Improving content, production, and efficiency

This site provides authors with tips, tool instructions, and scripts for configuring an authoring environment that makes it easy to create, format, and publish output. By using tools that simplify the process of generating and publishing your work, you can spend more time creating the content you care about.—

We'll initially look at how to set up an environment that allows you to:

• Store and retrieve previous versions of your work.
• Create single-sourced content that you can generate in different formats, such as responsive HTML, PDFs, or EPUB books.
• Automatically produce, publish, and validate your content at regularly scheduled intervals.

Although these strategies highlight some specific tools, you can apply the concepts to any authoring environment—even if you are using different software.

To get started, let's take a more detailed look at our objectives in setting up a writing infrastructure.