Packaging content for delivery
Complete these steps in the LiveContent S1000D Publish tool to build a package of one or more IETPs for distribution. The package, which includes the content, required libraries, program files, and a publication launcher, is stored in a target directory in zipped and unzipped versions.
Before you begin
- The LiveContent S1000D Publishing Server must be installed.
- One or more publications must have been generated using the LiveContent S1000D Publish tool.
- The user must have sufficient read-write permissions to create and modify configuration, data, and status log files in their respective directories.
About this task
When you build a package, you give it a unique identifier, which can be used in the field to identify collections that should be updated.
For example, you might name a package containing only the Bike publication BIKE2020. After adding new content, if you package the collection with the same identifier, users who installed the earlier version of the collection will have their content updated.
Procedure
Results
- Saves the package in the LiveContentData/cdimages directory in zipped and unzipped versions.
- Creates a collection in the LiveContentData/collections directory.
- Updates the PackageData.xml file in the LiveContentData/publishData directory, or creates it if does not exist.
- Creates an applicability folder named LiveContent/templates/FullSupport/httpdocs/book_data/PACKAGE_NAME/PUBLICATION_NAME for any publication in the package with applicability configured.
- Updates the package_PACKAGE-NAME.txt status log file in the LiveContentData/publishData/logs directory, or creates it if does not exist.