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The definition that you have set in the variable file can be overridden in a target, or in a snippet. So I'd guess someone changed that without you knowing. To check this: * In your target, check the Variables tab. * If the variable is used in a snippet, open the topic where you have inserted the sn...

Yep, perhaps give examples of the actual HTML code in and around the h1 tag. Also, what CSS is applied to the h1 - does it use anything special like applying autonumbers (mc-autonumber-) or conditions (mc-conditions)? Lastly, you mention "After building and publishing..." - so just to chec...

I wish MadCap would just spend a year fixing this and the other quite major bugs and performance issues in their software. It would be far more beneficial than some of the new features they've been releasing lately - both 2023 releases are particularly underwhelming. Anyway, I guess if everyone repo...

The < and > symbols are reserved characters in XHTML, so you need to use &lt; and &gt; in the code. When you paste in the XML Editor view, Flare converts that for you. I'd agree that the formatting looks over complicated - there's a table, two divs, a pre tag, and code tag. So how are you co...

Yep, if you look st the system variables, there's one for the current page's filename: System > SourceFile

If you mean having both the Top Nav menu (drop down menu) and a Side Nav menu (accordion menu) displayed together, then Flare doesn't allow you to do that. As jimgilliam mentions, you can use the Top Nav skin and insert a menu proxy, but that inserts a static menu which is not collapsible. Now, you ...

You can install 2023 alongside 2021, so presumably you're opening 2021 instead of 2023.

I don't think 2021 is smart enough to hide the update notification.

When you select Use TOC depth for heading levels , you also need to set the mc-heading-level on your heading styles. For example: h1 { mc-heading-level: 1; } h2 { mc-heading-level: 2; } h3 { mc-heading-level: 3; } See: https://help.madcapsoftware.com/flare2023/Content/Flare/Proxies/TOCs/Editing-Head...

I know Warnings and Ignored Warnings can be ignored, but the number of Ignored Warnings are counting up and I can't find the reason for that. I would say about me to know how to program HTML, but apparently there is something wrong. Is there any way I could find out what causes these Ignored Warnin...

Melodie has already given a solution to the question. First create an individual template/master page for each section, and set the topics in each section to use that template/master page. See: https://help.madcapsoftware.com/flare2023/Content/Flare/Template-Pages/Template-Pages.htm Then in each tem...

Have you asked the folks that manage your online doc center? Presumably your online doc center is hosted on a web server, so I would check with the folks that manage that server, and ask them why users could be seeing old versions of files. It sounds like it could be due to caching - the cache can b...

Basically, it doesn't work because you can't use any of the MadCap| styles combined with other tags in complex selectors (at least not in most cases). Not your fault for not knowing, as I don't think I've seen this documented anywhere officially. It works in the editor because the tags in the editor...

I've checked CPU/RAM/disk usage when it happens, and it can occur when the PC is running well within its limits. For me, it's usually a cumulative problem that builds up over time - once it starts happening, it seems to steadily get more frequent in that session. So I'm thinking it's a code issue in...

You see the Side Nav menu when you use a HTML5 skin and set the Main Menu Position to Left (or Right).
If you're adding a new skin, there's a default skin called HTML5 - Side Navigation.

The help covers everything: https://help.madcapsoftware.com/flare20 ... /Skins.htm

I'm not aware of any {filter} parameter, and there probably isn't one because it's not included in any messages. Quite easy to get the selected filter name though: var selectedFilter = $(".search-filter.selected").attr("title"); Might be better to use that method, as getting the ...

jimgilliam wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 4:58 pm @NorthEast, what is the $topicHeading in your example? Is it a reference to using "Headings" in the menu proxy, or a variable or script you're using on the proxy?

When you choose (Headings) for the menu proxy, Flare inserts the bit mc-linked-toc="$topicHeadings".

Personally, I wouldn't ever choose to use values because they're not readable. Identifiers are readable, which makes a big difference whenever you have to deal with them. For example, it's way easier to check what topic the identifier "companyname_appname_com_bookmark" should link to, than...

You might have to choose between removing everything, or living with it. As mentioned, you can easily remove the 'Options' menu altogether. As for the context menu, I'm not sure how to customise the options, but I'm fairly sure you should be able to hide the menu, as you can do that on web pages dis...

if they are called different things in the alias and in the header, how do they get mapped? It's the identifier name itself that is linking the information in the header file and alias file. So the identifier name needs to be the same in both. It is a bit confusing, because there are two files invo...

Hmm... it's still not very clear to me, and what you've put in the screenshot is not how it works. The header file contains an identifier (the text string) and a value (number). #define my-identifier 1000 You use Flare's alias editor to map each identifier to a topic in your help. It shows you a lis...

Why not just use the Side Nav menu instead of a menu proxy? Many years ago (before Flare had a Side Nav menu) I used the third-party smartmenus (https://www.smartmenus.org) control to convert a Flare menu proxy into an accordion menu. Smartmenus did work, but I'd still suggest using Flare's Side Nav...

Yep - I've had the black screen issue for many years - I'm thinking at least 2015/2016. Whilst it does usually respond after a few seconds/minutes, the black screen is displayed in front of other Windows, meaning I can't use that monitor until it goes away. It generally just gets worse the longer th...

I'm not sure if you can edit that Options menu. Looking at Microsoft HTML Help Workshop, you just get the same settings in the Window definitions as you see in Flare - so you can hide the Options button, but can't seem to change what's in the menu. Mind, I would ask why you've been asked to remove t...

I don't quite understand the problem, or why Tech Support suggested using values instead of identifiers. The CSH identifiers that you use in Flare can be absolutely anything you want (that has valid characters), but they have nothing to do with the URLs that you use for your app. You don't need to c...

In my projects, my main/primary stylesheet only contains a list of links to other stylesheets (about 8 of them) and nothing else. I have multiple stylesheets to segregate different parts of the CSS, as some are specific to different projects and outputs. This means that if I need to change which sty...