Convey <http://www.getconvey.com> may fit your needs. It's a hosted web application which, when integrated in your app, figures out the right Help topics to show users based on their context. Here's a screenshot:
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CkBSpjtyBB0/Ua6Jk8ltnqI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Bss3fPxVJTM/s1600/Screenshot+-+Sample+App+-+Settings.png> It's super easy to install and it lets non-developers on your team update the Help. The downsides are that it's not inline (though it is context-sensitive) and it's not free. For full disclosure, I do have to mention that I'm the creator of Convey. I also happen to think it's a great tool :) On Friday, May 31, 2013 8:42:23 AM UTC-4, ppetree wrote: > > My reason for using ajax is three fold: > > 1. To do a real context sensitive help system would require more help > text than would be feasible to integrate for each control, dictionary > definition or decision point on each page. > 2. By including just the <div> we minimize the number of bytes > transferred thereby reducing bandwidth requirements and improve page load > times. Why transfer data on help points when those may never be accessed > or > accessed only once? > 3. The help system could include short videos (we're using camstudio > to capture desktop mouse moves and voice over). > > > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Jason Westbrook > <jwest...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > > >> If you want to use tooltips or popovers you could use the PrototypeJS >> Twitter BootStrap tooltips or popovers >> >> https://github.com/jwestbrook/bootstrap-prototype >> >> >> >> >> Jason Westbrook | T: 313-799-3770 | jwest...@gmail.com <javascript:> >> >> >> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Walter Lee Davis >> <wa...@wdstudio.com<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >> >>> I think you could make the whole thing pretty simply. Rather than >>> creating a separate handler (with each()) for each .help element, you could >>> wrap the entire thing in one "on" handler, which you would not need to >>> customize per page or worry about dom:loaded or anything: >>> >>> document.on('click', '.help', function(evt, elm){ >>> var tip = elm.down('div'); >>> new Ajax.Updater(tip, 'path/to/help', { >>> parameters: {id: elm.id}, >>> onCreate: function(){ >>> tip.addClassName('loading'); >>> }, >>> onSuccess: function(){ >>> tip.removeClassName('loading'); >>> tip.addClassName('tooltip'); >>> } >>> }); >>> }); >>> >>> document.on('click', '.tooltip', function(evt, elm){ >>> evt.stop(); >>> elm.update().removeClassName('tooltip'); >>> }); >>> >>> That's expecting a structure like this: >>> >>> <div class="help" id="widget_1"><div></div></div> >>> >>> You could use some other construction if you like, but that would do the >>> trick. The rest will be creating the CSS for the tooltip, and the Web >>> service to fill it in. >>> >>> If you didn't want to get the Ajax thing going, you could also just put >>> the tooltip in the help element itself, maybe in a data-attribute. That >>> depends on how much content there would be. It would be completely >>> instantaneous. >>> >>> Walter >>> >>> >>> On May 30, 2013, at 2:24 PM, Phil Petree wrote: >>> >>> > I'll play around with it on Sunday and see what I can cobble >>> together... of course it looks like you did most of the work in 5 minutes >>> and I'll spend most of the day playing around with it! LOL >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to >>> prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >>> . >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> prototype-s...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >>> . >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> To post to this group, send email to >> prototype-s...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
