Re: How to say "DRAFT" in WebHelp

["Chuck Martin" <cm -at- writeforyou -dot- com>]

"Mailing List" <mlist -at- ca -dot- safenet-inc -dot- com> wrote in message
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>
> I know what I used to do for documents that had to go out the door before
> the official "GA" release of a product (a big DRAFT "watermark" on every
> page).
>
> Now, 80% of my documentation has become WebHelp. Several hundred pages of
> it, per product.
>
> What do most of y'all do to show "Not ready for prime time" status, while
> incurring the absolute minimum of work for applying and later removing the
> disclaimer?
>
> I'm using RoboHelp X4.1 on Windows 2000.
>
> I *could* use condition tags... is it really necessary to have "DRAFT" on
> every little page? It's ultimately HTML, so anybody could strip that out
if
> they wanted to.
>
You could create a graphic and place it as a background graphic on each page
in the CSS file. Once you're ready for prime time, remove it in the one
place.

As for me, I've not created HTML-based help systems in any place where
marking preliminary HTML versions was necessary. The documentation's
completeness, consistency, and correctness was the hallmark for its release
readiness.

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Chuck Martin
User Assistance & Experience Engineer
twriter "at" sonic "dot" net      www.writeforyou.com

"I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. The day
may come when the courage of Men fail,  when we forsake our friends and
break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day! This day, we fight!"
                    - Aragorn

"All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given you."
                    - Gandalf



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