Check out Versions for docs sites with Jekyll by annegentle. Here is an excerpt:
Versions of software product or a service need documentation sites to match those version numbers. As I investigated and learned more, I found layers of complexity when using a source control system to version the source documents while outputting a nice user experience with a static site…
Check out 10 Reasons Why DITA and Agile are Made for Each Other by ditawriter. Here is an excerpt:
There are many key factors that make DITA-based technical documentation complementary to Agile-based product development. Here are 10 reasons, among many, why DITA and Agile make a great partnership:
- Topic-based approach in DITA assists with incremental development: One of the tenets of DITA…
Check out Your content is not special by Sarah O’Keefe. Here is an excerpt:
You. You over there with the finicky formatting and the inability to use templates and the hours of adjusting graphics when you add a paragraph.
Yes. You.
Look, I get it. You are awesome at web design and even print design and you want to show off your mad skillz.
But there is a problem. Your…
Check out Need a contract API documentation writer? by Ellis Pratt. Here is an excerpt:
If you are looking to document your API, we have a super contract API documentation writer coming available in the next two weeks. Contact us if you’d like to learn more.
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Check out Web Maintainability Industry Survey: How Do We Maintain? by by. Here is an excerpt:
A note from the editors: As a community, we can learn so much from discovering what other developers are doing around the world. We encourage everyone to participate in this very brief survey created by Jens Oliver Meiert. Jens will share the results—and an updated guide to web maintainability…
Content strategy places information in meaningful contexts. Explore the basics of content strategy in this tutorial. Watch more at http://www.lynda.com/Web-User-Experience-tutorials/Foundations-UX-Content-Strategy/114880-2.html?utm_campaign=QBacYGQk_k8&utm_medium=viral&utm_source=youtube
This tutorial is a single movie from the Foundations of UX: Content Strategy course presented by lynda.com author Patrick Nichols. The complete course duration is 46 minutes and shows how to develop a content strategy to analyze and shape the tone, voice, and visual style for your brand.
Introduction
1. What Is Content Strategy?
2. Building Blocks
3. Getting Started
4. Constituents
5. Tools of the Trade
6. Achieving Success
Conclusion
Check out How to work with a writing coach by Scott Nesbitt. Here is an excerpt:
Working with a writing coach can be a great way to improve as a writer. A good coach can help pinpoint your weaknesses and improve them, and help draw out your strengths as a writer.
For the last couple of years or so, I’ve been coaching a few writers both informally and professionally….
Check out My First MadWorld: Excerpts from a Newbie and Why It Was Worth My Time by Joel Wilhelm. Here is an excerpt:
Should I go? I attended MadCap Software’s MadWorld 2017 conference for the first time this year and I am glad that I did. The setting was beautiful, the presenters were knowledgeable, and the ability to meet the staff from MadCap …
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