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HI Wil,

Thanks for the detailed reply! I did it slightly differently and it worked. What I did not know earlier was that I can put the conditionalized logos in the cover file.

This is what I did:
Global project-
1. Conditionalize the logos and add all of them to the cover file
2. Import the cover ...

Hi Wil,

Appreciate your prompt response.

This is how I created it and would like to know if there is a better alternative (a.k.a right way to do this):

1. I have placed logo A (inside deco. frame) in the global project cover file and then I imported this file to prod A, B and C (Note: I have to ...

HI,

I'd like to know the "best practice" for handling this situation: I have a coverpage.flpgl in the global project that I import into 3+ child projects. The only difference for that page is that each child product has a different product logo that goes at the top left corner of coverpage.flpgl ...

There was an empty first page for the following topic and I kept thinking it was the last page of the previous topic that was empty <duh!>. I set the page break for the topic to "avoid before" and that resolved the issue!

HI,
Thanks for your response!

Yes, I've tried everything that you've mentioned below (although I should admit that I'm still not completely clear on all the "page layout" concepts). I'm not sure if I'm missing something. I have sent an email to Flare tech support regarding this (because I have a ...

Hi,

I'm unable to delete an empty page that appears in one of the imported (conditionalized) topics.

Here's the setup (Global Linking):
1. Include all common topics in the Global Project
2. Import topics specific to Product A into Child A project (without using Import Conditions)
3. Generate ...

Hi,

I don't know why it's disabled because I don't see it as disabled.

I'm also relatively new to global project linking and I've never merging of two projects, but give this a try:
-In the newly created project, go to Project Organizer>Project>Imports and right-click Imports
-Right-click Imports ...

HI Msquared,
Thanks for your response.

I'm not sure what you mean by cover page and everything you need for it is already in your page layout? . If it's in the page layout, it should be part of the topic list in the Content Explorer, correct? If it's in the TOC (where you apply the page layout ...

HI,

I'm fairly new to importing and am encountering a weird problem.

Scenario: I’m using Global Project Linking and I have imported all files from the Global Project to the child project and I’m having a problem with the cover page showing up twice (see image) in the book build. It appears to ...

Thanks, Kellie.

I haven't used snippets yet. But if you use it, I'm assuming you'll tag all snippets in the Global folder and import ALL snippets into all child projects (because you are not importing based on conditions) and then build each child project based on conditions. It would be nice if I ...

I was able to generate my first successful book in a child project with no import or any other kind of errors.

Thanks for all your help, Kellie! Your prompt response to all of my questions saved a lot of time for me.

Now, I get it--and thanks for your reply! Then, I'm assuming you don't have much overlapping content between child projects.

I guess the situation I'm dealing with is a bit different. I have a lot of topics that are common to two or more child projects, but contain some text that is specific to ...

Thanks, Kellie.

I'm doing just that!...find/replace in the CSS. Seems to be working so far.

Another question while we are on this topic: I'm still trying to figure out the best way for using Conditional text with GPL.

Assumption: Only topics common to all projects are in the global folder; only ...

You were right on, Kellie. The graphics point to the images in an outside folder from which I created the global project.

I'm trying to figure out if there a global setting for the project where I can point all images to the "global images" folder (and not to the outside folder) instead of ...

Thanks, Kellie.

#1: No, I did not try to build an output in the global project. The global project essentially has a bunch of topics that I pull into the child projects. When I open the topics, the images are intact in the ones that have them so I assumed that the links should work. I will try this ...

Sorry, I did not clarify this in my previous reply:

When you say you added topics, are these topics in the original location that they were imported to, or the files that you moved?

These are in the original location I had imported to

It sounds like you tagged the topics in the global project ...

Kellie,

You really are a GPL-whiz! Thanks for all your input!

When you say you added topics, are these topics in the original location that they were imported to, or the files that you moved?
I imported them from the Global project.

Yes, this is a sandbox--I did reimport all files and it ...

Thanks for that quick response, Kellie!

So, I created books in the TOC (to represent chapters) and added topics and that seems to work when I build the book. Is that how it's supposed to be done?

Also, when I build the book, I get "links point outside project file..." message for all the graphics ...

HI,

I'm relatively new to the Global Linking feature. I have Flare 8.1.2.

This should be a simple one, so I'm assuming I'm probably missing something that's obvious.

Here's the setup:

I have a Global Project folder with a bunch of topics that are common to ProdA, B and C.

I have a child ...

Thanks, Nita. That helps in planning my project and keeping it clean!

HI Kellie,

Thanks again for your post! You're awesome---just solving all issues I have with importing :). Item #4 makes complete sense now.

I did my first import and I have a basic question (I actually think I know the answer, but would like to confirm that with the experts):

Scenario A: I have ...

Thank you, Kellie. Great suggestions! And thanks for taking the time to list out the steps--that definitely helps! But I do have some questions on that....

First, about the setup I have--our QSGs and UGs are independent of each other with no overlapping content. So, the content is mainly for ...

Hi,
I'm looking for a Flare expert (2-5 years experience) who can create templates (stylesheets, page layouts etc.) for customer documentation. Please contact me if interested.

Thanks,
Rekha.

Hi,
I'm trying out Global Project Linking for the first time.

Scenario I'm dealing with:
Product1 has three variations (minor variations--product name change + very few content changes)
Product2 has three flavors (three types of modules where set up for each module is very different; could add more ...

Hi,

I'm dealing with similar issues and found this thread to be very useful! Thanks for the info.

My projects used to be simple and now they are getting more complex, so planning ahead seems crucial. I've never "imported" from a shared folder. I used conditional text with "product names" to spit ...