RE: [Dnfbb-developers] Help

[Si C. <si...@te...>]

 

> -----Original Message-----
> I agree about the help implementation.  I like the idea of 
> having the information dynamic and the idea of have a 
> simple/easy to maintain web control.

:-)

> I think putting it at the bottom could work but depending on 
> the layout we might find it is easier to read putting it on 
> say the right hand side of the screen.  I know we could loose 
> some of the screen real-estate but it might flow better when 
> trying to work out how the help relates to the forum layout etc...

I like the idea of the right hand side, but am unsure, like you point out,
whether this would work practically, I will do some tests to see how it
works.  Once I've got some tests together I will submit some screen shots
and we can vote :-)

> As you say, another option would be to generate a second 
> window which could contain the dynamically generated help 
> document?  I am not sure if I like this but it is another 
> possibility.  It gets tricky for some novice users when 
> popups etc get blocked so no help would appear etc...

Personally I don't like popups for this either, but thought it an option
worth asking about.

> I like the idea of being able to get a master help from the 
> dnfbb home page but I think this cannot be the only method as 
> some people would want to customize their own help files 
> etc...  Maybe you could do something to give them the option 
> of either method.

This should be easy enough, a base help control can take care of the
preferences which could be set board level.  1 problem with it though, it
would leave two separate help areas to maintain.


For an idea about how I was going to add help at the bottom visit
(http://cp.redfoxhosting.com/?Demo=True), logon and at the bottom of the
page is a button "?Show Quickhelp"

Rgds

Si