What's New in Oxygen XML Webhelp 23.1

Related Versions: 23.023.1

Version 23.1 of Oxygen XML WebHelp offers some very exciting enhancements and customization possibilities for the premier publishing solution for modern web-based help documentation.

Some of the new version highlights include:

• New transformation parameters and HTML fragment placeholder parameters to open up a myriad of additional possibilities for customizing the look and style of your output (e.g. you can integrate a custom search engine or add custom content to background areas that were previously inaccessible).
• The rendering of the various types of DITA <note> elements was redesigned to make them stand out and more visually appealing.
• You now have the ability to add a component in your WebHelp output that links to the PDF equivalent of the documentation.
• This release also includes various bug fixes and component updates.

You can visually customize the web help HTML output using Oxygen Styles Basket, a free web-based visual tool that helps you fine-tune the CSS that is used by Oxygen XML WebHelp to produce web help output and by Oxygen PDF Chemistry to produce PDF.

The Oxygen WebHelp can now be used with the Oxygen Feedback 1.4 block-level comments functionality to form a flexible review solution, allowing users to add and manage comments contextually at a specific location within the WebHelp page where block elements appear. The Feedback Comments Manager plugin for Oxygen XML Editor/Author integrates also the block-level comments functionality, making it easier to locate the exact content source referenced by a particular comment and streamlines the process of making changes to the source document in response to the provided comments.

See see many of the new features in action, watch our What's New in Oxygen 23.1 Webinar.

Responsive WebHelp

Add and Manage Comments Contextually

If you integrate Oxygen Feedback into your WebHelp output, your users can now add and manage comments contextually at a specific location within the output page where block elements appear (e.g. section, paragraph, list, or table elements) without having to scroll to the comments area at the bottom of the page. This means that the feedback is more precise and it is easier to perceive it in the intended context. For technical details, see our user guide topic: Block-Level Comments.

Content of DITA Note Elements Now More Distinguishable

The rendering of DITA <note> elements in the WebHelp output was redesigned to make the content within the note even more noticeable. The various icons used for representing the types of notes were modernized and the content within the note is now enclosed in a stylish highlighted box that helps make your documentation more visually appealing.