Including Content from a Web Page

In This Topic

You can add content in your existing topics from a web page. Whenever the content of the included web page is updated, the updated content is downloaded in the Document! X and HelpStudio Bundle project for publishing.

Using a web page as the source for a topic content in your help project allows you to re-use existing content that is managed externally without importing it each time the external content is updated.

You may wish to import a static copy of the current content of a Web Page in your project rather than including it; so that you can manage the content in Document! X and HelpStudio Bundle going forward. In order to import from a web page, first save a local copy of the page using the Save As command in your browser, and then import the saved HTML document using the HTML from file command on the Content Authoring ribbon menu in the Topic or Content File editor.

Importing creates a copy of the current content which can be edited in Document! X and HelpStudio Bundle. Subsequent changes to the web page are not reflected in your project as they would if you choose to include rather than import.

New Topic Containing Content from a Web Page

To create a new Topic containing only content from a web page:

Create a new Topic.
In the banner displayed at the top of the Topic Editor, select Advanced option.
In the Topic Content Source dropdown, select Web Page.
In the Source Uri field, enter the uri (Uniform Resource Identifier) of the web page you wish to include.
In the Tag Name, identify the HTML tag containing the content you wish to include. This field defaults to the BODY tag.
If you wish to include content from a specific element in the web page, specify the desired element ID or element class in the Element ID or Element Class field.

Select the Create Local Images checkbox if you would like local copies of images included in the content to be created and used during the build process instead of the originally referenced image locations. This option ensures that the images in the generated output remain visible even if the original images are no longer available, or if the generated output is being viewed from an offline location.

Existing Topic Containing Content from a Web Page

To add content from a web page in an existing Topic:

Open a Topic or Content File for edit.
Position the cursor at the location at which you would like the content from a web page to be included.
On the Content Authoring ribbon menu, click the Widget dropdown and select the Content from Web Page widget.

A Content from Web Page Widget is inserted.

Enter the uri (Uniform Resource Identifier) and the HTML tag of the web page in the Source Uri and Tag Name field.

If you wish to include content from a specific element in the web page, specify the desired Element ID or Element Class.

Select the Create Local Images option if you would like local copies of images included in the content to be created and used during the build process instead of the originally referenced image locations. This option ensures that the images in the generated output remain visible even if the original images are no longer available, or if the generated output is being viewed from an offline location.