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Hi Shawn, autonumbers in HTML5 output for most scenario's doesn't sound like a useful addition. E.g. in your list you have the Figure 6-n, where I guess that the 6 refers to a chapter. HTML5 output isn't about chapters, so what will the number mean to the user? I can see some use in numbering instru...

Hi Bob, were you expecting text in the empty spaces or were you expecting no entry at all? I agree with Steve that one option is that a style has an mc-heading-level other than 0 applied, while it shouldn't. Two other options: - Font of the Toc entry (style p.TOC1, p.TOC2, etc) is set to black. This...

Hi, apart from Flare Microsoft .NET Framework should be installed, see the system requirements for further info: http://kb.madcapsoftware.com/Content/Flare/Installation_-_Activation_-_Registration/IAR1016F_-_V8_System_Requirements.htm?Highlight=requirements 8 I'm not sure, whether installing .net wi...

An additional option is to use no skin and insert proxies for menus, etc.
More information can be found here: http://webhelp.madcapsoftware.com/flare ... _Skins.htm# > Setting no skin

I quickly checked this on my machine. Normally I use the English (US) locale but with a date setting of dd-mmm-yy (today is 08-Sep-15). And this is reflected in Flare as well. So far so good. BUT when I change the locale to English (UK), and choose the date setting e.g. dd-mm-yyyy, then Flare ignore...

Hi, does this help viewtopic.php?f=6&t=26271 ?

Hi Craig, the option that Kristen mentions has been superseded. It used to be 'Auto-end on left page' within the properties of a TOC entry. Now this is set in the target on the Advanced tab, under "Empty page handling". Both approaches still work, but the newer should be used. So, it depen...

Hi, I haven't experienced the missing linked stylesheet error myself. I sometimes make copies of stylesheets to try out changes. It never went wrong in this way. As for your bug reporting question - if you have a maintenance contranct, I would contact support, so they can guide you through some trou...

Hi, do you use the same medium for both the PDF and the Word target?

Hi, the settings are in the StylesForHomepage.css. - The footer is defined in the .footer generic class. Change the background-color property. Make sure you are looking at the right medium in the stylesheet. - The background picture is set in the div.topichero. Change the background-image. HTH, Lydia.

Hi, if you have a chapter.page numbering system, I'm not sure what you expect to happen. When there are two chapter headings (say chapter 1 and chapter 2) on the same page,because you suppress the page break, what do you expect the page number to be? Should it be 1-pagenr or 2-pagenr? I'm having dif...

Hi Rene, the preview uses what you have defined in your target and TOC. So, if you preview choosing your output target, preview and output should have the same page layout. As for the setting of the XML editor - the page layout button at the top - I don't have v9 documentation. So I don't know which...

Hi Rene, when you are writing about the "subpage layout" in your last post, does this refer to the Page Layout > Page Type setting at the top of the XML editor? As far as I understand that option does not combine in any way with the Preview option. Also, choosing a page layout (and type) h...

Hi Bob, any content that you want to add to a topic later goes into a body frame. Any decoration or fixed elements go into decoration/image frames. Body frames cannot be edited (as in adding text) when working on the page layout. And decoration/image frames cannot be edited when working in the XML e...

Hi Sean, do you know where the menus come from, i.e. whether they are from the top navigation skin or menu proxies? If you use the Top navigation skin, there will be a top menu and that will use the TOC of the target. But you can also add a menu proxy to your topics or master pages to show a menu. I...

Hi, can you explain what the TOC means in the context of the landing page? Is that the navigation pane or rather a menu? I'm building a plain page as a starting page with links to content like PDF guides, HTML5 Help and others. I use no skin for that page and therefore get no navigation pane and no ...

Hi Deepti,
no, this is not a setting in Flare. Like I mentioned in my earlier post, this is something the printer does. So, even if you have the frame set to go til the edge, the printer may decide to put a small space on the sides where nothing will be printed.
Regards,
Lydia.

Hi The_docman, Looks a bit like the H1 in your example is a chapter name. These kind of headings I tend to put into the label of an unlinked book and when creating PDF, I check the option "Inject headings for unlinked books in TOC". That setting is in the target on the Advanced tab. For on...

Hi David,
that's not a lot of time to create an initial framework.
Have you looked at the templates that come with Flare? You'll find them on the start page:

@Nicola - have you looked at https://icomoon.io/#docs/local-fonts ? Sounds much like what Alex is describing, for other fonts.

@Alex: when I want to use icon fonts for PDF and HTML5 output - would you conditionalize the icons and use css for HTML5 and local fonts for PDF?

Hi Nicola, my idea is that icon fonts were 'invented' for webpages specifically. And so support for other media isn't there, maybe isn't requested that much. It will be good to know what MadCap's idea is on this one. If you can and want to, please share that insight.
Thanks, Lydia.

Hi Nicola, I think thread viewtopic.php?f=13&t=20305&p=105494&hil ... df#p105494 has the same discussion on different type of icon fonts. BTW- I use foundation icons, which show fine in HTML5, but won't in PDF output.

Hi, I think you can achieve this, I'm doing something like this with zip files. Create a folder in your project to hold the executable and put a copy in there. This is not mandatory, but useful to keep track of things. Then in the topic, create a link to that 'File in project'. This way it's an inte...

@ Straygoatwriting: so you have defined your custom topic with a toc proxy AND you have enabeld Generate TOC proxy (automatic TOC generation) in the target? I would disable the automatic generation of a TOC and try the output again. Maybe Flare should be smart enough to only put an automatic TOC if ...

Hi Matt, re. 2) Which version of Flare are you using? I had a problem with background images that were not showing. A bug was filed and fixed in Flare 11. Corresponding info from support: issue 93249 "An image set as a background image with xpos and ypos in background-position does not display ...