Web-Crawler Compliant output from Robohelp 11

We are using RoboHelp 9 to generate our online document library in webhelp format, and are trying to get this searchable from 3rd party search engines (Google CSE or Swiftype) . However, we found that the webcrawlers can't get any pages back from our site, and this seems to be related to the frames used in the webhelp html. I've seen comments from people who think that non-frame based HTML 5 would solve our problems and have been evaluating both Flare 10 and RoboHelp 11, and generating output in Responsive HTML5, to see if this works.
So far we've had no luck with this. We've even tried generating a sitemap.xml, which in theory solves all our problems but web-crawlers don't pick up anything from this either.
Anybody been down this route and got any ideas ?

Search engines will automatically only pickup all content when you create pure HTML WebHelp or 508 compliant output. For all other outputs, you need to provide a sitemap. This is also true for Responsive HTML5.
Just creating a sitemap is not enough, as you also need to register the sitemap with the search engine. It won't pick up the site map automatically. All major search engines have detailed instructions on how to submit site maps.
I have a script to generate site maps for help (Sitemap generator | WvanWeelden.eu) - commercial script - and I post those site maps to search engines.
Kind regards,
Willam

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Hi All,
We're generating a Word document from our online help (RoboHelp HTML 8) with MS Word 2003 installed. The page numbers inserted automatically are wrong in that it's skipping numbers. For example, in scrolling down through the document, the page number after 95 is 97. Sections of the doc are paginated correctly, but then we come to a few pages where it skips a number in assigning page numbers. Some of our users have MS Word 2003 and others have 2007, but the pagination issue is occurring in both versions of Word. (BTW, I'm developing WebHelp Pro on Windows XP.)
Today when I clicked in the Word TOC and pressed F9 to regenerate, it corrected some of the pagination problems but not all (go figure).
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Thank you!
Mendonite

Do the unnumbered pages have any content? This is ringing a vague bell and it was a Word issue related to blank pages.
Have you actually printed the document?
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Not able to view the webhelp output in Robohelp 9

Hello,
I am in a project where we have to create webhelp output from Robohelp 9. Whenever I generate the webhelp ouput I am not able to view the the contents. Although, the webhelp is opening in a browser window but there are no topics present in the contents. The other ouputs like .chm and .dox are fine, but there is some problem with the webhelp which I am unable to figure out.
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What browser are you using?
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HP Network Printer periodically prints a page from a web crawler

I support a HP Color LaserJet CP2025dn which ocassionally prints a page that says:
GET http://www.baidu.com/ HTTP/1.1
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Accept: */*
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[ I know that blocking this port at a router may solve the issue, but I'm looking for a solution that fixes the issue at the printer, thank you. ]
Thanks for your help!
-Ken

Waynely,
Simple Explanation:
Internet users, likely Chinese, scan addresses (computers, or other devices that are networked) on the Internet that accept certain connections. They do this to probe for vulnerabilities to exploit, or to route traffic through machines as a “proxy.” Being a proxy means loading and sending information at the request of another. This can be used to bypass local security, such as China’s severe Internet censorship. It can also be used to hide traces back to the source, such as when a criminal doesn’t want to be located when hacking.
The printers are set up such that they can communicate outside the local network. This allows printing from other networks, but can be located by Internet users doing scans. Printers appear to these scans as a possible proxy. The printed pages are the commands sent as a test of possible proxies for use. The command means “tell this device to load this website and report back.” The printer interprets the request as a print job and prints out the given command.
This needs a fix, but is not critical. There is risk to lost supplies. The pages are also a nuisance. There is a smaller risk of a printer vulnerability being exploited for more serious use. This would be a complex and targeted attack instead of a broad scan.
Possible Solutions:
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2) Block this traffic with printer access controls
3) Update the firmware on the printer to block this
4) Change the network configuration to not be accessible from the Internet.

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- Todd

Hi Todd,
Please refer to this link:
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Generating 508 compliant output for access via SharePoint

In order to make our WebHelp application accessible via a Sharepoint folder, our team lead was able to move all output files (from the ISSL/WebHelp folder) to a single folder then move the files from the resource, whdata, whgdata and whxdata folders to the same [new] location so that all files associated with the RoboHelp WebHelp project are in the same area. Next, he edited the whproj.xml file and changed the datapath from "whxdata" to " " (null). This works fine for primary layout output that isn't 508 compliant, so I duplicated the same steps after generating 508 compliant output to see if I'd get the same results. After moving all files to a single folder and uploading to a test server (not Sharepoint), the table of contents page [frame] "can't be found". I know that the toc tag in the whtoc.xml file has a root attribute that points to "whtdata0.xml". This file is in the same folder as everything else. So why does it not show the TOC?
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Perhaps the best way to answer this is to ask what your response would be if your support people came along to you saying a customer didn't like the structure of the folders in your application so they had rearranged them and now it would no longer work, what should they do?
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Is any one else have issues with interactive PDF output from InDesign CC (2014)

