Generating web-based help

Robert Lauriston robert at lauriston.com
Mon Nov 10 08:26:41 PST 2014


Google MOTW / Mark of the Web.

What add-on are you using to generate the help? You should be
generating a set of HTML and CSS files, not a CHM.

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 7:53 AM, David Millis
<David.Millis at drakesoftware.com> wrote:
> Up to this point, I’ve never generated web-based help, only Microsoft HTML
> Help 1.x with Framemaker 7.2 as my source documents. The program that my
> help is used in is now being used as part of a suite of web-based programs.
> When I view the CHM file in the web-based application, I only see the books,
> chapters, and headings on the left side. I don’t see any of the actual Help
> content. That very same CHM file shows all as it should when the application
> is on my C: drive.
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> My questions are:
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> 1.    Is there a setting I need to generate the help for the web-based
> application?
>
> 2.    If I need to change the output, what output do I need to select that
> would require the absolute bare minimum of work on my part?
>
> 3.    If I choose a different output, do the style and paragraph settings
> that are part of the HTML Help 1.x output automatically come into the new
> output type?
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> Thank you so much for your help in advance.
>
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> David Millis
> Drake Software
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