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by NorthEast
Thu Jul 20, 2023 12:39 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: CSP and CSP-report-only Headers in Flare Output
Replies: 3
Views: 1985

Re: CSP and CSP-report-only Headers in Flare Output

To be honest, I'd expect your security folks to advise you on how to fix this.

How you do that depends on your server. Our server uses IIS, so I was able to add CSP stuff by uploading a single web.config file.

I could've probably used meta tags to do the same thing, but fixing it at the server ...
by NorthEast
Thu Jul 20, 2023 12:14 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Responsive Output Settings - breakpoints question
Replies: 3
Views: 1431

Re: Responsive Output Settings - breakpoints question

Not sure if "Use device width media queries" will help. Also, device-width in CSS is on the ' deprecated ' list so is probably best avoided.

A 13.3 inch screen is small - it's the size of a large tablet or small laptop.
So what you're seeing is kind of what I'd expect, and I'd guess this user ...
by NorthEast
Mon Jul 17, 2023 12:17 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Getting HTML5 side nav to open without browser controls
Replies: 5
Views: 2777

Re: Getting HTML5 side nav to open without browser controls

No idea Jim, my experience was with a Windows app.
by NorthEast
Wed Jul 12, 2023 11:19 pm
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: Let's not lose our corporate memory!
Replies: 12
Views: 50851

Re: Let's not lose our corporate memory!

I think it's a problem that we have two competing Flare communities (which Slack has already won), but neither really ticks all the boxes for what you want in a community self-support site.

I think Slack would have been a great choice, if only you could search and refer to previous answers to ...
by NorthEast
Wed Jul 12, 2023 10:50 pm
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: Vertically and Horizontally Centering Div Content
Replies: 1
Views: 20824

Re: Vertically and Horizontally Centering Div Content

Yeah, flex is a really good and easy way to display content - Flare uses it in its skins.

This is a handy visual guide to flex: https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox/

Usually you'd use set flex CSS properties in on both the container ( display:flex ), and also on the stuff inside ...
by NorthEast
Wed Jul 12, 2023 8:06 am
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: Let's not lose our corporate memory!
Replies: 12
Views: 50851

Re: Let's not lose our corporate memory!

They're hidden after 90 days because it's not a paid subscription

It says $7.25 per person per month - and there's 2000 members!

But yeah, the lack of any history on Slack is massively irritating. It's got a pretty interface, but is a step backwards as you can't build a body of knowledge that ...
by NorthEast
Tue Jul 11, 2023 12:18 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Adding clickable links to Header area (solved!)
Replies: 22
Views: 21468

Re: Adding clickable links to Header area (solved!)

The links are probably not clickable because the link for the logo is being displayed in front of them.

You can move the links in front by setting the z-index in your CSS (assuming links are in #header-links, as in the example):

Code: Select all

#header-links { z-index: 10; }
by NorthEast
Thu Jul 06, 2023 7:06 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Image Bookmark
Replies: 5
Views: 1979

Re: Image Bookmark

You are getting an empty xref because there is no text in the paragraph that contains the bookmark.
If you want to use a xref, then you need to have some text in that paragraph.

If you don't want text in that paragraph, then use a normal hyperlink instead of a xref.
by NorthEast
Thu Jul 06, 2023 6:57 am
Forum: Single-Sourcing
Topic: Best practice for applying condition tags to topics?
Replies: 4
Views: 24986

Re: Best practice for applying condition tags to topics?

A condition tag set on a topic means you can set the target conditions to exclude that topic from the output altogether. If the topic is excluded, then it wouldn't be included in any output TOC either (so you don't need to use a condition to exclude the TOC item too).

A condition tag set on TOC ...
by NorthEast
Tue Jun 27, 2023 11:51 pm
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: Mini TOC with more levels than TOC Proxy?
Replies: 6
Views: 8192

Re: Mini TOC with more levels than TOC Proxy?

I created the class "GenTOCTable3" as a child of h3.

The article says to add the GenTOCTable3 class to the table tag, not your h3 tag (or any heading tag).
So that's why your h3 is disappearing.

So you'd have this in your stylesheet:
table.GenTOCTable3
{
display: none;
}

Note that the steps ...
by NorthEast
Mon Jun 26, 2023 2:52 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Set default value for hyperlink target frame
Replies: 6
Views: 2079

Re: Set default value for hyperlink target frame

Interesting, I'd never heard of target-name in CSS - it looks like it's just a proposal.

Whilst <base> should work, it looks like you need to specify the href as well as the target . This works for me:
<base href="https://madcapsoftware.com/" target="_blank" />

You'd have to add <base> to the ...
by NorthEast
Tue Jun 20, 2023 7:45 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Set default value for hyperlink target frame
Replies: 6
Views: 2079

Re: Set default value for hyperlink target frame

Sorry, but this doesn't sound right for a number of reasons.

