WebHelp Responsive Output

To publish a DITA map as a WebHelp Responsive system, follow these steps:
  1. Select the Configure Transformation Scenario(s) action from the toolbar.
  2. Select the DITA Map WebHelp Responsive scenario from the DITA Map section.
  3. If you want to configure the transformation, click the Edit button.
    Step Result: This opens an Edit scenario configuration dialog box that allows you to configure various options in the following tabs:
    • Templates Tab - This tab contains a set of predefined skins that you can use for the layout of your WebHelp system output.
    • Parameters Tab - This tab includes numerous parameters that can be set to customize your WebHelp system output. See the Parameters section below for details about the most commonly used parameters for WebHelp Responsive transformations.
    • Filters Tab - This tab allows you to filter certain content elements from the generated output.
    • Advanced Tab - This tab allows you to specify some advanced options for the transformation scenario.
    • Output Tab - This tab allows you to configure options that are related to the location where the output is generated.
  4. Click Apply associated to process the transformation.

    When the DITA Map WebHelp Responsive transformation is complete, the output is automatically opened in your default browser.

Parameters for Customizing WebHelp Responsive Output

To customize a transformation scenario, you can edit various parameters, including the following most commonly used ones:
args.default.language
This parameter is used if the language is not detected in the DITA map. The default value is en-us.
clean.output
Deletes all files from the output folder before the transformation is performed (only no and yes values are valid and the default value is no).
editlink.remote.ditamap.url
Use this parameter in conjunction with editlink.web.author.url to add an Edit link next to the topic title in the WebHelp output. When a user clicks the link, the topic is opened in Oxygen XML Web Author where they can make changes that can be saved to a file server. The value should be set as the custom URL of the main DITA map. For example, a GitHub custom URL might look like this: https://getFileContent/oxyengxml/userguide/master/UserGuide.ditamap.
editlink.web.author.url
This parameter needs to be used in conjunction with editlink.remote.ditamap.url to add an Edit link next to the topic title in the WebHelp output. When a user clicks the link, the topic is opened in Oxygen XML Web Author where they can make changes that can be saved to a file server. The value should be set as the URL of the Web Author installation. For example: https://www.oxygenxml.com/webapp-demo-aws/app/oxygen.html.
fix.external.refs.com.oxygenxml (Only supported when the DITA OT transformation process is started from Oxygen XML Developer)
The DITA Open Toolkit usually has problems processing references that point to locations outside of the directory of the processed DITA map. This parameter is used to specify whether or not the application should try to fix such references in a temporary files folder before the DITA Open Toolkit is invoked on the fixed references. The fix has no impact on your edited DITA content. Allowed values: true or false (default).
force.unique
When set to true (default value), the transformation will be forced to create unique output files for each instance of a resource when a map contains multiple references to a single topic.
use.stemming
Controls whether or not you want to include stemming search algorithms into the published output (default setting is false).
webhelp.custom.resources
The file path to a directory that contains resources files. All files from this directory will be copied to the root of the WebHelp output.
webhelp.favicon
The file path that points to an image to be used as a favicon in the WebHelp output.
webhelp.reload.stylesheet
Set this parameter to true if you have out of memory problems when generating WebHelp. It will increase processing time but decrease the memory footprint. The default value is false.
webhelp.search.custom.excludes.file
The path of the file that contains name patterns for HTML files that should not be indexed by the WebHelp search engine. Each exclude pattern must be on a new line. The patterns are considered to be relative to the output directory, and they accept wildcards such as '*' (matches zero or more characters) or '?' (matches one character). For more information about the patterns, see https://ant.apache.org/manual/dirtasks.html#patterns.
webhelp.search.japanese.dictionary
The file path of the dictionary that will be used by the Kuromoji morphological engine that Oxygen XML Developer uses for indexing Japanese content in the WebHelp pages.
webhelp.search.enable.pagination
Specifies whether or not search results will be displayed on multiple pages. Allowed values are yes or no.
webhelp.search.page.numberOfItems
Specifies the number of search results items displayed on each page. This parameter is only used when the webhelp.search.enable.pagination parameter is enabled.
webhelp.search.ranking
If this parameter is set to false then the 5-star rating mechanism is no longer included in the search results that are displayed on the Search tab (default setting is true).
webhelp.show.changes.and.comments
When set to yes, user comments, replies to comments, and tracked changes are published in the WebHelp output. The default value is no.
webhelp.sitemap.base.url
Base URL for all the loc elements in the generated sitemap.xml file. The value of a loc element is computed as the relative file path from the href attribute of a topicref element from the DITA map, appended to this base URL value. The loc element is mandatory in sitemap.xml. If you leave this parameter set to its default empty value, then the sitemap.xml file is not generated.
webhelp.sitemap.change.frequency
The value of the changefreq element in the generated sitemap.xml file. The changefreq element is optional in sitemap.xml. If you leave this parameter set to its default empty value, then the changefreq element is not added in sitemap.xml. Allowed values: <empty string> (default), always, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, never.
webhelp.sitemap.priority
The value of the priority element in the generated sitemap.xml file. It can be set to any fractional number between 0.0 (least important priority) and 1.0 (most important priority). For example, 0.3, 0.5, or 0.8. The priority element is optional in sitemap.xml. If you leave this parameter set to its default empty value, then the priority element is not added in sitemap.xml.
