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How to edit the "Help" file

Started by FredT, May 03, 2022, 03:23:37 AM

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FredT

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

Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

What exactly would you want to edit? Most of the help contents link to simplemachines.org
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FredT

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.


Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

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.
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FredT

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)

Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

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.
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"Before you allow people access to your forum, especially in an administrative position, you must be aware that that person can seriously damage your forum. Therefore, you should only allow people that you trust, implicitly, to have such access." -Douglas

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