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Hmm...but doesn't that mean your <li> <p> text will count as a list item and so will affect the numbering (if using an OL)?

And what if I don't want a sub-list? I just want the paragraph text to follow a list item? We have this quite a lot, for example, a number 1 list item may say 'do x y z' and ...

Hello all,

I'm trying to add search filters to a help system I have just created (from a chm). It is a large system and I wondered if there is any way of applying a concept to a content folder so that all of the topics in that folder will inherit it? That would save me a LOT of time...from reading ...

Thanks Wayne, I'll give that a go.

But is a P within a UL or OL valid HTML?

Thanks for the help. Over the weekend, I tried a few different things and I couldn't get any of them to work in Flare. However, by applying the CSS menus to the HTML files after Flare was published, I got the solution I wanted. I haven't tested that the links work, but I see no reason why they ...

Hello all

I need to create a nested bullet list that has text on a line in between list items. So:

<li> Item 1
<li> Item 2
<nested li> Item a
<nested li> Item b
text indented
<li>Item 3

Could someone tell me what is the best way to achieve this in Flare? I've tried to use the convert to ...

Thanks, I'll start a new project tomorrow and see how i get on.

Overcoding (and imbecilic coding) is very likely!

I've somehow managed to get it so that the online output looks terrible while in flare (bullets and numbers way off the left-hand side of the page) BUT it builds pretty much how we want it. It's just that it would be really tricky to work with it in ...

Just noticed that the spacing didn't work - the wrap should have the text going in line with the text of the previous point, not going under the numbers.

I think the li indent has been added to solve the problem with aligning 2 digit numbers with the text, so a number list appears like this:

Paragraph text is left aligned.

1. list item
2. list item
3. list item
4. list item
5. list item
6. list item
7. list item
8. list item
9. list item. The words ...

Thanks. I'll give that a go now. I'm taking it that ol ol ol would be a third level number list, td ol ul is a second level bullet list within a first level number list inside a table row etc.? Or am I misunderstanding that?

Hello all - I hope someone can help me with this as I'm pulling my hair out, and there's not much there to start with.

I'm trying to create a style sheet and we need bullet lists and number lists with 3 levels of indentation. I thought I had them working fine until I tried to look at the files in ...

Thanks, I will test it out on the master page and see how it goes.

I'm trying to create something similar - a css drop down menu with no javascript that will appear at the top of topics as an alternate way of navigation. Will the same tactic work? So far, I have created the css menu, but it doesn't appear when I add it to topics in Flare. Yet it works fine in a ...

Thanks for the info. I'll get someone a bit more web-savvy to take a look at it. But it isn't a problem related to how Flare handles anything? I thought maybe the Flare skin stops CSS menus from working?

Hello.

We have a help system that consists of many different chms (which then all get compiled into 1 master project chm). The individual chms need to have cross-references to each other. I'm told this is possible, but I can't find out how to do it. Could someone please point me in the right ...

Thanks for that. Looks like I'm going to have to brush up on my CSS. I don't know ANY, so it could be a long journey ahead.

I appreciate the help.

Sorry, I should have elaborated! I want to output to HTML5 and maybe also the mobile phone and possibly epub versions too. Epub is less of an issue though at the moment.

How do I create Divs for the online output? Do I have to use code or can I do it in a more visual way (like a WYSIWYG sort of ...

Hello. Is it possible to create a multi column layout for a page without using tables or frames? I'm using v8 and I thought the way to do this would be to add multiple Body proxies in the layout editor and then designate a flow, but flare only allows 1 body as far as I can see.

I was hoping to ...

Thanks, yes, I'm on v8. I have found the description and title settings, so guess they are all that is needed (along with some good SEO practices put into place in the actual content).

Thanks. And adding html tags in the file via a text editor won't have any negative effect on the build process?

Hello all

I'm new to Flare and have a bit of a dumb-ass question - can I add regular HTML code to the code for a topic page? I wanted to add <Title> and HTML meta tags to individual topics. If it can be done, how?

Thanks

Er...okay. Is that a setting you can choose during the import process?

It's okay, I figured out how to do it from style sheets.

Hello everyone

I'm new to Flare and have a question about bullet lists and number lists when importing from FrameMaker.

Most of our FrameMaker files have bullet lists and number lists that are indented. When these are imported, they look fine, but in the underlying code, I can see that the ...

Hello,

I'm just about getting to grips with Flare now, but have some difficulties with cross references. When I import FrameMaker files (which contain a variety of cross reference styles), I get things like this in the resulting Flare files:

Change the Default Order of Extra Alarm Columns ({Italic ...