WebHelp Output Format

WebHelp is a form of online help consisting of a series of web pages (XHTML format). Its advantages include continuous content update and platform independence, since it can be viewed using a regular web browser.

Oxygen XML Editor plugin allows you to publish a DITA Map into a WebHelp format that provides both Table of Contents and advanced search capabilities.

WebHelp Output

The layout is composed of two frames:
To publish the DITA map to WebHelp, you can use the DITA Map WebHelp transformation. You can further customize the out-of-the-box transformation, by editing some of its parameters: The Search tab is enhanced with a rating mechanism that computes scores for every page that matches the search criteria. These scores are then translated into a 5-star rating scheme. The search results are sorted depending on:

WebHelp Search with Stemming Enabled

Rules applied during search: