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SueAustin99
Inspiring
November 3, 2018
Question

Hyperlinks in Master Page header or footer (responsive HTML)

  • November 3, 2018
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Hi,

I just upgraded.  I previously was able to put hyperlinks in the header or footer on a master page and have it apply to all of my pages.  I can still do so, apparently but when I publish the Responsive HTML, the links don't work.  Instead of referencing the output folder they are referencing the development folder.

Any suggestions?  I've tried everything I can think of.

This is RoboHelp 2019.

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SueAustin99Author
Inspiring
November 6, 2018

my project is in a folder called Test in the My Robohelp projects folder

./Documents/My%20RoboHelp%20Projects/test/

Create a master page.

In the header (or footer) portion, type in some text.  Then highlight the text and choose the link button.  Choose the contents folder.

Pick an htm file.

Publish responsive HTML.

the output is published to

.../Documents/My%20RoboHelp%20Projects/outputs/test/Responsive%20HTML5/index.htm#t=First_Topic.htm

The link goes to

.../Documents/My%20RoboHelp%20Projects/test/contents/Second_Topic.htm

Peter Grainge
Peter Grainge
Community Expert
November 6, 2018

Step by step how are you creating the link? I want to replicate what you have done to see if I can make it work.

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maryannh1366
Known Participant
November 6, 2018

This sounds similar to the problem I am having with images in snippets. Before I publish, the URL to the image in the snippet is correct but after publishing in responsive html the URL then references the c: drive.

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Amebr
Community Expert
November 8, 2018

RoboHelp creates two copies of the samples on installation. One goes into Program Files and should never be run from there as Windows will block some of the functionality. The other copy is put in My RoboHelp Projects in the Documents folder that Windows creates in your profile. That is the one to use. The idea of the copy in Program Files is that it is a clean back up if you need to replace the copy in Documents.

See www.grainge.org for free RoboHelp and Authoring information.

@petergrainge


Yeah, I was looking in the My Robohelp Projects folder, but only 2019 Classic was there, which is the old ones.

Regarding the link in the master page: I think it used to auto-correct for sub folders. I'll try to remember to check tomorrow.

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