Monster Garage Schedule
January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December
Welcome to the Arbortext Monster Garage!
There are a million “Uber Geeky” things you can do in Arbortext. Here at Single-Sourcing Solutions, we always talk about the ease of use and the out-of-the box advantages to Arbortext suite of products. What we don’t spend enough time with is talking about the cool things you can do with it.
- Arbortext is a mature platform: The entire set of tools works together.
- Arbortext is open: The entire UI and publishing pipeline is 100% available through a well-tested API.
The possibilities are enormous for anyone who wants to do new, interesting, over-the-top things with their product information.
Of course, for us this comes as second nature, but for those of you out there who are new to the eco-system, it may not be so apparent. We decided to start a new web series featuring the Open API and the “geeky” things you can do with Arbortext. You’ll find knowledgeable mechanics, here. Many of our shop coaches have been working with the product for a decade or more.
Put on your shop coat, because here we go….
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January |
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Date: 14 January 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: Pop the Hood – Get Started with Arbortext Editor Presenter: Lynn Hales Level: Beginner Miss it? Sign up to watch the recording |
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Date: 28 January 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: A-Oh-(Tee)-Kay – Using Arbortext with the DITA Open ToolKit (how it works) Presenter: Mark Giffin, Mark Giffin Consulting, Inc. Level: Beginner Register: Sign up to watch the recording |
February |
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Date: 11 February 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: aQuery – Using jQuery in Arbortext Presenter: James Sulak, Jones McClure Publishing Level: Intermediate Register: Sign up to watch the recording |
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Date: Special Date: Monday28 February 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: Fuel Injection - Creating Dynamic Documents Presenter: Brandon Ibach & Liz Fraley, Level: Intermediate Register: Sign up to watch the recording |
March |
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Date: 11 March 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: A-Oh-(Tee)-Kay - Presenter: Mark Giffin, Mark Giffin Consulting, Inc. Level: Beginner/Intermediate Register: Sign up to watch the video |
April |
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Date: 15 April 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: Chop Shop - Presenter: Ed Benton Level: Beginner Register: No Video |
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Date: 29 April 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: Power-User’s Toolkit - ACL Preliminaries Presenter: Brandon Ibach, Single-Sourcing Solutions Level: Intermediate Register: No video |
May |
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Date: 13 May 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: Rip Your ACL – Basic authoring automation Presenter: Lynn Hales Level: Beginner Register: Sign up to watch the video |
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Date: 27 May 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: Stupid DCF Tricks for Your Pleasure Presenter: Brandon Ibach, Single-Sourcing Solutions Level: Beginner Register: Sign up to watch the video |
June |
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Date: 10 June 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: Custom Conversions - Using XSLT in Arbortext Editor Presenter: Jack Kulas Level: Intermediate Register: Sign up to watch the video |
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Date: 24 June 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: Fine-Tuning – Tricking Out Styler with Presenter: Simon Taylor, PTC Level: Intermediate Register: Sign up to watch the video |
July |
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Date: 15 July 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: A Trip to the XUI – Basic XUI Dialogs Presenter: Jason Aiken/ Brandon Ibach, Single-Sourcing Solutions Level: Intermediate Register: Sign up to watch the video Files are posted early for Members of the Advisory Line. |
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Date: 29 July 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: Cafe con UI – Integrating XUI Dialogs with a Java backend Presenter: Clay Helberg, TerraXML Level: Advanced Register: Sign up to watch the video Files are posted early for Members of the Advisory Line. |
August |
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Date: 12 August 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: Those Devious Authors! Simplifying the Authoring Process for New Users Presenter: Paul Nagai Level: Beginner |
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Date: 26 August 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: Custom Decals - Inline SVG with APP Presenter: Simon Taylor, PTC Level: Advanced |
September |
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Date: 16 September 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: Where Are My Keys? - Improving Your Presenter: Clay Helberg, TerraXML Level: Beginner/Intermediate |
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Date: 30 September 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: Parts Store - Arbortext Content Manager and Graphics in 20 Minutes Presenter:Liz Fraley, Single-Sourcing Solutions Level: Beginner |
October |
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Date: 14 October 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: Amping up the Ignition – Customizing your Startup sequence Presenter: Brandon Ibach, Single-Sourcing Solutions Level: Intermediate |
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Happy Halloween! |
November |
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Date: 11 November 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: Front Counter – Creating Published Documents from Arbortext Content Manager Presenter: TBA Level: Advanced |
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Thanksgiving! |
December |
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Date: 9 December 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US
Title: DM Pimped - Hack Your Interactive Technical Content Presenter: Paul Nagai Level: Advanced |
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Thanks for joining us this year! |
Single-Sourcing Solutions – Monster Garage | Structured Authoring Said,
January 14, 2011 @ 6:11 pm
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