Webhelp Pro  - RoboHelp HTML 8

Hi,
I have very recently started to use RoboHelp HTML 8 and also have Server 8. I am currently creating some test projects so I am able to provide a feel for what the tool can do etc. I have managed to publish a project to the server, however I would like to have Webhelp Pro as my Primary layout, when I do this I lose my contents page but the content can be found through a search.
Please could someone advise why my contents page will not appear when I publish to Webhelp Pro as opposed to normal Webhelp?
Thank you.

Hi,
I have been trying various things and this now seems to be fine and the contents are showing when I publish the project using Pro.
Thank you for your help with this!

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