Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output

[Carol J. Elkins]

There are several problems with the HTML5 layouts supplied with RH10:
~They are not consistently formatted across 
mobile device layouts; a client wanting output 
for all mobile devices will have to put up with 
different color schemes, different "branding," 
etc. for each device he wants to output to.
~Adobe admits that they expected the RH10 user to 
have their IT department modify the HTML5. Well, 
we small and 1-person companies have no IT department.
~There is precious little documentation that 
explains how to edit the HTML5 files. Vikram 
Verma, the RoboHelp TCS product manager, promised 
a Webinar but I don't believe it has happened yet.

You can download a brief procedure that Vikram 
sent me in March at 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ip6x2whnpfb315m/How%20to%20Edit%20RoboHelp%20mobile%20layouts.pdf. 
It might be helpful. I haven't tried it myself 
because I honestly thought that when I purchased 
RH10 I could do what I needed to do without 
having to learn an entirely new profession of Web 
design and HTML5 coding. Right now, I'll probably 
hire someone to tweak the sample files to make an 
entire set of mobile layouts with similar branding.

Carol

At 11:00 AM 4/25/2013, you wrote:
>Robert, have you used the HTML5 layouts and found them less than satisfying?
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>On Apr 24, 2013, at 10:40 AM, Robert Lauriston 
><<mailto:robert at lauriston.com>robert at lauriston.com> wrote:
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>>Sounds like the HTML 5 layout is not compatible with WebHelp skins:
>>
>>"A screen layout has two key components, a set of screen layout pages
>>and a CSS. The screen layout pages define the content and the
>>structure. The CSS defines the layout and the skin."
>>
>><http://help.adobe.com/en_US/robohelp/robohtml/WS1b49059a33f77726-5d8e23a513606e3bbe2-7ffe.html>http://help.adobe.com/en_US/robohelp/robohtml/WS1b49059a33f77726-5d8e23a513606e3bbe2-7ffe.html
>>
>>Do you have a compelling reason to use the brand-new and probably not
>>ready for prime-time HTML 5 layout?
>>
>>On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Martinek, Carla <CMartinek at zebra.com> wrote:
>>>Ok, I realize now I’m probably off base with my question
  ugh. HTML5 and
>>>the WebHelp Pro output are not the same.  Looked at it in a different way
>>>and figured out where I was going wrong.
>>>
>>>So what I need is to create(modify) an HTML 5 desktop screen layout that
>>>uses one of the skins from the gallery
 is that possible to define easily,
>>>or is it a major design from scratch issue?