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25 topics found by tags: hyperlinks, bookmarks, topics.
How to define user-friendly URL links for topics
I've created a new HelpSmith project and compiled it as a web help system.
The URL link to the topic looks like:
http://127.0.0.1:8080/WebHelp/idh-topic10.html
How do I define a meaningful URL link for my topics (like you have in the sample help projects)?
.CHM help file does not display the topic content
I have created a .CHM help file and copied it to our network, so my co-workers could check it out.
However, when they open the .CHM file, they can see the list of topics on the Contents tab (i.e. in the TOC), but not the content of the topics. When clicking on any topic, no content is displayed on the right side.
What am I doing wrong?
How to add Related Links associated by keywords?
I have a help project in which I want to add a Related Links section at the bottom of each topic.
My questions:
How do I setup a Related Links section to display topics associated by keywords?
Is it possible to apply these links to multiple topics?
Thanks!
How to insert a link to jump to a specific place in a topic?
I'm a creating a help system and would like to add a link that jumps to a specific point, for example, in the middle of a topic.
Does HelpSmith include such a feature?
How do I change breadcrumb text and styles?
In our help system, we have a breadcrumb that shows the location of the current topic in the header.
What we want to do for the breadcrumb path is:
Change the style of hyperlinks (regular, hover style);
Change or disable the "<Root level>" text;
Change the delimiter from the ">" char to "|" char.
How can we do that?
Opening a specific topic in a Web Help system (by clicking on the "topic.htm" file)
I have generated a Web Help system with HelpSmith by importing topics from my Word document. HelpSmith has generated separate .HTM files for each topic in the Web Help's output folder.
But if I open one of the HTML files, it opens the Web Help system, but does not open the particular help topic. What I am doing wrong?
Interestingly, when th [...]
Compiled help system does not display the topic titles?
When I compile my help project as a CHM file or Web Help system, it works fine, but when opening any topic, it does not display the topic's title.
What I am doing wrong?
How to link to an external PDF file from a topic of my help file
I have created a help file with HelpSmith, in which I want to reference the users to additional information that is available in external PDF documents.
How can I link to an external PDF document?
Changing the style of active hyperlinks
In my help project, the hyperlink styles (Hyperlink, Active Hyperlink) seem to be correct. But when I hover over hyperlinks in the compiled help system, some of the hyperlinks are not highlighted with the "Active Hyperlink" style.
What I am doing wrong?
Clickable hyperlinks in breadcrumbs
I have a Breadcrumb object in the template that applies to the topics in my .CHM help file and Web Help system that I'm creating with HelpSmith.
However, the Breadcrumb displays the path to the selected topic as regular text.
How can I enable clickable hyperlinks in the Breadcrumb's path, so the user of the help file can follow to the appropri [...]