Customizing DITA CMS

User Interfaces

Jean-François Ameye

Solutions Architect

Why ? Isn’t this clear and simple?

Why?

For your new technical writers:

• Remove UI elements that are not relevant to the DITA CMS to avoid

unnecessary confusion

For your non-technical writers:

• Don’t scare them!

• Lead them to what they need to do

• Make it easy for them

How?

DITA CMS client (Eclipse plugin)

• Configure Eclipse perspective

• Customize DITA CMS context menu

• Configure oXygen “Author mode” menu

• Configure oXygen “Author mode” display (css)

Web Author

• Configure toolbar and context menu by role

• Create forms for the content