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Has anyone figured a workaround for getting placeholders (breadcrumbs, mini-TOC) into the header section of a topic page, standard or master? (The placeholder options are dimmed when selecting header or footer.) Even if I try to sneak in the HTML, RH just blows it away or keeps it with no functionality.
Have they fixed this in RH9?
Leon
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Hi Leon
What if you insert the placeholder just above the Body placeholder but not in the Header proper? That seems to work and behave the same as the Header.
Cheers... Rick
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Not if I want it to serve as a master page, Rick.
We already have both placeholders in the body, but I was hoping to take them out of the body entirely. Our staff seems to randomly disable them, how I don't know (they insist they DIDN'T TOUCH A THING!
Leon
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Sorry, but I'm not understanding your bit about you can't have it if you want it to serve as a Master Page. That's precisely where you would do it.
What am I missing?
Cheers... Rick
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Here is my take on the RH Master (Template) Page:
Header (<?rh-region_start type="header"?><?rh-region_end type="header" ?>)
- Applies to New and Existing topics
Body (<body></body>)
- Applies only to New topics (will not overwrite existing body content)
Footer (<?rh-region_start type="footer"?><?rh-region_end type="footer" ?>)
- Applies to New and Existing topics
How do you place anything "between" those elements and have RH interpret the content?
Leon
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Hi Leon
I can't explain *WHY* RoboHelp does what it does. But I've noticed that a change occurred beginning with version 8.
Sure, in 7 and earlier we had Topic Templates. And we were restricted to the three areas you mentioned. But with version 8, you are now able to insert stuff outside the Body placeholder and it works in a similar manner to the former Header/Footer. Note that this doesn't replace the Header/Footer, you are still free and even encouraged to use them.
Probably best to just give it a try and see how it behaves first hand. Create a Master Page. Add perhaps some text or maybe a breadcrumbs placeholder in the area just above or just below the Body placeholder. Then associate the Master Page with some topics.
Cheers... Rick
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Boy, what the he*& were they thinking (the Adobe people)? Why would they allow the addition of "pseudo-header" content that works just like header content, but entirely outside the documented header-body-footer construct? Instead, in the case of my example below, they're transforming the "pseudo-header" placeholders in the master page into a placeholder-header hybrid in the topic assigned to the master page.
I wouldn't mind so much if they actually documented it, instead of sticking with this in their help:
My testing:
So, when they say (further up in their Master Page help topic):
When you create a topic using a master page, the body content is placed in the resulting topic. If you apply a master page to an existing topic, the body content is ignored. [except for the pseudo-header content in the body, you mean]
Wow!