editing published Webhelp files

Question

I gave to our system administrator the published files for the WebHelp and he put them on the server. I have edited these files and published new ones. He told me if I change one of the files, I think the main html file or the opening html file, from the its name (e.g. <product>) to Index, all I will have to do is post all the published files on the server instead of having him do something special to the published files and then post them.

Does anyone know which file he is talking about and can I just change its name? Should this be done before or after I publish the WebHelp? Will this work?

Basically, I would like the ability to just put the new published WebHelp files directly on the server without having the system administrator have to do anything so that it works.

Thanks in advance,

Judy

Willam van Weelden · Answer

Hi,My guess is that he's talking about the Start Page. Normally when you go to a website without specifying a file (such as www.adobe.com) the sever feeds you the standard file. 'Index.html' is a name that is widely used as the standard.From what I can gather, your administrator renames the Start Page to index.html. You can change the name of your Start Page in the first page of the SSL settings of the WebHelp. When someone calls the URL with the help, the server will automatically serve the Start Page of the project.This will work, but if you use context sensitive help, your developers may have to change their call (if they use the Start Page).Greet,Willam

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