Parameters Specific to WebHelp Responsive Output
webhelp.default.collection.type.sequence
Specifies if the sequence value will be used by default when the collection-type attribute is not specified. This option is helpful if you want to have Next and Previous navigational buttons generated for all HTML pages. Allowed values are no (default) and yes.
webhelp.enable.search.autocomplete
Specifies if the Autocomplete feature is enabled in the WebHelp search text field. The default value is yes.
webhelp.fragment.after.body
In the generated output it displays a given XHTML fragment after the page body. The value of the parameter can be either an XHTML fragment or a path to a file that contains a well-formed XHTML fragment.
webhelp.fragment.after.logo_and_title
In the generated output it displays a given XHTML fragment after the logo and title. The value of the parameter can be either an XHTML fragment or a path to a file that contains a well-formed XHTML fragment.
webhelp.fragment.after.main.page.search
In the generated output it displays a given XHTML fragment after the search field. The value of the parameter can be either an XHTML fragment or a path to a file that contains a well-formed XHTML fragment.
webhelp.fragment.after.toc_or_tiles
In the generated output it displays a given XHTML fragment after the table of contents or tiles in the main page. The value of the parameter can be either an XHTML fragment or a path to a file that contains a well-formed XHTML fragment.
webhelp.fragment.after.top_menu
In the generated output it displays a given XHTML fragment after the top menu. The value of the parameter can be either an XHTML fragment or a path to a file that contains a well-formed XHTML fragment.
webhelp.fragment.before.body
In the generated output it displays a given XHTML fragment before the page body. The value of the parameter can be either an XHTML fragment or a path to a file that contains a well-formed XHTML fragment.
webhelp.fragment.before.logo_and_title
In the generated output it displays a given XHTML fragment before the logo and title. The value of the parameter can be either an XHTML fragment or a path to a file that contains a well-formed XHTML fragment.
webhelp.fragment.before.main.page.search
In the generated output it displays a given XHTML fragment before the search field. The value of the parameter can be either an XHTML fragment or a path to a file that contains a well-formed XHTML fragment.
webhelp.fragment.before.toc_or_tiles
In the generated output it displays a given XHTML fragment before the table of contents or tiles in the main page. The value of the parameter can be either an XHTML fragment or a path to a file that contains a well-formed XHTML fragment.
webhelp.fragment.before.top_menu
In the generated output it displays a given XHTML fragment before the top menu. The value of the parameter can be either an XHTML fragment or a path to a file that contains a well-formed XHTML fragment.
webhelp.fragment.footer
In the generated output it displays a given XHTML fragment as the page footer. The value of the parameter can be either an XHTML fragment or a path to a file that contains a well-formed XHTML fragment.
webhelp.fragment.head
In the generated output it inserts a given XHTML fragment in the <head> element. The value of the parameter can be either an XHTML fragment or a path to a file that contains a well-formed XHTML fragment.
webhelp.fragment.welcome
In the generated output it displays a given XHTML fragment as a welcome message (or title). The value of the parameter can be either an XHTML fragment or a path to a file that contains a well-formed XHTML fragment.
webhelp.merge.nested.topics.related.links
Specifies if the related links from nested topics will be merged with the links in the parent topic. Thus the links will be moved from the topic content to the related links component and all of the links from the same group (for example, Related Tasks, Related References, Related Information) are merged into a single group. The default value is yes.
webhelp.show.breadcrumb
Specifies if the breadcrumb component will be presented in the output. The default value is yes.
webhelp.show.child.links
Specifies if child links will be generated in the output for all topics that have subtopics. The default value is no.
webhelp.show.indexterms.link
Specifies if an icon that links to the index will be presented in the output. The default value is yes.
webhelp.show.main.page.tiles
Specifies if the tiles component will be presented in the main page of the output. For a tree style layout, this parameter should be set to no.
webhelp.show.main.page.toc
Specifies if the table of contents will be presented in the main page of the output. The default value is yes.
webhelp.show.navigation.links
Specifies if navigation links will be presented in the output. The default value is yes.
webhelp.show.print.link
Specifies if a print link or icon will be presented within each topic in the output. The default value is yes.
webhelp.show.related.links
Specifies if the related links component will be presented in the WebHelp Responsive output. The default value is yes. The webhelp.merge.nested.topics.related.links parameter can used in conjunction with this one to merge the related links from nested topics into the links in the parent topic.
webhelp.show.side.toc
Specifies if a side table of contents will be presented on the right side of each topic in the output. The default value is yes.
webhelp.show.top.menu
Specifies if a menu will be presented at the topic of the main page in the output. The default value is yes.
webhelp.side.toc.links
Specifies which links will be included in the side table of contents. The possible values are:
  • chapter (default) - The side TOC will include links for the current topic, its children, its siblings, and its direct ancestor (including the direct ancestor's siblings), and the parent chapter.
  • topic - The side TOC will only include links for the current topic and its direct children.
  • all - The side TOC will include all links.
webhelp.side.toc.tooltip.position
By default, if a topic contains a shortdesc element, its content is displayed in a tooltip when the user hovers over its link in the side table of contents. This parameter controls whether or not this tooltip is displayed and its position relative to the link. The possible values are:
  • left (default)
  • right
  • top
  • bottom
  • hidden - The tooltip will not be displayed.
webhelp.top.menu.depth
Specifies the maximum depth level of the topics that will be included in the top menu. The default value is 2.