[TriLUG] HTML-based help file

Tim Jowers timjowers at gmail.com
Mon Jun 11 13:23:31 EDT 2007


MediaWiki. Seems like a perfect fit for what you are doing. Same platform as
WikiPedia but you can limit the editors to your staff.

Super easy to setup and only a few tricks to use it powerfully.

TimJowers

On 6/11/07, Kevin J. <mrkevinj at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> We could, but it wouldn't be of much use ultimately. The help section is
> designed to be used by our visitors and only updated as-needed by staff. The
> wiki concept is not completely familiar to many users nor is it contextual.
> We looked at RoboHelp, but it's a little pricey for our budget so we're
> looking for less-expensive options.
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: William Sutton <william at trilug.org>
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 11:17:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] HTML-based help file
>
>
> Just out of curiosity...can you set up your own internal Wiki for
> maintaining documentation?
>
> --
> William Sutton
>
>
> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007, Kevin J. wrote:
>
> > We are looking for an application that will allow us to create and
> maintain a HTML-based help file so that some of our staff can collaborate on
> the documentation (similar to this:
> http://help.juniper.net/help/english/5.3.0/online_help.htm#home_cnt.htm).
> We'd like something with a search and index feature as well though we have a
> Google Search appliance that we could probably use for that purpose if need
> be.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> >
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