Proxies

A proxy acts as a placeholder for auto-generated content or content that you have created elsewhere. When you build output, the content takes the place of that proxy. Proxies are used for online output, especially HTML5 output. However, some proxies can also be used for print-based outputs, especially to create elements such as glossaries. Proxies can be added to template pages (most common), as well as to regular topics. The difference is that a proxy added to a topic will display that information in the output only once (wherever the topic occurs), but if a proxy is added to a template page, the content will show up everywhere that the template page has been applied.