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RH8 makes breadcrumbs in HTML Help, not in WebHelp?

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May 18, 2010
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My RH8 project makes excellent breadcrumbs when the output is HTML Help, but when the output is WebHelp, the breadcrumb is comletely missing.

Every topic uses a Master Page, and the Master page calls for a logo, a breadcrumb, and a copyright footer.

In the HTML Help output, all is perfect.

In the WebHelp output, the Logo and the copyright footer appears on every topic, but the breadcrumb is nowhere to be found.

What gives?

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Anonymous

I FINALLY had SUCCESS with breadcrumbs by compiling WebHelp PRO instead of WebHelp Plain.

Is there a good reason that WebHelp Plain failed to make breadcrumbs?

Don't knock yourself out thinking, though, because the correct results have been achieved and I'm happy (usually).

RoboColum_n_

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Whilst I'm happy you're happy don't forget that WebHelp Pro output has a different type of output file that is designed to be used in conjunction with the RoboHelp Server application.

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Peter Grainge

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Just to add to Colum's comments, I have an uncomfortable feeling that other things might break. Test very thoroughly.

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Captiv8r

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Hi there

Can you please post a picture of what you are seeing? Are you using the same Table of Contents for each output?

Cheers... Rick

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Anonymous

Here is a screenshot from the HTML Help output with a breadcrumb "App Button > New", plus a screenshot from the WebHelp output with no breadcrumb at all. (Ignore the strange turquoise shading). Shouldn't the breadcrumbs appear identically in both output types?

Captiv8r

Legend

Hi there

Well, yes one would think that would be the case.

With RoboHelp 8, you have two different ways to insert Breadcrumbs. You may insert them at generation time where they are added to each topic, or you may insert them into a Master Page and either associate the Master Page with topics or build new topics based on the master page. Sometimes folks do both (Master Page with Placeholder AND Breadcrumbs at generation time) and they grow confused because they end up with two levels of breadcrumbs.

Question here. I also know that it's possible to force association with a specific Master Page when you generate. You might want to double-check to ensure that you aren't doing this. My thought here is that if you inadvertently selected this option and the new Master Page didn't have Breadcrumbs as part of it, this could explain it.

Cheers... Rick

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