Skins (Templates)for RH2022

[LonTheWriter]

My reference book, Adobe RoboHelp 2022: The Essentials, is a bit useless at times ... like now. In RH2012, the skin we used looked like this:

So, is there a similar option in RH2022? I can't seem to find it. Of course, it needn't be identical to this, but we'd like something...

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[LonTheWriter]

BTW: I'm using Microsoft HTML Help

[Amebr]

In my very vague memory from the age of dinosaurs ( 😉 ) I think chm skins were actually RH webhelp skins somehow incorporated into the chm viewer. They are definitely not a default feature of Microsoft HTML Help. I suspect they did not make it in to New UI, given RH webhelp is defunct.

[Peter Grainge]

Skins for CHMs were introduced in Classic versions and used methods that the strict adherence to HTML5 and CSS3 rules prevent. They are not part of the CHM output in the new UI versions and cannot be.

As @Amebr has said, WebHelp is also defunct. That is for the same reasons. The options are responsive and frameless templates, as skins are now called. Frameless is the way to go as that is where Adobe are focussing development and they are much easier to customise.

There is no CHM subsitute anywhere that I have seen.

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[LonTheWriter]

Hello ... search function seems to be working, so on with the skins game:

We're considering using the Frameless option, but would like to modify the appearance (skin?) to more accurately reflect our company's style -- specifically the colors, but if we could replace the images on the Home page with something more appropriate to our image, that ... would ... be ... great. 

[Peter Grainge · Accepted solution]

They are templates now. The background image is defined in the template editor as are the tiles.

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[Peter Grainge · Accepted solution]

See Item 22 in RoboHelp Gems (grainge.org) for editing the tiles.

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[LonTheWriter]

Hi, Peter, and thanks so much for your assistance. I was tempted to select this as a Correct Answer, but I have an additional question.

I was able to change the color of the band at the top and to change the photos in the tiles -- worked perfectly!

However, I would also like to change the logo (looks like the tuning pegs of a guitar with sound waves) to our company logo, but can't find where I can do this. Is it possible?

Thanks again,

Lon

[Peter Grainge]

If it has answered your question, it is the correct answer. Adding another question does not affect that. You can mark more than one post as correct if you add answers or more than one person gives you the correct answer.

With your latest post, a screenshot always helps and include the template name. I think this is what you mean.

You need to go here.

If you use a home page, you also need to go here.

In both cases expand the Background section and you will see where to change the image.

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[LonTheWriter]

Thanks again, Peter, for your continued support, not to mention patience.

I did have tiles for a while there; they looked pretty good, too... but somehow in the changing logo process, they disappeared. Now, when I publish and view my project, it starts on my Introduction page ... and that's all; no Table of Contents at all.

Rather than keep clicking on various items, I thought I'd better seek your advice once again.

Thank you,

Lon

[Peter Grainge]

What you are calling the TOC is correctly called the Home Page.

I would guess you have deselected it here in the preset.

I can't think of any other way for it not to appear. 

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[LonTheWriter]

Hi, Peter!

Actually, I did have Use Template Home Page checked; however, I also had a page specified in the Home Page box. I cleared that, but still not getting the ToC tiles that I once had...

[Peter Grainge]

Screenshot please. 

Do they still appear when you generate? 

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[LonTheWriter]

Here it is (Studio):

[LonTheWriter]

...no, they do not appear when I generate...

[Peter Grainge]

... and the answer to my question? 

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[LonTheWriter]

My apologies for the lack of clarity in my previous post, when I mentioned "no, they do not appear when I generate..." I was referring to the tiles/images in the ToC

[Peter Grainge · Accepted solution]

Your reply was OK, I just hadn't seen it when I replied. 

You mean the home page rather than the TOC. Just as a test, try a different default template. I'll take a look in the morning.

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[LonTheWriter]

Good morning, Peter!

I tried your suggestion and realized that (I don't know why) I had selected Manage Tiles from TOC; when I de-selected it, my images appeared.

Thank you!

[Peter Grainge]

Yeah that would screw it up. 🙂

Perhaps somewhere in this thread there is now a correct answer or something that is worthy of an upvote? 🙂

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