Stan Adamchek Writing Samples
      Last updated: July 1, 2008


 

The following documents are selected examples of software documentation, marketing communications, and web pages I have personally designed and written for previous employers. They include product overviews, server administrator guides, user manuals, and detailed software developer guides. There are also several portal pages that show complete online help systems. These documents were designed to give the documentation set for each product a unique, consistent, and recognizable look-and-feel. Please be patient when opening these documents. Many are abridged for faster loading but will still take a few moments to open depending on your Internet connection and bandwidth.

VBrick Quick Start Guide  PDF  11x17 double-sided flyer that explains how to set up and configure a network video appliance for different IT environments. Written for systems administrators and included with the product, it was created with Adobe InDesign and is reproduced in-house on a color laser printer.

VBrick Product CD  HTML  Product CD for a streaming media server. It includes the marketing message, a technology overview, the server software, and HTML user documentation. Created with FrameMaker, Photoshop and Dreamweaver.

VBrick Help Portal  HTML  Portal website for all current and legacy VBrick documentation. Built with FrameMaker and WebWorks. The usage statistics for these pages, since inception, show a stready increase in the number of daily visits with an equal number of new and returning visitors.


Metaserver Product Overview  PDF  High-level marketing overview for IT managers describing the Metaserver application and the business problem it solved. The hard copy FrameMaker template for this document defined the look-and-feel for all Metaserver technical publications and training material.

Metaserver Developer Guide  PDF  HTML  Complete application user guide for Java developers. Detailed technical documentation for Metaserver's flagship product, a Java-based graphical modeling environment. The Web and print versions were single-sourced from the same files.

Metaserver Help Portal  HTML  Portal page for all Metaserver documentation. This online help system for software developers and business users provided fast access to all Metaser documentation. It was built with FrameMaker and WebWorks and included user manuals, release notes, developer APIs, Javadocs, FAQs, etc. It also provided the complete documentation set in PDF print format.


Neuvis Product Overview  PDF  Detailed marketing and architecture overview for the flagship NeuArchitect application. The Microsoft Word template for this document was used for 1000+ printed pages of NeuArchitect technical documentation.

Neuvis User Guide  PDF  Software user guide for a rapid application development tool that built commercial business applications for the Web. This early guide for software developers provided the conceptual framework for all subsequent product documentation.

Neuvis Help Portal  HTML  Portal page for all Neuvis documentation. This online help page has links to all Neuvis technical documentation (in PDF format) and was installed with the product. Click on the "Documentation" page to see how all the supporting developer documentation was organized and structured.


Notara Product Overview  PDF  HTML  Application overview for business analysts and software developers. Describes the key features and benefits of an interactive solution, built with Microsoft components, used to manage sales and marketing resources online.


Meca Software Developer Guide  PDF  HTML  Detailed architecture and API reference guide written for Java developers. This client/server application ran on Windows desktops and a UNIX server.

Meca Server Administrator Guide  PDF  HTML  Complete installation and configuration guide written for UNIX system administrators. Describes how to install and configure the application to run on a UNIX server.


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