I am currently trying to produce a document with a level of interactivity I have achieved many times before.
The interactivity is just a web style menu, show/hide the menu shows button set one, clicking on those shows a second set of buttons, and clicking in one of those goes to destination page and hides all menu buttons once more.
When output from ID CC 2014 the result is loads of missing buttons and no working menu.
Its not a corrupt ID file. I tried a brand new empty file, recreated basic structure with simple one state buttons and achieved similarly useless results.
If I back save using IDML and open in CS5, export from there, it works beautifully, so problem is not as many have been recently, to do with Acrobat browsers.
If I back save and open in InDesign CC (not 2014), export from there, it doesn't work, so problem is shared there!
Anybody any suggestions? Experienced similar and found a cure?
SOLVED BY A COLLEAGUE:
You can (no longer) use full stops/decimal points in button naming. Menu was hierarchically labelled as 1, (1.1, 1.2), (1.1.1, 1.1.2) etc.
Renamed 1_1, 1_1_2 etc and all functionality has returned. Why you could and now you can't, who knows!
Hope this helps you if you stumble across here with the same issue.

Thank you for reporting this.
I would consider this a bug in InDesign CC v9.x and v10.x and would report it:
Adobe - Feature Request/Bug Report Form
(Cannot test it right now.)
Uwe

Script Errors in TOC from RoboHelp 9

Hello, all. I can usually find the answer to my problems by searching existing threads, but I can't seem to find a solution this time. I recently upgraded from RoboHelp 7 to 9.0.2.271. I have published WebHelp locally and then checked files in to a Team Foundation Server to be deployed to a testing environment. Locally and on the QA site, the output looks fine for me and the TOC works as expected. However, other users on Internet Explorer 7 and 8 (I have IE8) get script errors when trying to click on pages in the TOC.
I zipped my local files and dropped them on a shared drive and asked one of the users to copy them to his machine and open the start page with his browser. He still gets the script errors, whereas another user can open them locally with no problems. This makes me think the problem is not in the RoboHelp files themselves, but I am not sure.
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This issue was fixed with a reply from another discussion:
Re: RH8 > WebHelp > TOC won't render in IE8 via HTTPS - Fix/workaround?
If TOC/Index/Search is not working in IE7/8/9 via HTTPS, Please try the following steps
Go to https://acrobat.com/#d=WqbdTq-2R79ToU08-zfBEw
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RH8.0.2
RH9.0
If you are using RoboHelp 8.0.2, go to RH8.0.2 folder.
if you are using RoboHelp 9.0, go to RH9.0 folder
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Now paste the already copied new whutils.js in same folder.
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import java.io.*;
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private float P;
private float V;
private int Q;
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SES web crawler not able to connect to a particular URL, fetching fails

Using Linux64Bit SES 11.1.2.0
With Crawling depth - 5
Web crawler has been created on "http://www.advancedinnovationsinc.com"
Document fetching is getting failed at the depth 2.
I have enabled the DEBUG logging from which I got to know that all the URL which is on depth 2 or more are getting *"HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request"* error.
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Below is the snap shot of generated log.
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01:43:16:054 INFO filter_0 hostname :www.advancedinnovationsinc.com
01:43:16:054 INFO filter_0 filepath :/../index.html
01:43:16:054 INFO filter_0 Port :-1
01:43:16:054 INFO filter_0 useSSL :false
01:43:16:054 INFO filter_0 useProxy :true
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01:43:16:304 INFO filter_0 ==== DEBUG==== statusLine:HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
01:43:16:304 INFO filter_0 ==== DEBUG==== start:9
01:43:16:304 INFO filter_0 ==== DEBUG==== statuscode:400
01:43:16:304 INFO filter_0 ==== DEBUG==== URLAcess.java:2232
01:43:16:321 INFO filter_0 EQG-30009: http://www.advancedinnovationsinc.com/../index.html: Bad request
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01:43:16:329 DEBUG filter_0 Processing http://www.advancedinnovationsinc.com/../create.html
01:43:16:329 INFO filter_0 ==== DEBUG==== ------ New readWebURL STARTS ----------
01:43:16:329 INFO filter_0 urlString:http://www.advancedinnovationsinc.com/../create.html
01:43:16:329 INFO filter_0 hostname :www.advancedinnovationsinc.com
01:43:16:330 INFO filter_0 filepath :/../create.html
01:43:16:330 INFO filter_0 Port :-1
01:43:16:330 INFO filter_0 useSSL :false
01:43:16:330 INFO filter_0 useProxy :true
01:43:16:330 INFO filter_0 ==== DEBUG==== ------ New readWebURL ENDS ----------
01:43:16:736 INFO filter_0 ==== DEBUG==== m_header:[Ljava.lang.String;@122b7db1
01:43:16:736 INFO filter_0 ==== DEBUG==== statusLine:HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
01:43:16:736 INFO filter_0 ==== DEBUG==== start:9
01:43:16:736 INFO filter_0 ==== DEBUG==== statuscode:400
01:43:16:736 INFO filter_0 ==== DEBUG==== URLAcess.java:2232
01:43:16:738 INFO filter_0 EQG-30009: http://www.advancedinnovationsinc.com/../create.html: Bad request

