Do I implement a Content Management System, yes or no? We are often asked this somewhat philosophical question, so we now want to provide a more specific answer. Imagine two technical writers working together in a team in a medium-sized organisation. We’ll call them Thomas and Katherine. Both of them are responsible for the documentation... Continue Reading →
Anyone in the authoring and documentation industry has undoubtedly heard of “separating content, structure and layout”. But what does it actually mean to separate the “content” from the “structure”? Is it complicated? And most importantly, why should you do it and what do you gain from it? Everything at the same time and in one... Continue Reading →
SCHEMA ST4 gives you efficiency, control, flexibility and maximum support for your authoring processes. Every new release has extensive functions that contribute to these qualities, which is why our flagship product has become one of the market-leading component content management systems. SCHEMA ST4 2018 SP2 brought many changes under the surface as well as a... Continue Reading →
In its different versions, SCHEMA ST4 contains some useful tools: from Page Layout Designer, with which you can create layouts for print publications, and the Online Media Designer for multimedia outputs, to our workflow engine, which you can use to automate your authoring processes. Today's blog article is about the Callout Designer, which is included... Continue Reading →
Who could do with a little more SCHEMA ST4 in their professional life? But only a little bit more? For example, maybe only the approval process is relevant to one colleague, while somebody else wants to be informed about publications and translations and another person just wants to request the creation of a single datasheet.... Continue Reading →
You only need a few things for content delivery with SCHEMA: SCHEMA ST4, SCHEMA CDS, modular content and metadata. To tell you the truth, SCHEMA ST4 is not absolutely necessary here, but that's a discussion for another time. For a long time now, SCHEMA ST4 has been your tool for creating intelligent modular content with... Continue Reading →
Software is always a work in progress and, to make sure we stay on top of our game, we've decided to set up a direct dialogue feature. We visit trade fairs where the latest new developments on the market are discussed and we maintain relationships with researchers and experts in the field. But a lot... Continue Reading →
In our last post, we looked at modularisation – so how you deal with content for product variants, for example. Today we are looking at an aspect of creating modular content: How do I handle links to variants in ST4? This is handled in ST4 using "group nodes". When are group nodes used? Let's clarify... Continue Reading →
Using a Component Content Management System (CCMS) such as SCHEMA ST4, you can manage your content in the form of modules, blocks or nodes. Among other things, this means that you only need to draft an individual section for a chapter once and can then reuse it in several different places. Changes to the original... Continue Reading →
