Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server
Automate publishing from anywhere. Superfast!
On-demand, remote, multichannel publishing
Keep publishing on track in a world on-the-go with Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server. Remotely automate tasks via a web-accessible dashboard. Publish WYSIWYG PDFs for your DITA, XML, or non-XML content. Use templates and presets for consistent output. Deliver content as Responsive HTML5, PDF, mobile app, EPUB, and more. Efficiently manage high volumes of automation jobs with multiple instances of FrameMaker on one or more systems. Work with leading Content Management Systems (CMSs) out-of-the-box or use web APIs to quickly connect with other CMSs.
Horizontal and vertical server scaling
Now you can effortlessly run multiple instances of Adobe FrameMaker (as part of FrameMaker Publishing Server) on the same machine or multiple machines. The horizontal and vertical scalability allows you to manage a large number of automation jobs more efficiently.
Comprehensive, user-friendly publishing dashboard
Increase enterprise productivity by managing publishing centrally. Create new publishing tasks by choosing the source file and types of output and specifying settings for each output required. Run your tasks instantly or schedule them for later. Easily view logs, outputs, and published status, and sign up for notifications.
Comprehensive multiuser support
Allow multiple users to access publishing services and run tasks remotely, at the same time, using their web browser. On logging in, users can see their own publishing tasks, output status, next-run date and time, and logs generated, as well as their templates and presets and shared templates.
Server-based publishing
Schedule publication tasks to be automatically executed once, daily, weekly, or monthly.
Shared API with Adobe FrameMaker
Use the same API and the FrameMaker Developer Kit for both FrameMaker Publishing Server and FrameMaker,* thereby making it easy for programmers to transfer their skills from one environment to the other.
*Adobe FrameMaker is a separate product from Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server and must be purchased separately.
WYSIWYG PDF for DITA content
Leverage enhancements in the powerful DITA engine as well as DITA template customizations to publish a WYSIWYG PDF for your DITA content (DITA map or bookmap). Import and export, make changes, and apply DITA templates (easy WYSIWYG authoring) for PDF output by storing them as a part of the settings file itself.
Automated publishing delivered remotely
Access powerful, automated, multichannel, multiscreen publishing capabilities as a web service. Work more flexibly by scheduling publishing tasks anytime, anywhere using your web browser. You can also integrate and schedule the FrameMaker publishing service from your content management system.
Reimagined architecture
Get superior performance and queue management with a completely rewritten server component incorporating the latest technologies.
Scripting support for automation
Perform custom processing on the input files in prepublication state. Create scripts with Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit to automate publication tasks, including prepublication tasks such as applying conditional text for single-sourced publication tasks.
Powerful, template-based publishing solution
Create templates to quickly automate document assembly and formatting. Compose custom documents dynamically from a variety of data sources using the FrameMaker Developer Kit with FrameMaker* and the software’s built-in import filters and XML support. Users can define multiple PDF template presets for generating PDFs.
*Adobe FrameMaker is a separate product from Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server and must be purchased separately.
WYSIWYG PDF for unstructured and structured content
Easily generate a WYSIWYG PDF from unstructured (non-XML), structured (XML), and DITA (XML) content using easy-to-create PDF templates.
Out-of-the-box multichannel, multidevice publishing
Deliver your technical content to multiple channels, formats, and devices from within FrameMaker Publishing Server. Publish to popular output formats like Responsive HTML5, mobile app, PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Microsoft HTML (CHM), Adobe Experience Manager Mobile, and basic HTML. Define settings once and share them organization-wide.
More control over PDFs
Secure PDFs with a password and have more control over print settings like marks and bleeds and other output settings across documents and projects with the new dialog box. Generate PDF/A and PDF/X compliant output out-of-the-box.
Next-generation Responsive HTML5 layouts
Create Frameless Responsive HTML5 layouts that deliver an intuitive navigation experience. Deliver faster search results with first-of-its-kind search autocomplete.
Native integration with Adobe Experience Manager
Publish DITA content to other formats like Responsive HTML5, PDF, EPUB, and Kindle using the tight integration between Adobe Experience Manager Guides and FrameMaker Publishing Server.
Web APIs to integrate CMSs
Publish documents in a CMS to multiple formats using templates by calling FrameMaker Publishing Server remotely via web APIs. The APIs work on resources such as tasks, templates, and presets to create, retrieve, update, and delete resources. Additional APIs help schedule, kill, and run tasks.
Integration with CMSs
Leverage built-in connectors to industry-leading CMSs like Adobe Experience Manager, Microsoft SharePoint, and more. Use the Repository view to check out files, manage dependencies, monitor versions, and perform searches, even with custom metadata. Get a set of APIs to connect your enterprise authoring environment with virtually any CMS.
