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I would like to include a keyword in a topic header (h1) for online search optimization (header text is given higher weight in a search), but I don't want the keyword to actually be displayed in the header itself. In general, for hidden text I have a CSS style .hidden { display: hidden; } which ...

During some testing of the microcontent functionality, we were also initially confused that the proxy was not displaying the content based upon metatag values, but static microcontent text was indeed being displayed. Then we realized that the Target that we were using was marked [HTML Target ...

Thanks, Dave.

I'll see what I can do with it to make it less ugly without limiting accessibility.

The search bar in our HTML output normally looks like this:

SearchSkin.png

However, when the user clicks to enter a search term, unwanted borders appear:

SearchSkin-clicked.png

There seems to be no setting in the skin editor to control "Search Input" borders [/b].
This is new and unwanted ...

I am running into an issue with superimposed text when employing the new <div>. The new code block - when viewed in HTML - appears under the preceding text.
This is another "feature" of the Flare XML editor. The editor does not display <div>s well at all. To avoid <div>s superimposed or appearing ...

Update:
As a test I changed the borders in my CSS for tables (in media print) to red and the result is the code snippet in the PDF has red rules, but so do all of my tables in the PDF.
This is the original rules for table cells in my CSS. I changed the color from #cccccc to #ff0000 (red) as an ...

I'm sorry Karene, I read your post too quickly. I assumed that you were talking about the border surrounding the entire code snippet.
I do not see any internal borders like in your example, for any type of code sample (I've tested HTML, XML, CSS, JSON, Python, SQL) in Word, PDF, or HTML output.

If ...

BTW, I am really happy about the new code snippets and the code syntax highlighting. This was a long-overdue development in Flare.

The border to the code snippet is controlled by CSS. In the Stylesheet Editor, modify the style MadCap|codeSnippet .

(Note that the CSS stylesheet controlling the code snippet display is not located with the user stylesheets located in Content Explorer > Stylesheets. It is in a different stylesheet ...

I just received the exact same error message:
Build failed: Unable to cast COM object of type 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.ApplicationClass' to interface type 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word._Application'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM component for the interface ...

Yes, you are correct, Dave. It was a problem with the server, which is now solved. Thanks again, as always!

Even though the issue turned out not to directly be a Flare problem, for the sake of other Flare users who have/will run into this problem (it seems that I'm not the first), the solution was ...

If I right-click on the <video> in the online output, select Copy Video Location, and paste that into a new browser tab, I get an error message "The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable."
If I navigate the site using the ftp client, I see ...

I'm also having such a problem.
I'm inserting mp4 video using Insert > Multimedia > HTML5 Movie . The videos in the local HTML output display properly. However, when uploaded (using the WinSCP ftp client) to an azurewebsites.net site, the videos are not displayed in the browser (I tried Chrome ...

Update:
This method works well in producing automatically numbered lists in Flare PDF and HTML outputs.
However, in Flare Word output the CSS code is completely ignored, and no numbering is produced at all! :(

I am disappointed that Flare Word output is so far behind the curve, that it doesn't ...

This method works well, with the following caveats:
A. I originally tried using content: counter(section) "." counter(subsection) " "; in p.TableRowSectionNum to display the section as 1.0, 2.0, etc. For some reason, when the section number incremented, I couldn’t get the p.TableRowSectionNum to ...

I am successfully using a similar method to the original poster ghillerson , utilizing the CSS counter , counter-reset , and counter-increment properties, together with the ::before pseudo-selector.
What was needed:
• the first column in each row of a table contains a sequential row number.
• The ...

I realize that the request was for adding text to the header. But if the header text is the same for the entire project, you could simply put the text into an image with a transparent background, and add the image to the Flare header background. You will have to play with the spacing between your ...

We use TortoiseSVN for keeping our multiuser Flare synchronized, and for version control. The file synchronization is handled totally by SVN (with Flare closed). Works well.

We do not map from our Flare project to any external files and thus don't have a FileSync directory.

This issue is applicable to both HTML and PDF output, so I cross-posted here in Web-based Outputs and in Printed Outputs:
We are producing a service architecture document, part of which consists of descriptions of various services. Some of the services have very very long single-word names. Each ...

We are producing a service architecture document, part of which consists of descriptions of various services. Some of the services have very very long single-word names. Each service name is displayed as an h1 header.

In HTML output, when the screen width is very narrow (such as in mobile displays ...

Has anyone seen/invented any hacks for getting a glossary tab (or the equivalent) into a side navigation type skin so that it looks slick?

We did not move from Tripane to TopNav because our users liked having the navigation hierarchy visible when viewing a topic. (In TopNav, when you open a topic ...

It seems that Mimic lacks a basic functionality: you cannot define multiple objects as a group, and then manipulate them together as a group. This functionality exists in all of the competing products that I have evaluated (Camtasia, Active Presenter, Captivate). In Mimic you can resize/align a ...

I just posted a solution to the exact original problem, using a combination of <pre> and CDATA, in a different thread:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=29397#p128600

I am also listening to this thread with interest, and exasperated by the Flare editor. I am hoping to find time to get syntax highlighting working in Flare output.

In the meantime, this might be of use to one of you:

I found that <pre> in Flare doesn’t work like I want it to. It preserves the ...

I would try using a pre tag.

1. Copy the text to the clipboard.
2. In Flare, select the pre style.
3. Select Paste , then choose Paste as inline text .

Dave's post is correct, but maybe a bit too concise, to the point of being cryptic.
The most complete explanation of this procedure that I have ...