Using Linux64Bit SES 11.1.2.0
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Document fetching is getting failed at the depth 2.
I have enabled the DEBUG logging from which I got to know that all the URL which is on depth 2 or more are getting *"HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request"* error.
So is this the SES product issue or the usage problem
Below is the snap shot of generated log.
01:43:16:054 INFO filter_0 urlString:http://www.advancedinnovationsinc.com/../index.html
01:43:16:054 INFO filter_0 hostname :www.advancedinnovationsinc.com
01:43:16:054 INFO filter_0 filepath :/../index.html
01:43:16:054 INFO filter_0 Port :-1
01:43:16:054 INFO filter_0 useSSL :false
01:43:16:054 INFO filter_0 useProxy :true
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01:43:16:304 INFO filter_0 ==== DEBUG==== start:9
01:43:16:304 INFO filter_0 ==== DEBUG==== statuscode:400
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01:43:16:330 INFO filter_0 useProxy :true
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01:43:16:736 INFO filter_0 ==== DEBUG==== statusLine:HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
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01:43:16:736 INFO filter_0 ==== DEBUG==== statuscode:400
01:43:16:736 INFO filter_0 ==== DEBUG==== URLAcess.java:2232
01:43:16:738 INFO filter_0 EQG-30009: http://www.advancedinnovationsinc.com/../create.html: Bad request

Producing a WORD document from RoboHelp

Hi,
I am trying to produce a WORD document from RoboHelp using the Single Source Layout. The Output View says," Waiitng for Project Documentation VBA macros to be registered." I then receive an error message stating that WORD is not responding.
How do I resolve this issue? Thank you in advance for your feedback.
okaye

Hi there
Sorry, but my crystal ball is broken again so I can't tell what version or flavor of RoboHelp you are using. Nor am I able to discern what version of Word is on your system.
Can you help us out a tad and tell us this info?
Thanks... Rick
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Do you know if it's possible to generate Word 2003 files from RoboHelp if we're using Office 2007 and RoboHelp 2007?

Do you know if it's possible to generate Word 2003 files from
RoboHelp if we're using Office 2007 and RoboHelp 2007? We are
thinking of upgrading, but have customers that would still require
Word 2003 formats because they won't have 2007 installed.
Thanks!

Hi NewtoRobohelp
Unfortunately I don't have Office 2007 in front of me to test
with. But I'm thinking that as long as Office 2007 still produces
the same formats as 2003, you could do it this way.
From RoboHelp 7 and using Office 2007, generate Printed
ouptut. Open said printed output in Office 2007 and perform a Save
As. Save the document as a RTF (Rich Text Format) document.
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CS3 Save for Web bugs - No answer from Adobe in all forum posts

I just upgraded to Illustrator 13.0.02 and the problem is the same: Slice names and output settings are not remembered/saved like all previous AI versions.
I don't understand why this post was closed: CS3 Save for Web Problems
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?128@@.3bc41aeb.
and this one: "Save for Web" names of frames vanish
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bc4cd31/2
It is the same as: AI CS3 - Save for Web & Devises image name problem
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?128@@.3c057eab
Concerning slice name: It looks like they now have to be saved via drop down menus in order for Illustrator to remember the slice names for export again: "Object - Slice - Slice Options, and then in Save for Web, set the Output Settings for Saving Files"
In my opinion this is incredibly poor UI design. In prior versions of Illustrator, I would save the names in the Save for Web dialog box by simply double clicking the slice frame, and it would remember the names of my slices for export again.
Clicking through drop down menus just to name a slice is inefficient compared to just double clicking a slice frame to name the slice.

