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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 [...]
Limitations of HelpSmith trial version
While I'm evaluating help authoring tools to use for my application's help file, I have a couple of questions on HelpSmith:
What are the trial limitations of the HelpSmith trial version?
If I create a help project with the trial, will I be able to continue working on it after purchasing a license?
Thank you.
How to transfer HelpSmith to another computer?
I am a registered user and need to transfer HelpSmith to another machine.
How do I transfer my license to another computer?
How to set SEO-friendly filenames for topics?
When I export my help project as a web help system, the filenames of my topics are named like "idh-topic10.htm".
I would like to set meaningful filenames that correspond to the titles of the topics, which is important for better indexing/ranking of the pages by search engines, etc.
For example:
If I have a topic named "User Interface", it shoul [...]
Printing single page from Web Help
We are using Web Help template in our software. There is no Print Preview or Print button included into Web Help template page. Just wonder if it is possible to include it to template for user to have an easy way of printing one page, one topic at the time.
Linking to external websites in Web Help
In our web help system, we have links to external websites. While some of the linked websites are displayed properly, the other websites are not displayed.
For example, if you click on such a hyperlink, you will get an error like "Refused to connect" (Chrome) or "Can't Open This Page" (Firefox).
Q: How can we solve this problem?
How do I translate layout texts?
I'm translating a copy my help project into a different language as explained in the HelpSmith's manual here.
It seems to work fine, but I'm wondering if it is possible to display the texts like the "Table of Contents", "Index", etc. in a different language? How do I translate these texts?
Thanks!
Opening a compiled Web Help system
When I click Project>Compile in HelpSmith to produce a web help system, it opens the generated help system in the browser and everything works fine.
But if I launch the generated index.htm file manually in Windows explorer, some functions do not seem to work. For example, I cannot select a topic in the TOC, search topics by keywords, etc.
H [...]
Creating a help system on Mac
Can I use HelpSmith to create documentation on Mac?
Currently I'm using HelpSmith trial under Parallels on my Macbook Pro. But will the produced help files and documents work on a Mac?
How do I get a separate link for each topic?
How do I create a separate URL link for each topic in my web help system?
I need to be able to email a link to a specific topic to the users of my application?
Thank you!