Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Introduction

• 1.1 About Dynamic Converter
• 1.2 What's New
• 1.3 Basic Dynamic Converter Concepts
• 1.4 Dynamic Converter Process
• 1.5 Upfront Conversions
• 1.6 Forced Conversions
• 1.7 Fragment-Only Conversions
• 1.8 Caching and Querying
  • 1.8.1 Caching of Timestamps
  • 1.8.2 Metadata Changes
  • 1.8.3 Timestamp Checking Frequency
  • 1.8.4 Cache Interval
  • 1.8.5 Cache Size
  • 1.8.6 Cache Expiration Period
• 1.9 Special Conversions
  • 1.9.1 Conversion of HTML Forms to HTML
  • 1.9.2 Conversion of XML to HTML
  • 1.9.3 Rendering Paragraphs as Graphics
• 1.10 Dynamic Converter Interface in Content Server
  • 1.10.1 Dynamic Converter Admin Link

2 Configuring Dynamic Converter

• 2.1 Before Using Dynamic Converter
• 2.2 Setting the Default Template
• 2.3 Setting Up Conversion Formats
  • 2.3.1 Adding File Formats For Dynamic Conversion
  • 2.3.2 Removing File Formats From Dynamic Conversion
• 2.4 Configuring Slideshow Template Files for PowerPoint Presentations
• 2.5 Removing Wireless Templates

3 Template Rules

• 3.1 About Template Rules
• 3.2 Managing Your Template Rules
  • 3.2.1 Adding a Rule
  • 3.2.2 Deleting a Rule
  • 3.2.3 Reordering the Rules
• 3.3 Assigning Metadata Criteria to a Rule
• 3.4 Choosing a Template for a Rule

4 Conversion Templates

• 4.1 About Templates
• 4.2 Template Types
• 4.3 Template Strategy
• 4.4 Checking In a Template

5 HTML Conversion Templates

• 5.1 About Templates
  • 5.1.1 Creating a New HTML Conversion Template
  • 5.1.2 Editing an Existing HTML Conversion Template
• 5.2 HTML Conversion Template Editor
  • 5.2.1 Formatting Different File Types
  • 5.2.2 Adding Document Properties
  • 5.2.3 Adding Text Elements
  • 5.2.4 Adding Navigation Elements
  • 5.2.5 Configuring HTML Settings
  • 5.2.6 Adding Output Markup Items
  • 5.2.7 Adding Output Text Formats
  • 5.2.8 Adding Format Mapping Rules
  • 5.2.9 Adding Output Page Layouts
  • 5.2.10 Previewing Your Content
  • 5.2.11 Saving Your Template
• 5.3 Classic HTML Conversion Template Editor
  • 5.3.1 Template Elements
  • 5.3.2 Sample Classic HTML Conversion Templates
    • 5.3.2.1 Academy
    • 5.3.2.2 Acclaim CSS
    • 5.3.2.3 Account
    • 5.3.2.4 Adagio CSS
    • 5.3.2.5 Administration
    • 5.3.2.6 Analysis
    • 5.3.2.7 Archive CSS
    • 5.3.2.8 Blank
    • 5.3.2.9 Business
    • 5.3.2.10 Ceremonial
    • 5.3.2.11 Courtesy
    • 5.3.2.12 Executive
    • 5.3.2.13 Introduction CSS
    • 5.3.2.14 Lotus 1-2-3
    • 5.3.2.15 Lotus Freelance
    • 5.3.2.16 MS Excel
    • 5.3.2.17 MS PowerPoint
    • 5.3.2.18 Purple Frost
    • 5.3.2.19 Retrofied! CSS
  • 5.3.3 Migrating From Script Templates to Classic HTML Conversion Templates
    • 5.3.3.1 Updating an Old Template
    • 5.3.3.2 Sample of Newly Converted Template (From a Pre-6.0 Version)

6 Classic HTML Conversion Layout Templates

• 6.1 About Classic HTML Conversion Layout Templates
• 6.2 Layout Template Contents
• 6.3 Tokens in Layout Templates
• 6.4 Sample Layout Templates
  • 6.4.1 default_layout.txt
  • 6.4.2 snippet_layout.txt
• 6.5 Creating a Layout Template for Your Content Items
• 6.6 Associating a Layout Template With a Template Rule
• 6.7 Specifying a Default Layout Template
• 6.8 Including Scripts, Images, and CSS in a Layout Template