This is a bit of an old thread, but I too have recently discovered this problem in working with AI CS3.
I contacted Adobe support with the question. I asked them why it was not possible to select and optimize individual slices in the Save for Web and Devices dialog in CS3, and then maintain those settings after saving the slices or clicking "Done"... even though that very feature was available and working in CS2.
Adobe's answer was, quite simply, that they have ceased any development on CS3, including bug fixes, and that anyone who wants the problem fixes would have to buy CS4 in order to "fix" the problem.
In short, they are quite aware of the problem, but would rather have us pay for a new product in order to have it fixed, than to pay a programmer to spend a few hours or a few days in tracking down the problem and getting it sorted out. This is their short-term solution to a long-term problem.
There is a workaround to the slice naming, as you have found - name the slices from the Object - Slice - Slice Options menu. It's a royal PITA, I know, but it does maintain the slice name settings.
However, there is no real workaround to save the optimization and output settings (such as color tables and JPEG/GIF/PNG settings) for each slice. It's a completely broken feature, or in Adobe's own words, "a problem". A big fat bug. Let us not mince words here - it is technical and corporate incompetency. Technical incompetency can be excused - publishing a new build will fix the problem. But corporate incompetency, which tells the programmers that they don't need to fix the problem for "marketing" reasons, is totally inexcusable.
It doesn't cost Adobe anything to just shelve a problem... at least, not now. But I refuse to buy Illustrator CS4 as a result, because I don't want to give in to their ineptitude and lack of attention to the customer in this case. Which costs them more now, to pay the programmer to fix the error and then publish a new build on their web server... or to tell the customer that the problem won't be fixed and to buy the newest version? You do the math. Read 'em and weep.
Makes you want to migrate to Fireworks for web comp design, doesn't it. At least Illustrator has an excuse - it's an all-purpose vector graphics application, not specifically a web comp design app. If this were Fireworks, on the other hand, I think that there would be oodles of furious programmers screaming colorful obscenities at Adobe's front door.
I really like Illustrator for what it does, but I'm not using CS3 for any more web comps after this.
Jeff Chapman

Creating a Web Crawler

Hi! I have a question. I've already created a web crawler and I used a web data source for it. How can I check what data source my crawler is connected to? I forgot what data source my crawler is using. Thanks.

If you're able to, the quickest way may be to look in the database at the DATASOURCEID column in the appropriate row in the PTCRAWLERS table, or "select ds.NAME from PTDATASOURCES ds, PTCRAWLERS cr where cr.DATASOURCEID = ds.OBJECTID and cr.OBJECTID = <yourcrawlerid>"

Poor Output from AME (Premiere 4)

I love Premiere, but I hate the Adobe Media Encoder. I think part of the problem may be that I am producing custom video for desktop and the web as opposed to media for DVD, Blu Ray, etc.
I am producing a series of short 16:9 Quicktime videos at a custom size from high-res progressive source files rendered in 3DS Max.
I have found that the Media encoder settings seem to be very restrictive with regard to bitrate settings, and that the best available quality when encoding to H.264, for example, is just plain crappy, and nowhere near as good as I can produce if I use the Sorenson Squeeze trial.
I think some codecs are just poorly implemented. Both of the Sorenson codecs can not be configured, and bitrate options are limited. The resulting video is horrible compared to the same result from the Sorenson encoder.
The animation codec for desktop QuickTime is just plain broken. even at the best quality settings, the output is full of noise and artifacts and is markedly inferior to the output from the video encoder in Max or even in the cheap little Camtasia screen recorder.
In order to get clean video in QuickTime format, I have tried every combination of codecs I can think of. I can't set the bitrate high enough with H.264 or most lossy codecs, and animation and graphics codecs are clearly broken. I seem to have to export huge files directly to component or raw output in order to get a high enough quality video.... and then, of course I have to find another tool to transcode that to something I can actually distribute.
What am I missing? I really want to use H.264. Is there a way to get at the deeper encoding options so I ca set up the VBR options and set a higher bitrate than the little slider on the options panel seems to allow?
What are other people doing? Are most people using a third party compression or encoding utility like Squeeze? If so, it sucks, because I didn't count on having to spend an additional 900 bucks on top of the cost of Adobe Master Collection.

ThreeDify,
Thanks for the info. I will try this out. I'm getting very discussed with AME. Yeah, there are lots of presets...but the output is terrible. Kinda like you find with having to use Squeeze. Am I missing something? There are posts all over the place that AME doesn't get it done so to speak. Where is Adobe addressing these issues?
Does AfterEffects use a different encoder? Why can I produce 'high quality' with AE and not with AME??? Yeah it takes longer to encode in AE but the final output is good. Hmmm.
My goal here is to render to 1280x720 and make it for presentation with my 'high power' computer. Then upload it to youtube HD. When I try to convert it to Youtube it looks like crap.
Question: What viewer do you use for .f4v files? I'm using Adobe Media Player, and the .f4v files I have already made don't look good at all.
I view with Quicktime and Windows Media Player. Get two different levels of quality with both. Same problem on the internet, IE8 doesn't view youtube videos as well as FireFox... Yes the delima goes on, and on, and on.........
I have got to get this to work..
I'm going to watch this thread for awhile. Hopefully others will share their successes.
Thanks.
Dave

Web-Crawler Compliant output from Robohelp 11

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