-purposed or customized for the intended audience.

Enhanced native integration with AEM

XML Documentation Add-on for Adobe Experience Manager is an end-to-end enterprise-class component content management solution (CCMS). The XML Documentation Add-on integrates with FMPS that allows you to publish DITA content to formats like Responsive HTML5, PDF, EPUB, Kindle and more.

Enhanced template-based publishing solution

Quickly automate document assembly and formatting by defining multiple output template presets for generating output. The latest version of FMPS comes with HTML5 template that helps you generate HTML5 output without investing time and effort in creating a new template.

Bidirectional language publishing

Publish documents with bidirectional content, including XML/DITA content, from within FrameMaker in multiple formats: PDF, Responsive HTML5, EPUB, Kindle, Microsoft HTML, Basic HTML, Adobe Experience Manager Mobile and as native mobile apps. Optionally, flip the HTML5 layout so that the navigation pane appears on the right for RTL content, and render smoothly on any device - desktop, tablet, or a mobile.

Mobile app output

Deliver Help content for the audiences that are on the go. Ensure wider distribution and consumption of content with a simplified mobile app generation workflow and native integration with Adobe PhoneGap Build. With the licensed version of Adobe PhoneGap Build, easily publish and then distribute your content as an installable app on major mobile platforms including, iOS and Android with just one click.

Once the app is generated, you can share the QR code or the app URL with your users to download the app from the PhoneGap server. Alternatively, you can also publish the app from PhoneGap on to Google Play store or Apple’s App Store.

Manage the branding and design standards of the mobile layout with easy-to-use responsive layout editor. Leverage the power of the Responsive HTML5 layout that comes with the dynamic content filtering feature that lets your users self-select the content most relevant to them.

Personalized dynamic content

Empower users to find relevant content faster in the document, TOC, and index in the final Responsive HTML5 or mobile app output. Leverage existing conditional tags and expressions to enable end users to dynamically filter content in the final HTML5 output, thereby delivering personalized help experiences.

Simply assign names for existing conditional tags or expressions, categorize them under any Group you want (such as region, audience, market segment etc.), enable single or multiple selections within a Group, and then display this two-level hierarchy as content filter criteria in the final output.

Customizable HTML5 Layout

Use the customizable Responsive HTML5 layouts to deliver an amazing content consumption experience. With more powerful search options, configure search to appear on the content or topic panes, and show informative context and breadcrumbs in the results. This helps your readers identify the best choice among results. You can also customize the search context message for each topic. The search results can also be configured to appear on the left pane.

Easily show or hide widgets such as glossary, TOC, index, and filters. Convert the layout to right-to-left languages (Arabic and Hebrew) to meet the needs of a global audience, just by changing one property. Also add Facebook and Twitter widgets to your pages to allow users to share the content that they are reading – with a single click!

Provide your users with a different experience for the device (desktop, tablet, and mobile) that they use by customizing the function bar, side bar, and TOC in the output.

Along with all these customizations, now you can also create frameless output, which does not contain any widgets, function bar, or side bar.

Use the powerful, yet easy-to-use Layout Customization tool to customize not only your content, but also the appearance of buttons, labels, fonts, background color, search boxes, and most components of your online content.

Embed custom fonts in EPUB output

Embed custom fonts in your EPUB output and ensure that your users see high-quality typography exactly as you intended, whether or not they have the font installed on their device.

This feature is especially useful if you are using fonts that may not be readily available to your end users. Use embedded fonts to enhance the branding standard set by your design style guides.

Note:

You must have distribution rights for the embedded font.

Reference page image publishing

Publish reference pages content such as images, headers and footers, and logos, in all output formats supported by FrameMaker Publishing Server.

SVG support in HTML5 output

Let your end users see top quality images regardless of the screen size and resolution of the device on which they are being viewed. This is because FrameMaker Publishing Server embeds the entire SVG code in the final responsive HTML5 output.

Reusable publishing elements

Reuse elements easily with the enhanced multidevice publishing settings file. Create elements, such as responsive HTML5 layouts, CSS, and HTML page templates, just once. Then import or export the setting files for use across different books and documents.

HTML page template support

Improve the usability of your output by adding mini-TOCs, breadcrumbs, and headers and footers. Configure the output settings just once and then easily reuse these across all outputs to give your users a uniform experience.

Integration with leading CMSs

Leverage the out-of-the-box integration with leading Content Management Systems (CMS) like OpenText Documentum, Microsoft Sharepoint, DitaExchange and Adobe Experience Manager. You can also use the FMPS APIs to smoothly integrate with other CMSs to enable you to manage publication tasks and enforce version control. Use the Repository view to check-out files, manage dependencies, version management and perform search. Use the advanced metadata-based filter to quickly browse and find relevant topics, DITA maps, or graphics in a large volume of content.

Accessing FrameMaker Publishing Server

Multiple users can simultaneously access FMPS by logging in to the server that hosts it. Using the web-based user interface of FMPS, you can access it remotely from any machine by entering the following URL in your browser:

http://<FMPS_server>:6234/index.html

Note:

Where <FMPS_Server> is the DNS or IP address of the system hosting FMPS.

After installing FMPS on a server, various users can access its web user interface or using the APIs and command line over the network

FMPS is configured to automatically start when you log in to the host.

FrameMaker Publishing Server dashboard

FMPS provides a simple, web-based user interface using which you can:

Once you have installed FMPS on a machine, you can access it on the network from any machine to use it.

Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server dashboard
A.
Add New drop-down - Depending on which tab you are in, this drop-down allows you to create and duplicate Tasks, Templates and Presets.
B.
The Run button: To run tasks, select one or more tasks and click Run
C.
Incremental search: Search for a Task, Template, or Preset name (depending on the tab you are on) - as you type text, FMPS finds matches the text and displays them in the list
D.
Autorefresh settings: You can enable autorefresh for FMPS and specify the number of seconds after which FMPS automatically refreshes

By clicking on the column names, you can sort the list of tasks by that column. The tasks are color coded: green are successful, red are failed, and orange are queued.

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Autorefresh of the FMPS interface

The FMPS web interface’s autorefresh is disabled by default. You can set it to autorefresh every 10-500 seconds.

  1. Click Settings ()

    The Settings dialog appears.

  2. In the Settings dialog, select Duration and enter the number of seconds after which you want FMPS web interface to autorefresh. You can enter a number from 10 to 500.

  3. Click Save.

Note: You can also manually refresh FMPS by clicking the refresh button on the FMPS dashboard.

August 22, 2018

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