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Bruno Busco commented on OFBIZ-1750:
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Adrian,
yes, for sure having it simpled down is a good start.
Anyway I think that having a simple property string to give help for a whole
Ofbiz screen could be difficult. The "isUrl" flag, in my opinion, should be
available to link to a completely stand-alone full HTML help web site.
Having the help pages in Confluence should also be considered.
It is sufficient that someone that has the space admin permission on Confluence
enables the "export space" feature to all users. Using this feature it is
possible to export the help pages from the Confluence as static HTML files in a
folder tree that can be copyed locally.
Another option is that Confluence admin performs such export whenever needed
and put the resulting .zip file available for download somewhere.
Sorry for the gif, you are right, it comes from JIRA website, i got from there
so long ago I didn't even remind. I will also delete it from the issue attached
files.
> Online user help link icon
> --------------------------
>
> Key: OFBIZ-1750
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-1750
> Project: OFBiz
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: ALL COMPONENTS
> Affects Versions: SVN trunk
> Reporter: Bruno Busco
> Assignee: Adrian Crum
> Priority: Minor
> Attachments: help_links.jpg, help_links.patch, help_links1.patch,
> help_links2.patch, help_yellow.gif
>
>
> I have implemented an on-line help linking system the you can find in the
> attached patch (help_links.patch) and preview in help_links.jpg.
> This is a short description of how it works.
> I have added a "link-url" property to the container tag. Now it is possible
> to write something like:
> <property-map resource="ProjectMgrUiHelpUrls" map-name="uiHelpUrlsMap"
> global="true"/>
> ...
> <container style="screenlet"
> help-url="${uiHelpUrlsMap.ProjectManagerApplicationRoles}">
> When such a property is specified the container is rendered with a textual
> "?" that contains an href to an help page url.
> I have included in the patch also a modified maincss.css file that shows a
> more beatifull yellow icon like you can see in the preview.
> I have done some thinking about how to build the help urls with the following
> requirements:
> 1) Should be possible to change the whole help site used with a single
> modification in one file
> 2) Different help urls should be used depending on th locale
> To implement this I added the HelpUrls.xml resource file that in in the
> framework and defines the following keys:
> - helpurls.prefix = the first part of every help url
> - helpurls.suffix = the last part of every help url
> - helpurls.hint = a string that is displayed when the mouse is moved on the
> help icon
> All these keys are translated in urls and strings that are (or can be)
> specific to the selected locale. I this way it is possible for example to
> have the different languages help pages located on different sites (changing
> the helpurl.prefix) or it is possible to have an help system that provides
> different language help based on parameter attached to the url (something
> like ?language=it or similar)
> The final url attached to the icon is made of the prefix, the container
> specific help-url and the suffix
> Even the container specific help-url could conveniently be taken from a
> resource file so that a change in the help system pages should require only
> the resource file modification and not all the screens.
> I have included in the patch a single modified screen that uses the help
> links. This is one of the Project Manager Application that is available at
> this link:
> https://localhost:8443/projectmgr/control/MyTasks
> Could you please review the system?
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