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Thanks Dave,

is there any way to move the search bar into the topic in the sidenav tripane view? I can't use the search bar proxy, fair enough, are there any other options?

@Dave Lee:

The searchproxy is rejected in the leftnav skin. I tried to insert it into the home page master page and it is rejected by the compiler with the following error message:

ID: 70007 - The search bar proxy is not supported for HTML5 Tripane output and will be removed

I had chosen the top ...

I'd like to take a custom skin that comes with Flare and do some customizations of my own:

move the search bar into the topic window from above the topic window
support typeahead in search

How do I customize the custom skin not just change colors and such, but is there a guide that talks about ...

If anyone can offer better documentation than what is in the product, I'd really appreciate it.

I am getting authentication issues with Flare and Git. I can get into my Git repository directly, can see files, do what I want, but using the same credentials causes Flare to tell me that it couldn't ...

Thanks, followed the advice. Man, this looks ugly and unusable. However, this is what they're asking for for a particular project so...

Yes, I know, it sounds weird. However, I've been getting a request from one group in my company that is asking can I deliver help with just topics? They don't want any top navigation (I am using the HTML5 Top Navigation skin) and no TOC. I know I can take care of that part by just not including a ...

In the 4 years since this topic was last answered, the glossary functionality of Flare is still VERY POOR. Has anyone come up with any workarounds for the following:

lists in glossary terms
formatting glossary terms (including line breaks)
showing a glossary term with a link that works at the ...

You try this with the git@ and instead just entering the repository name? Don't you already have to enter your credentials when you create the link?

Have you looked through this topic in flare help?

"Binding a Project to Git" specifically this caveat:

Note: If you use CloudForge Git as your ...

So, I also found a js that can be included that can do syntax highlighting, if anyone needs it...
Thanks for paying it forward. I'm actually in need of something handle that myself.

If you get this to work, please please please write it up or post instructions as to how you did it. I'm a bit ...

So, I also found a js that can be included that can do syntax highlighting, if anyone needs it...

http://alexgorbatchev.com/SyntaxHighlighter/

Thank you for your help.

I found this article that addresses an older version of Flare. You'd think they'd actually document this somewhere...

https://kungfuwit.wordpress.com/2009/05 ... o-a-topic/

Now, I'm REALLY confused...

I pressed the enter key for about 3 lines, formatted them as <pre> copied and pasted the code and everything was left justified. The code is only 3 lines long but I'm testing this as a first pass. If this won't work, then I don't know how to do this for code samples that ...

Hi,

Thank you for the detailed instructions. Just a question for clarification...

When you say "insert a block" what do you mean exactly? Are you saying insert a text box and format that with the <pre> tag? I did that and copied the code in and the text was all left-aligned.

Thank you in advance.

Hi,

i can't be the first one to come across this need. I need to insert a LOT of code blocks that show off javascript in our application as sample code. However, I can't figure out for the life of me how to format and retain the formatting of the sample code IN a topic.

I tried a text box and ...

Is there a way to figure out what bariables are used in my topics? I inherited a project from someone else and they seemed to use multiple variables when they forgot they already had one and created another one.

I'd like to run a report and find out which variables are being used in which topics ...

I cannot believe that 5.2 versions later this is STILL an error that is just as cryptic and STILL unresolved? I am very amazed that no one at Madcap has made a more descriptive error message than this.

I'm using 10.2 and all of a sudden when trying to preview topics, I am seeing this EXACT error ...

I put in a support ticket for this and was told it's a "feature request". I got around this by creating 4 different master pages with the name of each product in the footer.

I tried your approach of "overriding the variable in the target" and it only took me to the main variable list for ALL ...

Thank you, Margaret.

I'm just trying to understand this:

How will Flare know that I'm publishing one book over another when I publish? Wouldn't I have to put the ProjectName variable in each page under every topic for it be picked up?

I've got to name the output as per the book name within the ...

I have a single project that covers 4 different products.

My requirements are:

Create 4 web outputs from this single project
Each web output must inherit the name of the "book" or "project" in the master page layout that shows up at the bottom of each topic.

So, 1 project ---> 4 HTML web outputs ...

I use nested drop-downs in WebHelp (often three of four levels), and I'm happy with the results. My overall requirements aren't that complex, though. All mine are closed initially and I don't think I've done anything specific to ensure that.

There are a couple of issues with getting them to expand ...

Hi,

I've got the following scenario:

Topic
TEXT TEXT TEXT
Drop-down element
Drop-down element (NOT tagged as this is for web output ONLY)
TABLE DISPLAYED AS IS FOR WEB OUTPUT
Drop-down element (conditionally tagged for mobile output)
DROP-DOWN ELEMENT TABLE ELEMENTS REPURPOSED AS DROP-DOWN (BY ...

No, that did it. I wasn't aware of the master pages option on mobile output. selected that and it's fine.

thanks.

Nevermind, it's in System variables.

Found it.

Hi,

Is there a way to auto-generate a date in my footer of my master page? I want to insert a variable for "date" and have it update to the publish date of my help (meaning the day I publish my help). Is that a possibility using variables? Or are fields available as an option in a master page ...

WOW, if I hadn't stumbled on this topic, I would never have thought to look in the location you pointed out for the comparison table for outputs.

So, if the "About box" is supported, how do I put any more information than a logo in the about box?

Does anyone know how to add a master page footer ...