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hughbetcha
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February 8, 2011
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Search Field on Default Topic Page?

  • February 8, 2011
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Hello, I'm using RH8 HTML / WebHelp. Is there any way to have the search field that is part of the skin appear on an actual .htm page (default page) ? I just wanted to make the search field more prominent, instead of just having users have to click the Search button and then have search open in the leftside frame.

Would be nice if could have a search field right on my main .htm page, and even results would appear on this same page instead of withing the left frame. If not possible, guess will submit on my 'wish list'

Thanks.

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Anshulseo
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August 13, 2013

You could add a toolbar button to a ZoomSearch page that would have a search field.

Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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August 13, 2013

That's what I said in post 8 in this thread.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge

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Captiv8r
Captiv8r
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February 8, 2011

Hi there

It would seem you are wanting to change the whole behavior of the help? Just dispense with the navigation pane and the main toolbar and always have the user begin from the main page?

I'm sure you might be able to code something like this. It would likely require a lot of post processing if you did. I can't tell you how it would happen as I've never needed to do it. Other than that, why not simply utilize the Search field option to have it always present in the main toolbar?

Cheers... Rick

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Captiv8r
Captiv8r
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February 8, 2011

In thinking about this a bit further, I'm wondering if that ZoomSearch thingy Peter Grainge and others rave over may help you out?

Click here to visit Peter's site and read about ZoomSearch

Cheers... Rick

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hughbetchaAuthor
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February 8, 2011

Hi Rick,

No, I don't want to dispense of the whole navigation pane - just looking to have a search field on my default topic. I will add the search field to my main toolbar. Thanks forgot about that. However would still be nice to be able to put the search field right on my main .htm page. Will look at ZoomSearch, but we're looking at purchasing RH Server to take advantage of some of the usage reports it provides (including what terms users are searching for and search terms that resulted in no results found.) If ZoomSearch can do this and provide similar reporting to RH Server, perhaps I need to look into further.

Thanks.

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