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SMF Support => SMF 2.1.x Support => Topic started by: FredT on May 03, 2022, 03:23:37 AM

Title: How to edit the "Help" file
Post by: FredT on May 03, 2022, 03:23:37 AM
Below in the footer is the "Help" link.

How can I edit the content? In my admin menu, css, or php file somewhere?

I found a Help.template but it seems this is not the right one. Other than that it refers to a wiki page- what is empty...

How can I set this up on my webserver?

Thank you so much
Title: Re: How to edit the "Help" file
Post by: Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen on May 03, 2022, 03:38:50 AM
What exactly would you want to edit? Most of the help contents link to simplemachines.org
Title: Re: How to edit the "Help" file
Post by: FredT on May 03, 2022, 03:49:53 AM
Thanks Aleksi,

my forum atm is only installed localy and runing with Xampp till I get all up and runing correctly. Maybe this is the reason the link does not work right now to the smf wiki.

For example when I click the link:
Registration..
Login...
Profil...

and so on, it links to a wiki site and the message:

There is no text right now and you have no rights to generate a site.... is visible

I would like to extend some of the text maybe what is there originaly so it is customized abit more to my own Forum theme and maybe I can also get my own screenshots it, to explain some of the forum mods/features and so on, and so on.

Title: Re: How to edit the "Help" file
Post by: Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen on May 03, 2022, 03:52:57 AM
Do the links here work better for you https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?action=help
The same content with the same links is included in all SMF installs, only the first page with the links is local.
Title: Re: How to edit the "Help" file
Post by: FredT on May 03, 2022, 04:37:45 AM
The first site it local. This is perfect and can stay this way

All the links are going to a wiki like:
https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/SMF2.1:Registering
https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/SMF2.1:Logging_In
https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/SMF2.1:Profile

and so on. I think I would prefer to have them in a web folder/root so I can change them or I try to add a own wiki.

Have to check how I can do this. It has to be CI (Corporate identity)
Title: Re: How to edit the "Help" file
Post by: Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen on May 03, 2022, 04:47:05 AM
Those you can edit, and make them point to local pages - sure.
Look in help.template.php and help.english.php

EDIT: Sorry, Manual.english.php I think is correct. help.english.php is mainly all the other helptxt content.