This can be achieved by doing modification inside master page or stylesheet
Not sure how it can be "master page or stylesheet". They're quite different things, and I can't see how making a change to either is going to change the default ...
by NorthEast
Tue Jun 20, 2023 7:10 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Show meta data in File List
Replies: 2
Views: 754

Re: Show meta data in File List

This can be achieved by modifying the File List configuration which can be accessed from within;

Target Editor > Advanced > Output File list Configuration > Edit Configuration

You will get the File list configuration editor wherein you will be able to add custom column.


Where exactly is this ...
by NorthEast
Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:04 pm
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Moving from CHM to server-installed HTML help
Replies: 3
Views: 2391

Re: Moving from CHM to server-installed HTML help

Yes, we switched a very long time ago.

We have the help installed in different ways - installed in a local server, and installed to the local file system.
One product already has server and client components, so the server component app installs the help to the local server, and when you use help ...
by NorthEast
Tue May 30, 2023 11:00 pm
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Overlapping divs
Replies: 3
Views: 2978

Re: Overlapping divs

Psider is correct.
By default, it will use overflow: visible which means the background (not text) will not be clipped to the size of the box.
Using overflow: hidden or overflow: auto will fix it.
I use auto, just in case the div contains content that don't fit inside it, as this will display ...
by NorthEast
Mon May 29, 2023 11:01 pm
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Filter the Side Nav Menu
Replies: 2
Views: 1164

Re: Filter the Side Nav Menu

Replied to in the Slack group.

For anyone else:
Your problem is that the Side Nav menu does not load the full menu initially - MadCap's script only loads the items as you open the menu and they become visible.
If you inspect the topic's HTML using the browser dev tools (F12), you'll see the child ...
by NorthEast
Wed May 24, 2023 11:29 pm
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Removing menu items from Top Nav header
Replies: 4
Views: 2570

Re: Removing menu items from Top Nav header

What do you actually want to do?
Just it's not that clear from the original post either.

If you want to choose how many menu levels to display, then open the skin editor and set the Top Menu Levels to Show (Depth) on the Setup tab.

As you mentioned, the setting on the Styles for Menu > Top ...
by NorthEast
Tue May 16, 2023 6:25 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Toc depth - side navigation
Replies: 1
Views: 837

Re: Toc depth - side navigation

You can't add levels in the skin editor, so you have to do this yourself using CSS that customises the output .

In my case, I needed to set the indentation for menu items on levels 5-7.

So in the example below, this selects the side navigation container (ul.sidenav ...), selects five levels deep ...
by NorthEast
Mon May 15, 2023 2:35 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Exclude * except... ?
Replies: 2
Views: 1213

Re: Exclude * except... ?

Conditional statements can only be used to include/exclude content that has been marked with a condition.

Content that's not marked with a condition tag isn't being 'included' as such (nor can it be excluded) - as it's not marked with a condition, it's left alone and is untouched by the build ...
by NorthEast
Mon May 15, 2023 2:15 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: How do I stop Flare from generating .prop files?
Replies: 11
Views: 3941

Re: How do I stop Flare from generating .prop files?

Props files will be created if you edit an image in MadCap Capture - do you use that?

The props file contains the source that's used to create the image - the image data, layers, captions, etc.
So don't delete the props file, as you'll lose the image source and won't be able to edit the image in ...
by NorthEast
Tue May 09, 2023 11:13 pm
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Bookmarks to a specific tab not working
Replies: 1
Views: 545

Re: Bookmarks to a specific tab not working

Flare doesn't have tabs built-in, so you're presumably using some custom javascript to display content in the tabs.
If it worked before you overhauled your project, then yes it sounds like you've changed something that has stopped the javascript from working - maybe something like a class name or ...
by NorthEast
Wed Apr 19, 2023 8:04 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Hiding topics from side-navigation
Replies: 3
Views: 1483

Re: Hiding topics from side-navigation

The menu just displays what's in your TOC, so if you don't include topics in the TOC (or exclude them using conditions), then they won't appear in the menu.

The topics will still be included in the output, provided the target setting Content to include isn't set to only include content linked from ...
by NorthEast
Mon Apr 17, 2023 10:34 pm
Forum: Importing
Topic: Thought Process about Importing TOCs
Replies: 2
Views: 23039

Re: Thought Process about Importing TOCs

If you're using a project import (global project linking), then the parent project would have to import all the files required to build the topics from each target, not just the TOC file.

So I presume you're thinking of using Auto-include linked files to get these files?
This would get the topic ...
by NorthEast
Mon Apr 03, 2023 11:51 pm
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Using Joyride with Flare?
Replies: 1
Views: 703

Re: Using Joyride with Flare?

Sounds like you're initialising Foundation before Foundation has been loaded.

Note that if you're using a HTML5 target and skin, then the Flare output will already include a portion of Foundation (6.2.3). That means you don't need to add the Foundation script or initialise Foundation yourself ...
by NorthEast
Wed Mar 29, 2023 11:46 pm
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Filter Navigation Menu
Replies: 2
Views: 848

Re: Filter Navigation Menu

There's nothing built in to Flare that will do that, so you'd have to add it yourself.

Now, say you added a script that could filter the menu (there are loads of examples of how to filter HTML), the next problem is that it might not work very well with the Side Nav menu.

The whole Side Nav menu is ...