Section 1.1 | | + Section 1.1.1 | +- Section 1.2 +- Section 2CoType is designed to cover the grounds between a Wiki and a single document.
Wiki elements:
With CoType you can collaborate on document creation since every person can edit their own sections (can also be open to anonymous users).With CoType you can easily link different sections (there is a toolbar button for this in the editor).CoType has a complete revision history for each section and you can see who edited what, when and from where.Everything is instantly online.
Single document elements
All sections in a CoType document can be printed, exported or downloaded as one single document for off-line use (not feature complete yet).You get a nice structured table of content.You can read the text linearly from section one and forward.
Features:
Create unlimited number of documentsAdd unlimited number of sections to documentsOrganization sections hierarchically by drag-and-dropAutomatic table of contentsHTML WYSIWYG editing using FCKEditorInsert cross referencesSupport for PostNuke search APIComplete revision historyOnly one person at a time are allowed to edit the same section. No more overwriting of other peoples work.
Future features/ideas:
Working with images and figures using MediashareFootnotes/end notesBibliographyExport to DocBook/Html/LaTeX/PDF/Word
You might ask "why a new wanna-be Book module - there's already one (and many other content modules)?". Well,
Generated on March 18, 2007.