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  • Jan Skovgaard 11280 posts 23678 karma points MVP 11x admin c-trib
    Sep 11, 2012 @ 22:35
    Jan Skovgaard
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    <help> section in umbracoSettings.config

    Hi everybody

    I've just changed the default helplink, in the backoffice to something more usefull for a client than the link to our.umbraco.org.

    Then I noticed that it's possible to add arguments and custom help page links and I was wondering if someone could explain/document the thoughts behind this since I'm curious about the opportunities to support the need of clients by having a useful link in the backoffice.

    The section looks like this, if you don't want to open the file yourself.

        <help defaultUrl="http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/umbraco-help/{0}/{1}">

            <!-- Add links that should open custom help pages -->
            <!--<link application="content" applicationUrl="dashboard.aspx"  language="en" userType="Administrators" helpUrl="http://www.xyz.no?{0}/{1}/{2}/{3}" />-->

        </help>

    What is the parameter stuff? I tried uncommenting the <link> element. When I clicked the "help" button in the backoffice a new window opened the site set in "helpUrl" (surprise surprise xyz.no actually has some content)...But is this the intention? What are the thoughts behind the added parameters?

    Hoping to receive an explanation about the possibilities.

    Cheers,
    Jan

  • Craig100 1136 posts 2523 karma points c-trib
    Jun 17, 2013 @ 18:12
    Craig100
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    Doug Robar mentioned customising the help buttons in the back office at a CG13 talk. I'm looking for information on doing that and this is the closest I've got. Are there any resources that cover doing this?

    Cheers,

    Craig

  • Chriztian Steinmeier 2800 posts 8790 karma points MVP 8x admin c-trib
    Jun 17, 2013 @ 18:19
    Chriztian Steinmeier
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    Hi Craig,

    Douglas did an entry in the 24 Days In Umbraco Christmas Calendar where he metioned this as well, and (as one of the last things) provided a link to this page detailing the parameters etc.

    /Chriztian

  • Craig100 1136 posts 2523 karma points c-trib
    Jun 18, 2013 @ 01:00
    Craig100
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    Hi Chriztian,

    That's spot on. Many thanks. :)

    Craig

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