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(RH HTML, version 8.0.2.208.)
Hi all,
Is there a way of making the contents of the <title> tag conditional? One of my topics needs to have a different title according to the chm it goes into (designer chm or end user chm). Search results are based on the contents of the <title> tag, not of <h1>, so the contents of the <title> tags do need to be specific.
I tried applying conditional tags inside the code manually (I copied <?rh-cbt_start condition="Designer" ?>, etc), but it just doesn't work (both versions of the title show).
Then I created 2 different html files, each with the correct <title>, and inserted the contents of the topic as a snippet. That worked OK. But now I have an image map in another topic that refers to my double-file topic (and this image map appears in both versions of the chm as well)! The only way to make things work is to have 2 versions of the image map, each with the correct link.
I thought the idea of single sourcing was to make things simpler and to save time... Did I miss something? Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks, C.
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Hi there
Looks like you have done your homework!
Indeed it would be a nice feature to be able to conditionalize the Title attribute. Please take a moment and suggest it via the Wish Form.
What I might suggest is that you create a Related Topics link that points to each of the desired topics. My hope here is that when one or the other topics is removed by conditionalizing, it will leave behind a single link. Then instead of seeing a popup chooser, the link just works to open the single topic.
Give that a go and see how well it may work.
Cheers... Rick
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This is an outstanding feature request so do submit your request to up the chances. It's needed for people who work with multiple languages too.
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Thanks to you both for your responses. I have submitted a feature request.
Rick, were you suggesting to insert the Related topics button on top of the image map?
C.
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Mmm... as far as the image map is concerned, it seems that the conditional expression I tried using yesterday to no avail is now working (I made the <area/> tag conditional). I changed nothing in the meantime, all I did was close and reopen the project. No accounting for RoboHelp behaviour...
(Of course, this changes nothing to the conditional <title> tag issue.)