7 Script Templates

• 7.1 About Script Templates
• 7.2 Elements
  • 7.2.1 Element Tree
  • 7.2.2 Leaf Elements
  • 7.2.3 Repeatable Elements
  • 7.2.4 Element Definitions
• 7.3 Indexes
  • 7.3.1 Index Variable Keywords
    • 7.3.1.1 Whole Number
    • 7.3.1.2 Current, Next, Previous, First, and Last
    • 7.3.1.3 Up, Down, Left, and Right
  • 7.3.2 Creating a Set of HTML Files for Each Slide in a Presentation
• 7.4 Macros
  • 7.4.1 About Macros
  • 7.4.2 Units: {## UNIT}, {## HEADER}, and {## FOOTER}
  • 7.4.3 Insert Element: {## INSERT}
  • 7.4.4 Conditional: {## IF...}, {## ELSEIF...}, and {## ELSE}
  • 7.4.5 Loop: {## REPEAT}
  • 7.4.6 Linking With Structured Breaking: {## LINK}
    • 7.4.6.1 {## LINK} Usage Scenarios
    • 7.4.6.2 {## LINK} Archive File Example
    • 7.4.6.3 {## LINK} Presentation File Example
  • 7.4.7 Linking With Content Size Breaking: {## ANCHOR}
  • 7.4.8 Comment Put in the Output File: {## IGNORE}
  • 7.4.9 Comment Not Put in the Output File: {## COMMENT}
  • 7.4.10 Including Other Templates: {## INCLUDE}
  • 7.4.11 Setting Options Within the Template: {## OPTION}
  • 7.4.12 Copying Files: {## COPY}
  • 7.4.13 Deprecated Template Macros
• 7.5 Pragmas
  • 7.5.1 Pragma.Charset
  • 7.5.2 Pragma.CSSFile
  • 7.5.3 Pragma.EmbeddedCSS
  • 7.5.4 Pragma.JsFile
  • 7.5.5 Pragma.SourceFileName
• 7.6 Sample Script Templates
  • 7.6.1 Basic
  • 7.6.2 Elements
  • 7.6.3 Plain
  • 7.6.4 SimpleToc
  • 7.6.5 Slideshow, Slideshowb, and Slideshowc
  • 7.6.6 Textout
• 7.7 Setting Script Template Formatting Options
  • 7.7.1 Changing the Format Used for Converted Graphics
  • 7.7.2 Generating Bullets and Numbers for Lists
• 7.8 Breaking Documents by Structure
• 7.9 Breaking Documents by Content Size
  • 7.9.1 A Sample Size Breaking Template
  • 7.9.2 Templates Without {## UNIT} Macros
  • 7.9.3 Indexes and Size-Based Breaking
• 7.10 Using Grids to Navigate Spreadsheet and Database Files

8 HTML Snippets

• 8.1 About HTML Snippets
• 8.2 Portal-Style Website Sample
• 8.3 Combining HTML Snippets Into a Web Page
  • 8.3.1 Generating a Snippet of HTML
  • 8.3.2 Include HTML Snippet Using Idoc Script Function
• 8.4 Inline Dynamic Conversion
• 8.5 Displaying Content Server Metadata on a Web Page

9 Working With Converted Content

• 9.1 Viewing Content Information
• 9.2 Viewing a Converted File
  • 9.2.1 Search Results Page
  • 9.2.2 Content Information Page
• 9.3 Previewing a Document Before Check-In

10 Implementation Considerations

• 10.1 Metadata Fields With Multi-Byte Characters
• 10.2 Conversion of PDF Files in UNIX
• 10.3 Embedded Graphics on UNIX
• 10.4 Use of Vector Versus Raster Graphics Formats
• 10.5 Converting Vector Graphics and Spreadsheet Text in UNIX
• 10.6 URL Rewriting
• 10.7 Relative URLs in Templates and Layout Files
• 10.8 Browser Caching
• 10.9 Image Sizing Rules
• 10.10 CSS Considerations
• 10.11 Style Names Used by Dynamic Converter
• 10.12 Overriding Dynamic Converter Styles
• 10.13 Pragma.CSSFile and {## LINK}
• 10.14 Well-Formed HTML
• 10.15 Positional Frames Support
• 10.16 Template Writing Tips

A User Interface

• A.1 Dynamic Converter Admin Page
• A.2 Dynamic Converter Configuration Page
  • A.2.1 General Conversion Settings
  • A.2.2 UNIX Configuration Settings
  • A.2.3 Classic HTML Template Conversion Configuration Settings
  • A.2.4 Script Template Conversion Configuration Settings
  • A.2.5 Conversion and Caching Optimizations
• A.3 Template Selection Rules Page
• A.4 Template Check-In Form
• A.5 Edit Templates Page

B Conversion Filters

• B.1 Application Filters
• B.2 Graphics Filters

C Input File Formats

• C.1 Word Processing Formats
• C.2 Desktop Publishing Formats
• C.3 Database Formats
• C.4 Spreadsheet Formats
• C.5 Presentation Formats
• C.6 Graphic Formats
• C.7 Compressed Formats
• C.8 E-Mail Formats
• C.9 Other Formats

D Office 2007 Considerations

• D.1 All Office Applications
• D.2 Word 2007
• D.3 Excel 2007
• D.4 PowerPoint 2007
• D.5 Examples of Unsupported Objects

E Elements Script Template

• E.1 About the Elements Script Template
• E.2 Elements Script Template Code

Index