Convert FM to HTML

Open Input\html-text.fm and save it in your directory as 17.fm .

Save As HTML with File > Save As... > HTML (*.htm)
Open the generated files ( 17.htm, 17.css ) in your browser.
Modify the generation by entering proper values into the reference page HTML in the Headings Table . Modify existing entries with File > Utilities > HTML Setup .
Save your work
Now genrate the HTML again.
Open the generated files (17.htm, 17.css) in your browser

The test input

This is just something with a copyright symbol © and a registered symbol ®.

And lets place a footnote here1 and this is superscripted .

Details to step 4 above

You need to look after every FrameMaker paragraph or chacter tag, because the default mappings may be very strange.

Set up the mapping table
FrameMaker tag	HTML element
citation	Block Quote
numbered list items	List Item
2highlight	Strong Emphasis
bullets	THROW AWAY
computer	Code
name	Strong Emphasis
variable	variable

Here is a citatation of some length. Here is a citatation of some length. Here is a citatation of some length. Here is a citatation of some length.

How displays a name, highlight1 and the computer highlight2 ?.

Options for images

In the dialogue HTML Options you can set the image file format for to be converted into (GIF, JPEG, PNG). Files already in any of these formats will not be converted. This conversion applies also to FrameMaker internal graphics.

Click the checkbox Copy Referenced Files , if you want to include referenced images in the directory where the generated HTML will be saved.

Some other items

Referenced images are copied only on demand (setting options). Copied images will be converted to PNG (or else according to options set).

Numbered list

The numbers will not be displayed in Opera 8 and Firefox 1, but in IE 6.

first item of numbered list

second item in numbered list
third item - the last one.

Bulleted list

Bullets will not be displayed in Opera 8 and Firefox 1, but in IE 6.

first bullet with some long text to show the wrapping in the HTML environment. some long text to show the wrapping in the HTML environment. some long text to show the wrapping in the HTML environment.
second bullet. A short one.

The generated HTML

The generated HTML file my look strange to HTML coders, but it serves the purpose in many cases.

Uses a style sheet which tries to mimic the appearance in FM
Is cluttered with many doubled items (e.g. <UL><UL > .... rather than <UL> only)
Every paragraph is identified ( <A NAME="0_pgfId-1003672"></A>Set up th... )
The default generation with the export filter can be used as a quick & dirty solution, but the export with tools such as WebWorks Publisher is much better.

1. This is just a footnote to show how it works