Navigation pane display issue in WebHelp

Hi All,
I have generated a CSH for a webbased application.
I have assigned Map ID's for all the topics available in the
project.
When I test using CSH test in robohelp, I am able unable to
view the nav pane until I click on Show hyperlink.
Is there any setting issue to make the nav pane available
bydefault?
Very urgent

quote:
Originally posted by:
bregent
>Any idea what is going on here and what I can do about
it?
You forgot to post the url so we really can't say.
This is something that presents itself ONLY in Dreamweaver.
When I look at the file in a browser, it looks fine. When I post
the page to the internet, it's fine. The issue is just in editing
the page in Dreamweaver.
However, if you'd like to see some pages where this issue
presented itself during construction, you can see them at
www.essential-vitamins.com/stemTech/index.html
www.therapeutic-grade.com.
Thanks.

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