This is an InDesign CS4 JavaScript Project for importing XML

This is more playground than enything else

The script set in the folder "slim" and the prvided XML in folder "xml" is all you need
It works also in ID CS 5 but not allways. seems like ID CS 5 doesent suport .untag()

How To:

Wordpress

• Install the latest wordpress follow the provided instructions

Create some Content

• Make some Posts. They don't need to be published

• At this moment the following formating is supported
  H1
  H2
  H3
  H4
  H5
  H6
  Bold
  Italic
  Endnote
  Footnote

• You can also write in openoffice or word and use the basic paragraph styles

• In the Post Editor within worpress you can use the option "Paste from Word"

• it is a bit hiddne feature look around

Export

• Logged in as Admin go to "Tools / Export"
• and export the posts of the author you want to import to InDesign

Download Scripts

• go here and download the latest version of vFFF

Install Scripts

• place everything in the InDesign Scripts Folder following these instructions

Install Find Change Queries

On Mac under: /Applications/Adobe InDesign CS4/Presets/Find-Change Queries/GREP/de_DE/
or
/Users/[YOUR USERNAME]/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/Version 6.0/de_DE/Find-Change Queries/GREP/

In InDesign

• now execute the script: "/vFFF/latest/RUN.jsx"
• read the "Help?" from within the script
• within the package is a folder called "xml" there is a basic .xml file provided
• everything that could be parsed into InDesign character and paragraph syles is parsed

TODO

Create a document sampler to take par char obj styles from a existing doc
Create some sort of session
Create pref panel for options
Create iconbuttons
Create multikill
Create book

LOG

Tue Apr 26 07:08:49 CEST 2011 Reorganized Folder structure

Tue Apr 19 13:23:58 CEST 2011 Build a new UserInterface
folder extended was zipped to importer_v01.zip and removed

Mon Jan 24 14:15:16 CET 2011 added styles_editor.jsx for OO

Thu Jan 6 20:59:27 CET 2011 added how to

Sun Dec 19 11:11:46 CET 2010 realised that this is not the way to get data into InDesign.
A real html parser would be usefull instead of the findChange.jsx
Watch out for moreTime4design == mehrZeitZumGestalten

Sat Dec 18 21:33:02 CET 2010 the blockqote tag is making bad stuff

Sat Dec 18 16:42:55 CET 2010 made some big housekeeping
moved old and the whole formatting stuff to extended
added folder slim. This conains now a reduced but working version

Sa 18 Dez 2010 10:39:17 CET Set up some more html tags

Thu Nov 25 16:43:44 CET 2010 InDesign CS 5 Tested - works
Thu Nov 25 17:38:05 CET 2010 Worpress 3.0.1 Tested - Has new Filterfunctions for export and works

Thu Nov 25 2010 This is an autopuplishing project by fabiantheblind
go here->
to get the Gentium font

BUGS

• xml untag in CS5