http://methodm.com/blog for people who write and edit content everyday Sun, 09 May 2010 10:21:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Let's say that you have a series of menu choices (such as Start > Programs > Accessories > Notepad).  Each menu choice item should be in its own <uicontrol> tag.  The whole series should be in a <menucascade> element. A common error in preparing content is jamming multiple UI controls in ... http://methodm.com/blog/2010/05/09/the-dita-project-1-in-a-series/ Inspired by the movie Julie & Julia, here at Method M we have undertaken to emulate  Julie Powell, who cooks all 524 recipes from  Julia Child's cookbook during a single year, a challenge she described on her popular blog. So, we are off.  In 52 weeks we will try and post 104 ... http://methodm.com/blog/2010/04/26/announcing-the-dita-markup-project/ DITA Thought for Today: one idea, one topic. Just saw a procedure with mixed in in the prerequisites. An attempt to sneak in another procedure! Tip for today: dividing your task topic into sections is usually a tip-off that your topic has more than one procedure. Remember - one idea, one topic. ... http://methodm.com/blog/2009/12/24/one-idea-one-topic/ GoMDweb.com continues to launch great new sites for dentists. Check out the  KJJ dental web site for a cool site with two languages. For a new site coming on line just now, check out Dacula Dental Associates. We are very excited about bringing the benefits of our content publishing and lifecycle skills ... http://methodm.com/blog/2009/10/26/new-gomdweb-sites-going-live/ \”Awhile back, you decided your practice needed to have a presence on the Web—a portal through which you could provide valuable information to your patients. You contracted with a website developer to launch such a site and populated it with items like the practice\’s office hours, contact information, services provided, nice pictures of your building, and ... http://methodm.com/blog/2009/07/28/3/