13.2.6 Establishing a conversion workflow for HTML

Keep all files open

For a close-to-WYSIWYG way to set up and run a conversion, you can keep all the following files open at the same time:

• Your document, in FrameMaker.

• Your starting project configuration file, in Notepad (or another text editor).

• The .htm file(s) Mif2Go produces, in a browser window.

Refine results

All can be visible at once, depending on screen real estate. Now you can do the following, iteratively:

1. Look in the browser window to see something that could be improved.

2. Add or change a line to the configuration file for that improvement.

3. Save the configuration file.

4. On the FrameMaker File menu, click Save Using Mif2Go....

5. On the browser menu, click Reload.

You make all changes either in FrameMaker, without affecting print appearance, or in the configuration file.

 

If you are converting a large document with many topics and many cross references, deleting previous output files and Mif2Go-generated reference (.ref and .grx) files (but not configuration or project files) from the project directory between conversions can speed up the conversion process. Mif2Go can delete these files for you; see §35.4 Clearing out old files before converting. However, do not delete these files if they are needed by other conversions or for other purposes; see §C.5 Working with reference files for HTML or XML.

See also:

§34 Automating Mif2Go conversions

§35 Producing deliverable results

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