About the About Box

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	About the About Box
	The About box in WebHelp is one of the many interface items you may wish to customize. Left as is, it will display the "Powered by RoboHelp" sign. You can replace this with your company logo, product symbol, or simply remove it. Three different procedures are detailed below. The first procedure is done within the confines of RoboHelp. Should you follow this step, each time you generate the WebHelp file, the information is included in the output. However, if you wish to follow any of the other procedures detailed below, RoboHelp will automatically return the About box status to its default values. Therefore, you should copy the modified files that you are instructed to change to another location outside the SSL directory. After you generate the file, copy the files from the stored location and replace the newly-generated files with the ones you modified to recreate your changes. Replacing the Powered By RoboHelp Replacing the Entire About Box Removing the About WebHelp in the Title Bar Changing the Size of the About Box Replacing the Powered By RoboHelp At the most basic level, from within RoboHelp, you may wish to replace the Powered by RoboHelp logo that appears in the upper right corner of your WebHelp project: Right-click on the skin you are using in the RoboHelp Explorer and select Edit. The WebHelp Skin Editor window opens. Double-click on the About option in the Toolbar section (or click once and click on the Pencil icon). The About box opens. In the About Button section, click the Browse icon and locate the image you wish to use to replace the Powered By RoboHelp. You might want to use your company logo or product logo. You can also use a small graphic the same color as the background of the navigation panel, if you wish to make this link "disappear." You can also change other elements of the About box on this page. For example the Company name, copyright information, URL, etc. Click OK. Note that the information you enter in this box is saved, even after you compile the WebHelp project. You can also replace the entire contents of the About box...see below...but remember that if you choose to do this, you should save the altered files because each time you generate the file, RoboHelp returns the About box to the values you entered in the About box, pictured above. Replacing the Entire About Box Rather than accept the limited values that can be changed via the About dialog box, you have the alternative of replacing the entire box. However, note that each time you generate the file, you will need to overwrite the contents of the file whskin_banner.htm. Open this file in an HTML editor and replace the contents. You might need to modify the size of the box (see below) in order to correctly display the contents of the new box. Note: You will need to save the modified whskin_banner.htm file to another location and then copy it back into the generated directory before release. Removing the About WebHelp in the Title Bar Even if you modify the values in the About dialog box of the Skin Editor, and even if you replace the entire contents, the title bar is still programmed to read, About WebHelp. To change the About WebHelp, open the file whskin_banner.htm with NotePad or any text editor. Just after the <head> tag, you will see the following code: <html> <head> <title>About WebHelp   &nbsp... Modify the About WebHelp text according to your requirements or preferences. Save the file and store in a backup location. Note: You will need to save the modified whskin_banner.htm file to another location and then copy it back into the generated directory before release. Changing the Size of the About Box You can modify the size of the About box, as displayed when the user clicks on the logo in the upper right corner of the help file, by modifying the whtbar.js file. To modify the file, open it in NotePad. The file is located in the root directory of the SSL > WebHelp directory after you generate the file. Use the Find functionality to locate function showBanner (). You can modify the nWidth= and nHeight= values as needed to adapt the About box to any size graphic you wish to display.