¤ DITA Open Toolkit Training: Recorded Webinar Series - Making it Work for You
Suite Solutions is now offering a series of recorded training webinars on working with the DITA Open Source Toolkit. This series, recorded during our live public webinars in June, 2009, is geared for those who are familiar with DITA and need to go the next step to publish their DITA content into production-ready high-quality PDF or online Help using their own look and feel and meeting their own publishing and localization requirements.
The webinars were given by Adena Frazer, an experienced consultant who’s slogged through the trenches on real projects. They are intensive, technical and useful with real examples.
The webinars are appropriate for all levels of familiarity, from beginner to advanced user. Please note the technical prerequisite:
Participants should already be familiar with DITA and XML.
Each webinar is about 3 hours. You may choose to view any number or combination of webinars.
Cost: $250 per webinar, or $900 for all four.
The cost of each webinar includes access to the presentation slides, sample files, and up to 30 minutes of private consultations with an experienced consultant. Additional support time can be purchased separately.
Registration: To register or for more information: register@suite-sol.com
Session I: Nuts and Bolts of the DITA Open Source Toolkit (June 15, 2009)
Overview of DITA-OT Components
Installing the DITA-OT
Running the DITA-OT
Writing ANT scripts: Introduction
Rendering outputs using different transtypes
Filtering Output Using DITAVAL
Customizing Output Using Map Attributes
Common Errors and Mistakes
Session II: Understanding and Configuring the FO Plug-In for Generating PDF – Under the Hood (June 17, 2009)
Review of PDF Generation
Getting Started with XSL, XSL-FO and XPath
Introduction to the FO Plug-in
Customizing the FO Plug-in - Introduction
Session III: Understanding and Configuring the FO Plug-In for Generating PDF – Making it Work for You (June 22, 2009)
Brief Review of FO Plug-in
Customizing the FO Plug-in - Advanced
Customization Case Studies
Customizing for Localization
Configuration Issues
Using the DITA-OT with Antenna House and RenderX
Debugging Tips
Session IV: Understanding and Configuring DITA-OT for Publishing HTML formats (June 24, 2009)
Overview of HTML Formats: XHTML, HTML Help, JavaHelp, Eclipse Help, WebHelp
Review of DITA-OT Components
Overview of Transtypes and Files Generated for Each Format
Customizing Style Sheets: XSLT and CSS
Customizing the Toolkit using Plug-ins: Introduction
Case Studies and Samples
|
