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November 7, 2017
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Using Folders in a Book and publishing as HTML5

  • November 7, 2017
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If I use folders in my book to organize content and then generate the book as HTML5, there are too many levels in the sidebar TOC. I have a folder named Administration with a single file named Install and Configure. When I generate HTML5, it creates a top level folder Administration, a second level folder Install and Configure, then the hyperlink to the actual page is listed. Administration>Install and Configure>Install and Configure. Three clicks to get to a single page. If I remove the folders, then the content is generated correctly Install and Configure>Initial configuration.Two clicks to get to the page. OK, for smaller books that might be doable, but large command references which are alphabetized and contain hundreds of files, not doable.

This is FM2017.

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    Jeff_Coatsworth
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    November 7, 2017

    Check your pagination settings - sounds like it's creating too many layers of topics because of extra pagination on other heading levels.

    Inspiring
    November 7, 2017

    They're all set to delete empty pages. And if you make the book file flat, it removes the extra level. So instead of structuring the book as Book>Folder>Doc, it's now

    Book

    Folder

    Doc

    Folder and Doc are at the same level.

    Jeff_Coatsworth
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    November 7, 2017

    No, I meant pagination in the sense of the Publish module - what rules should the publishing engine (which is really RoboHelp btw) use to split up FM content into topics.