Q1: On the main menu screen of TMS we link to our SharePoint-based Intranet page of "TMS Resources", which simply presents links to a list of documents that explain various aspects of the system. Some are generated by Gallery Systems, most by us. It seems to work well enough, but I think most users to not access the documents often. For notices about TMS, I either email the TMS user group directly or post on our Intranet's "All Staff Announcements" page. Q2: To create custom TMS-related documentation, I rely primarily on creating documents in Word (that are then saved to pdf) and Excel spreadsheets (when the data needs to easily filterable and sorted). I've been thinking about creating a wiki or internal webpage, but think these are more static re: re-using and re-presenting relevant content in various parts of the resource than I would like. To get around this problem, I've been looking into *DITA*: Darwin Information Typing Architecture. (For more info see here http://www.dita-ot.org/ and here http://www.ibm.com/ developerworks/library/x-dita1/). There is supposed to be a variant that works with SharePoint, but I have yet to get an assessment from our IT and Web staff on its viability. (They are reluctant to use Java-based systems.) If anyone out there has experience with DITA, I would love to talk with you. Cheers, Frances On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 4:38 AM, TMSUSERS automatic digest system <LISTSERV@ si-listserv.si.edu> wrote: > There are 2 messages totaling 26941 lines in this issue. > > Topics in this special issue: > > 1. Poll: Custom Main Menu URL page / User documentation (2) > > To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the > following commands in the body of the email: > > signoff TMSUSERS > > // eoj > > > > On Mar 5, 2015, at 2:40 PM, Becka Cooling <[log in to unmask]<mailto: > [log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > Dear Colleagues, > > Would you share with us your responses to these 2 questions -- > > Question #1: What content do you put on the custom Main Menu landing page > (below the Main toolbar when you start up TMS)? We're very interested to > learn about how others are using this space creatively to communicate with > TMS users. Current options that we are considering: > > * links to Intranet resources like user documentation / style guides / > technical support > * notices about scheduled maintenance / training / new features > * a dashboard of internal-use statistics about collection cataloging > (a breakdown by department of total number of object records, how many need > what kinds of cataloging research/approval, how many have images, etc.) > Question #2: What applications do you use to create custom user > documentation? MS Word? Google Docs? An internal or external Wiki? > > Thank you! > > Becka Cooling > Graduate Intern > Collection Information and Access > The J. Paul Getty Museum > 310-440-7147<tel:3104407147> > -- Frances Lloyd-Baynes | Content Database Specialist Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 612-870-3189 | [log in to unmask] | www.artsmia.org To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following commands in the body of the email: signoff TMSUSERS // eoj You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed.