chapter numbers in WebHelp

[Christof Schardt]

I wanted the autmatic numbering executed for the webHelp-export.
I found the corresponding option in configuration - export settings and checked it.

However, the output did not show numbers. Am I missing something or is this a bug?

[Tim Green]

Hi Christof,

You're probably trying to configure this in your project but at the same time using a skin. When you use a skin all the templates and settings that exist in the skin replace the corresponding settings in the project with XML overloads. This includes everything in the WebHelp > Navigation section. You need to edit the *.hmskin file instead and make the changes there. Internally it is just like a HM project -- it really is a HM project, just with a reduced pallet of settings and no topics.

[Christof Schardt]

Thanks.
I removed the skin and it worked. But only in the TOC-pane, not in the titles of each topic.
Would this be possible too?

And for my understanding:
I can take a project without skin, add auto numbering, inspect the source-code resp. templates and
transfer some stuff to a "skinned project" in order to achieve auto numbering?
Is this right?

[Tim Green]

I removed the skin

Why??? Make the setting in the skin, as suggested. Then you get the numbering and the skin formatting.

But only in the TOC-pane, not in the titles of each topic.
Would this be possible too?

That is correct, and no.

I can take a project without skin, add auto numbering, inspect the source-code resp. templates and
transfer some stuff to a "skinned project" in order to achieve auto numbering? Is this right?

No, that would be an awful waste of time. You edit the skin in Help+Manual, configure the TOC numbering there, save the skin and use the edited version to get the numbering. But the numbering will only be in the TOC.