How can I prevent breadcrumbs from being used on the first page?

[Guest]

Hi,

I'm using the latest version of the technical communication suite to produce a WebHelp

layout from a framemaker book. Thanks to all the help I've received so far it's proceeding

well, although slowly.

II have an initia l'home'  page, that isn't present in the TOC, just with a program logo, a company

logo and a helpdesk address. How can I stop breadcrumbs from appearing on this page?

I'm happy for this to be the Home page and to keep the word Home, and it is a separate

document in the linked framemaker book.

Has anyone got any ideas as to how I can do this?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Best wishes,

Karen

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

There may be a way to accomplish this suppression of breadcrumbs from with RH, but I'd be looking at editing the output HTML page (found in your !SSL!\WebHelp\projectname\ folder) to manually remove the coding for the breadcrumbs.

[Captiv8r]

Hi Karen

To accomplish this you need to define a Master Page. Insert a Breadcrumbs Placeholder in the Master Page and associate the Master page only with the topics where you wish to see Breadcrumbs. Then you ensure you clear the option for globally applying Breadcrumbs in your Single Source Layout recipe.

Cheers... Rick

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[Jeff_Coatsworth]

Aha! I knew somebody would know a better way.

[Guest]

Many thanks to you both for your help and speedy replies.

Best wishes,

Karen

[Guest]

Hi,

@Jeff It might be the better way, but I can't make it work so your

way will be used until I embark on my next online manual in the list when I might

be brave enough to try again.

@Rick Sorry I know I'm a poor pupil, but I get no breadcrumbs at all when I insert

breadcrumbs into my newly created master page and disable breadcrumbs in the navigation pane.

Thank for your help.

Best wishes,

Karen

[Captiv8r]

Hi Karen

To each his or her own. Jeff's approach certainly will work but will require you to repeat the process each time you generate. With the approach I outlined you would only need to do things once.

As for the breadcrumbs not appearing at all, it depends on *WHERE* in the Master Page you elected to add them. In order for the approach I outlined to work, you need to ensure you add the placeholder *OUTSIDE* the Body placeholder. Then you should see breadcrumbs on the pages you have associated with the Master Page.

Cheers... Rick

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[Guest]

Hi Rick,

I think that might be part of the problem then. I can't seem to be able to position the

breadcrumbs outside of the body placeholder, which might explain why it doesn't work.

However, even when I try to assign all topics except one to the master page with

the breadcrumbs, none appear on any page, even though the checkbox is disabled

in the navigation tab for WebHelp.

Thanks for your continuing help.

best wishes,

Karen