I currently publish documents to PDF but I am testing publishing to WebHelp, as an additional delivery format.
I am using a single project to publish separate documents for two separate series of products. A lot of the content is common to both series of products. For series-specific content, I use and apply custom build options and IF/IF NOT conditions in the table of contents, in the topics themselves, and also in snippets.
When I publish the documents to PDF, I use a print manual template that incorporates a snippet for the document number/revision/date, along with as static export control statement that applies to both series of products, as a footer. Within the snippet, I apply IF conditions so that the appropriate document number/revision/date appears when I publish the document for the particular product series.
However, when I publish to WebHelp, I don't see any way to insert a snippet or conditional text to the skin, like I did in the print manual template. I have customized the layout by making changes to the skin's HTML source code. (Don't worry; I made a copy of one of the default skins and am making changes to the copy...
) For example, the best way I found to make sure the export control statement always appears was to add it to the header in the skin's Configuration > HTML Page Templates > Default > HTML Source Code tab.I realize I could insert the document number/revision/date snippet at the end of each topic of the document, and apply an IF WebHelp build condition.
Is there a better way of achieving what I'd like to do?
Again, thank you.
Jay
