Re: Anyone found a good web authoring or newsletter package for executive use?

Jerry,

Perhaps you could spare a few unbiased words about how your product
is well suited to my goals? I will check it out too, btw, just wanted to
respond quickly to encourage your further thoughts if indeed this
product is the 'bees knees'!

Thanks,

Jim Kelly


"Jerry Muelver" <> wrote in message
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| "Jim Kelly" <kellwood@compuREMOVE_TO_EMAIL_MEserve.com> wrote in
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| > Greetings!
| >
| > I have a number of clients with zero programming skills (or interest
| > really) who are clever executives/owners of their respective small
| > businesses who would love to build a website themselves, starting
with a
| > non critical one (eg their family/sport etc) to build their skill
for a
| > subsequent simple corporate site and/or newsletter to send via
email.
| >
| > Has anyone found a web page authoring package that would suit these
| > types of folks??
| >
| ....
| >
| > Any ideas?? Anything come close??
| >
|
| You might take a look at WikiWriter, at http://hytext.com/ww
|
| Some sites developed with WikiWriter:
| http://jersblog.com
| http://hytext.com
| http://alycesrestaurant.come
| http://www.libertybasicuniversity.com/lbnews/
|
| ---- jerry (unbiased author of WikiWriter)

Jim Kelly

Impressive!!

Can you supply any more website examples??
(http://alycesrestaurant.come/ wont work)

Cheers,

Jim Kelly


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| "Jim Kelly" <kellwood@compuREMOVE_TO_EMAIL_MEserve.com> wrote in
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| > Jerry,
| >
| > Perhaps you could spare a few unbiased words about how your
product
| > is well suited to my goals? I will check it out too, btw, just
wanted to
| > respond quickly to encourage your further thoughts if indeed this
| > product is the 'bees knees'!
| >
|
| Sure, I'd be happy to. However, WikiWriter is a lot easier to use than
| to explain!
|
| It's a text-based authoring system to create pages using ultra-simple
| markup based on wiki syntax and authoring behavior -- carriage return
| creates a paragraph (!), an asterisk marks a list item, heading levels
| are marked by leading equalsigns (= makes level 1, == makes level 2,
| === makes level 3). You create new pages by naming them as a link,
| then following the link and adding the content. You can use WikiWriter
| for collecting and organizing notes, building project outlines,
| collaborative discussions (asynchronous meetings!), documenting
| software, building online production support systems (Help systems),
| web pages and sites, eBooks, blogs, etc.
|
| The text so coded is easy to read and a snap to revise. There's no
| WYSIWYG to cope with, no font-and-fancy buttons to seduce you away
| from concentrating on the content. The system parses the text and
| displays the results in an embedded MSIE browser window. You can leave
| the project in native WikiWriter code and do your work that way -- on
| a network, open your files to others for collaborative projects.
|
| One click converts the text to an HTML page. A different click will
| convert the entire project to a set of HTML pages ready to upload to
| your site via FTP. Another click converts the entire project into a
| single MHT file (Microsoft HTML archive format). MS created MHT to
| archive a single page with its graphics, but WikiWriter extends to
| process to include multiple pages with graphics, CSS, support JS
| files, etc. The HTML output is suitable for creating Windows HTML Help
| files.
|
| The system is designed to be simple enough for business managers to
| understand, and flexible enough to geeks to enhance. It supports HTML,
| CSS, etc. if you're advanced enough to use those, but works quite well
| with the simplest markup. The native file format is plain text, easy
| to edit, store, maintain, archive, etc.
|
| Finally, it's an easy step to go from standalone WikiWriter projects
| to full, productive participation in intranet or internet-based wikis
| -- the markup, the concepts, and the files are largely compatible with
| wiki engines. So, the sky is the limit.
|
| Note, however, that the persistent rumor that Microsoft is using
| WikiWriter for documenting .NET projects is still unverified, and
| should be regarded thus far as unsubstantiated.
|
| ---- jerry (WikiWriter lives at http://hytext.com)