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• • August 23, 2013 at 3:54 am #64997
    Rosie Yohannan

    Member

    Hi,
    I’m using In5 to export a longish document in HTML5. I have a TOC, auto-generated in InDesign but in the HTML5 version you can’t click on the section headings in the TOC to jump to the relevant pages. I’m guessing I need to convert the links to cross references or something. Any suggestions for a quick way to sort this out?

    Thanks!
    Rosie

  • August 23, 2013 at 9:25 am #64999
    Justin Putney

    Member

    Hi Rosie,

    I am the creator of in5 and I would be happy to help you with this issue. in5 supports the TOC generated by InDesign. I believe there are 2 likely culprits here:

    1. There is some other object blocking the TOC clicks (i.e., on top of the TOC), or
    2. This is a navigation bug that was introduced, then fixed in a update, in which case it can be resolved by downloading the latest version on in5: https://ajarproductions.com/pages/products/in5/download.php

    If neither of these is the case and it’s still giving you trouble, please feel free to contact us directly support (at) ajarproductions -dot- com with a link to an INDD file that we can test.

    Hope that helps!

  • August 27, 2013 at 1:05 am #65021
    Rosie Yohannan

    Member

    Thanks Justin,
    I will try what you have suggested. I am still using the demo version as I have to show that it works before I can purchase the full licence, could it be that which is causing the issue do you think?

    Thanks,
    Rosie

  • August 27, 2013 at 6:36 am #65026
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    I don’t think it’s a demo problem. I had something similar happen to me and it was what Justin described in #1. I had not put anything on top, so I was confused; but then I realized I used the slider feature (the thing that lets me swipe from one page to the next), and I think that put a big invisible object on top of everything. Check those output settings.

  • August 27, 2013 at 8:13 am #65037
    Rosie Yohannan

    Member

    Thanks David,

    I really thought that was going to be it as I am using the slider feature, but I’ve tried using the normal vertical scroll option when exporting and it’s still not working :-(

    I really see what you mean about there being no perfect solution to this digital/interactive publishing business, there are a few simple things which I need to achieve and I’ve tried all the available output formats and each one supports some but not all of them. It’s so frustrating! I think I will just have to start compromising on how the document looks and reduce the navigation ability. I have a feeling HTML5 is the way to go though, it certainly seems the most promising.

    In case you have any suggestions, here’s what I’m doing: A user manual for a touch screen device, mainly just text and graphics on each page but with tool bar along the bottom with a menu button which brings up the TOC within a button field using the button visibility functions… but also the TOC as very long so it needs to be a scrolling text frame. It seems to be the scrolling combined with the button visibility which is making it so difficult to find a suitable output…

    Thanks again!
    Rosie

  • August 27, 2013 at 9:15 am #65040
    Justin Putney

    Member

    Hi Rosie,

    I replied to your email, but I’ll also answer here in case others are interested as well.

    Interactive content cannot be placed inside a button. Put simply: how will the browser know if you’re clicking on the button, or something inside the button?

    This is unfortunate, because InDesign’s hide/show feature is limited to buttons (and form elements). In the future, in5 will support interactive content within Multi-State Objects, which should address the functionality that you’re looking for.

    It’s a bit more work, but you can create a custom hide/show menu: https://ajarproductions.com/pages/products/in5/demos.php#creating-a-toggle-to-showhide-items

    Regarding the Scrolling Frame, if you set Text Rendering to HTML, the TOC links will work within the Scrolling Frame.

    Hope that helps.

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