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kwag_myers

Perhaps asking the reverse of your question is in order. When and/or why would it be advantageous to use spaces - as opposed to underscores or no other character at all - in a file name?

I think the OP answers that by referring to the practice of using the file name as the topic header. I've ...

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1. Breadcrumbs proxy
...my breadcrumb proxy is plain text (sans links). So... just, "You are here:" and the topic title. Any idea why the topics are missing links?

The properties for the Breadcrumb Proxy are under MadCap|breadcrumbsProxy in the stylesheet. "You are here:" is the mc-breadcrumbs ...

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I've only used Drop-Down and Expanding Text , which are both described in the Navigation and Link section of Flare's Help .

Drop-Down is for larger portions of the topic. In fact, I have whole topics that are drop-downs (Product Manager's idea, not mine). Expanding is for a single paragraph. Both ...

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One thing I noticed this morning is that using the script repeatedly doesn't work as well as I first thought. Instead of *.htmhtml , I had *.htmll . So, you have two options for adding new topics:

1. Have two versions of the script with the second version set to look for the double L. When you run ...

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Try adding a link in the <head> tag of your MasterPage (where IncludeMe is the name of the file you want included in the output):

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<link rel="external" type="text/htm" href="Content/IncludeMe.htm" />

kwag_myers

I haven't worked with CHM files in years, so I'm not sure this is going to help you. But you can easily change file extensions of your source files with this Visual Basic Script:

'Change to .html
Const CHANGE_FROM = ".htm"
Const CHANGE_TO = ".html"

'Var Declaration
Dim srcFolder
Dim objFSO ...

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Where is the output file?

In the project folder: Output > WebHelp > Content > Resources > Stylesheets

Can you please explain the steps?

1. In Content Explorer , right-click on Styles.css and select Open with Notepad .
2. Make your changes and Save As to the project folder (or where ever you ...

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Right-click on the white space and select Inspect Element. This displays the HTML and CSS, which should tell you what is causing it.

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Another option to Vern's is to use Search & Replace Master, which is freeware. I started using this tool because I didn't care for previous versions of Flare's S&R feature.

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There is another, less favorable option of making the changes in a copy of the CSS and overwriting the output file. I've done this with a few of my first projects (before finding Dave's solution) and use a batch file. The disadvantage is you have to trigger the batch file every time you build a new ...

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In Top Nav, each widget has (potentially) it's own skin file. I'm not familiar with the template itself, but looking at Flare's Online Help , my guess is that you have a file in the Skins folder (use Project Organizer to access) named SideMenu . The easiest way to check is to open your output, right ...

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I remember (back in the day) having to use a javascript to check the browser's resolution and implement the corresponding CSS. I've never tried this, but there seem to be a number of ways to check for touch screen using js. I wonder if you could use that to set which CSS is used?

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StraygoatWriting wrote:I've seen sites where tables are re-formatted where every row looks like a single 100% width column...

I've done this using a blank image as the cell background, which you can add in the table CSS.

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You need to open the Skin Editor , and there are a couple of ways to do that: Open the Project Organizer from the View tab, or open the Primary Target from the Project tab and go to Skin > Edit .

In the Skin Editor , click Styles (in the left navigation pane). The top bar settings are under Header ...

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Have you tried the XHTML output?

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How many PageLayouts do you have? I'm guessing you have one with, and one without the Breadcrumbs Proxy.

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If you want to use Flare and only search select folders, I see only one option: (pick a folder)

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Sorry, our internet went down while I was attempting to edit my post. I was going to suggest Dave Lee's technique for using a javascript to add a custom stylesheet.

As for responsive design, just use percent instead of pixels.

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You might be able to add a style to your CSS using this process: open the output in a browser, right-click the search input field, and select Inspect Element from the context menu. You should see the style for it in one of the smaller panes and even change the width (which is only temporary). Note ...

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This is just another option, but I've usee <caption> for tables and <figcaption> for images.

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Does the Find in: (whole project) option not work for you? Or do you mean child folders only and leave the Content (or parent) folder alone? For that, I think you want the (pick a folder) option, which means you'll need to do each folder separately. Or, add an asterisk (or whatever) to instances in ...

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In tri-pane, yes. However, in top nav you can set the font properties for each level.

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Icons: HTML5 skin Editor > Styles > Navigation > Navigation Panel > TOC > Icons

Font: HTML5 skin Editor > Styles > Navigation > Navigation Panel Item > Font

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I don't know of a way to do it automatically, but then I can't recall ever using Flare's Glossary feature in a project. I've played with it and think they've done a great job developing it. But my Glossaries are usually a topic that I create manually near the end of the initial development (when I ...

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I think you're referring to pagination, and I'm not sure Flare has a way to display it. At least, there's nothing in Help or the WebHelp Mobile sub-forum that I can find. If it were my project, I'd talk with the developers to see about having them build the skin and you supply the XML files for them ...

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