[scribus] Scribus suitable for a webzine?

[Mike Morris]

I use InDesign CS3 for 12 page newsletter..  My final output is PDF, which I
then post to a website.  I have only superficially explored the "HTML"
conversion capabilities of this version of InDesign, of which there are 3
choices:  XML, XHTML/Dreamweaver and XHTML/Digital Editions.  That
conversion is not a simple "press the button, it all works, it all looks
great" solution.  For anyone new to InDesign, it will take substantial
effort (in my judgment), beyond the InDesign learning experience, to create
acceptable HTML documents--even if you are knowledgeable about HTML.

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Jeffrey Silverman <
jeffrey.d.silverman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is the final output going to be PDF or HTML? Quark, InDesign, Scribus
> = PDF. Joomla = HTML/web based content management system. Really
> apples and oranges, even though I've never been all that crazy about
> that expression.
>
> I'm sure that Quark and InDesign have HTML output capabilities, though
> I've never either, just becuase any modern content production tool
> seems to have HTML output capabilities. I am also equally sure that
> the HTML they produce Sucks[1]. Even thoguh, like I said, I never have
> used them. It is just that my experience with ANY WYISWYG tool that
> ends up producing HTML produces shoddy HTML.[2]
>
> But if you are producing PDF, then Scribus, yes, is perfectly good for
> that.
>
> My advice, though, is never switch tools in the middle of a production
> cycle. Are you using *anything* right now? What are the stakes of
> delaying the product? If you start goofing around with a
> high-learning-curve tool that you've never used before and it is two
> days before deadline and your cousin's chinchilla is going to be
> killed if you don't make the deadline, then I recommend sticking with
> what you are currently using, even if it is MS Powerpoint[3].
>
> Okay, so I got a little off-track from the original question[4], but I
> think I answered it in there somewhere.
>
> Later...
>
>
>
>
>
> [1] For any given value of "suck"
> [2] For any given value of "shoddy"
> [3] Why oh why do so many people misuse/abuse Powerpoint????
> [4] Actually, nothing here. I just like footnotes. :)
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 6:11 PM, David Block <davidblock at mindspring.com>
> wrote:
> > Submitted on 09/15/2008 - 23:11
> > Submitted by anonymous user: [74.171.90.135]
> >
> > Submitted values are
> >
> >  Your contact information:
> >    Name: David Block
> >    Email Address: davidblock at mindspring.com
> >  About your Scribus program:
> >    Version: 1.3.3.12
> >    Prebuilt/Compiled: Prebuilt
> >    Build Date:
> >  Your operating system and CPU:
> >    Type: MacOS X
> >    Version: 10.5.5
> >    CPU type: Other/Don't know
> >  Your request content:
> >    Subject: Scribus suitable for a webzine?
> >    Message:
> > Could you please give me some advice on using Scribus for a webzine we
> are
> > planning to publish within the next month or so?  Does anybody do this?
>  (A
> > friend uses Quark to do the layouts for several newspapers here and these
> > are published on the Internet.  He has suggested using Quark or Indesign,
> > preferably the former.)   We will need to have links (to Amazon, for
> > example) and a wiki.  I've tried to use Joomla! with a template; they and
> I
> > have proven bloody recalcitrant (or I, bloody unteachable).  Any help you
> > can give me here would be really appreciated.  Hell.  Desperately
> > appreciated.  Thank you.  David Block
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The results of this submission may be viewed at:
> > http://www.scribus.net/?q=node/158/submission/7
> >
> >
> >
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