Related Topics Group in Page Source but Not Appearing

[Sara Levy]

I created a new related topics group in a topic template and set it to appear below the heading and to include child topics. This related topics group doesn't appear in the output of those topics that use that template. If I look at the HTML source of such a page, it looks like the related topics group is there, and the code looks similar to that of related topics groups that do appear in other types of topics.

Does anyone know what could be wrong?

Many thanks for any answers.

This is an example of an HTML source of the topic heading and related topics table of a published page. The topic heading is seen on the page but not he related topics table.

<h2 id="t2174" class="heading2">Install the ****</h2>
<table class="relatedtopics belowheading" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width= "378">
<p class="bodytext">On this page</p><ul class="listbullet"><li><a href="2174.htm#o2175" target="_self">Check the Package Contents</a></li><li><a href="2174.htm#o2176" target="_self">Check Required Items</a></li><li><a href="2174.htm#o2178" target="_self">Connect the ****</a></li></ul></td>
</tr>
</table>

[bunni F]

did you find the class "relatedtopics belowheading" in one of the two CSS files? Maybe its properties are hiding the table?

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[Sara Levy]

Thank you! belowheading is set not to display in a CSS file.

[bunni F]

so that answers your question, partially, right? There are two CSS files. One is created automatically, from the properties of media objects. The other is created automatically from other properties and your own template files. 

To fix the styles of Related Topics tables, find them in a folder that is originally called "Standards" by AIT. There is a default folder called Special Purpose. You should find the styles for Related Heading and Related Item there. Look at the settings on the Web tab. The changes you make here will be reflected in the stylesheet.css file.

Or - 

1. Open properties of one of the topics with the related headings. In the General tab, right click the name of the template and select Locate.

(you need permissions to change your templates.)

2. In the template topic, Web tab, right click the name of the media object and select Locate.

3. In the media object, Web tab, you should see the properties that you can change. If it isn't there, right-click > Locate the template of the media object (General tab). This is probably something like Paper Size Template. This is the base of everything. Can you see what to change here?

[Sara Levy]

Thanks - I fixed it by making a change in a CSS file in the template.

[bunni F]

be careful! that might be overwritten the next time you publish

[Sara Levy]

No, the problem was nothing to do with those paragraph styles or media objects or stylesheet.css. The above heading and below heading positions were blocked from displaying by a different CSS file that is part of the web help template. I changed it there because I don't think it is controlled from within the library. Now that it's changed, any related topics groups that are set to appear in those positions will appear. It looks like someone had hidden them before as a quick way to get rid of several unwanted related topics groups instead of removing them from the topic templates.

[bunni F]

ahhh! :-) so the first idea solved the problem. good to know!