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This is an intranet based website so there shouldn't be any security concerns but I'm not sure.

To better describe, this is what I mean. Instead of giving someone a link to view a topic, it would be nice to be able to direct them to a specific folder. So for example on the image, I'd like to give ...

Is there any way you can link to a folder in the online output TOC rather than a specific topic?

Thanks!

Hello,

I am wondering if there's a way to identify an PDF external resource that has been added to a Flare project as a PDF with an icon rather than an icon that looks like a regular Flare topic.

For example, when I add the PDF to my Flare project, in the content explorer, you can easily identify ...

I am wondering if anyone else has noticed a similar issue..

I often make a build of some draft topic(s) I am still working on but would like the SME to look at its current state. I will give them a link to the default.htm page located in the Build output folder and when I open that the TOC displays ...

I'm trying to put a condition tag on one cell in a column, when I apply it to the td block, it applies the tag to the whole row. Is it possible to just apply a condition tag to one cell?
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Hello,

I checked the advanced settings and that option is not checked, so it must be a browser issue. I'll just note the best browser to use to view external resources via the online help is Google Chrome.

Thanks for your response!

I've been noticing that when I add an external resource (usually a PDF) to the online help and go to view the PDF once it's published, if I click on it, it will get stuck and I can't click on another topic. I only noticed this in IE, in Google Chrome it seems to work fine.

Is this a bug or a ...

Hello,

I'm new to making pay layouts and associating them with my topics in the TOC.

What is the best practice for making an end page? I have a title page, left page, right page, and an empty page.

So far the only way I've figured out how to make a back end/cover page is by creating a topic.

Aha, thanks so much!

Hello, I am thinking of changing the toggler image. I went into the style settings and it shows that the current image being used is in the resources > Images folder but I go there and cannot find it. It shows it's in a WebHelp folder but that folder doesn't exist in my project.

webhelp_Toggler ...

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Does anybody know if you can put conditions on certain columns or rows in a table rather than the whole table? I'm having trouble figuring out how but maybe it can't be done.

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LTinker68 wrote: To edit the toggler to add the second named element to it, make sure you have "show blocks" turned on, then right-click on the toggler block and select edit. You can then add or remove checkboxes next to the items to add or remove them from that toggler.

This is helpful info, thank you!

Alternatively you might want to think about creating a 'print friendly' version of all your online topics by copying them and using regular images instead of thumbnails and providing a link to the 'print friendly' version in each topic. If you have a lot of content, you could think about performing ...

I tried doing this in one topic where I need to replace a note style. This is what I tried but it didn't find any matches to replace.

Find and Replace example.jpg

What am I doing wrong? Do I need to exclude the parenthesis?

Also what about styles that have this in it in the text editor: li ...

Glad I found this post and someone else wants this feature.

Disappointing to find out but I am also going to submit a feature request.

Thanks!

Oh no. Wish I would have known that before. Only problem now is I don't remember what I named the old styles.

Okay, good thing to note going forward! Thanks for the information!

I have a p.note style that I use for single-paragraph notes. Then I have a div.note style that I use when I want to create a note with multiple paragraphs (or multiple notes in a bullet list). In this case, the div.note style has the note styling (the borders and background color) and you would use ...

You can look at MadCap's styles to see how they've done it.
To look at HTML/CSS, I'd suggest using the Firebug add-on for Firefox, or the built-in developer tools in IE or Chrome (press F12)

That will give you most of the styles; the only thing to add is the 'note' text which will come from an ...

You can also view/copy the stylesheet for the Flare 9 online help at http://webhelp.madcapsoftware.com/flare9/Content/Resources/Stylesheets/styles.css. Their stylesheet has p.note, p.note1, p.note2, p.note3, p.note4, etc.

Do you know why they have 1-4 etc different note styles? Can I use one as ...

I've done this twice now where I've edited a current style in the Master Stylesheet, but when I save it, the topics that were using the style before it was edited do not automatically update the new style like I want it to. I also renamed the style (don't know if that makes a difference). The edited ...

I created a toggler for content that started with a list, but then there was a break in the list at the end when I added a paragraph. I named only the list and wanted to highlight the content after the list to include in the toggler.

I haven't found an easy way to edit a toggler/delete the named ...

Although it appears as though you have everything under control. Seeing "ehlpdhtm.js" in your post reminded me of a project I took over a few years back. For a short time, I was perplexed about the purpose of these three files: BSSCdhtm.js, showhide.js, and ehlpdhtm.js. But eventually understood ...

Hi CanAussie,

Can you direct me to the post you found that directed you how to make notes with an icon/image in it? I'm new and am still trying to figure this out.

Thanks!

I would actually like the settings for how Flare uses their style but don't know how to obtain it. I want to use it but I would use different icons and colors. I can't even figure out how to get my corners rounded in the border of the box and am having trouble following the multiple forum threads ...