Seeking XML-Based Help System for Web Site
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Hi.. I'm interested in using an xml-based help system to develop a help system at my web site. I want to run this over the web, i.e., someone connects to a URL, and their browser renders a given help page. The system has to be only moderately fancy. I just want basic things like "BACK", "UP", an index, a table of contents, good-looking output, cross-links, and the ability to put arbitrary HML inside the actual page. I would be happy to edit the source for the help using the vi editor. I could write my own, but I'd rather find something that suits my needs that already exists. I see that Webworks has a product called WordHelp, but WordHelp appears to be available only as part of WebWorks Publisher Professional, which costs $1295 :eek:, which is more than I want to spend. There is also something at http://www.isparp.ukgateway.net/angband/helppatch/ but that doesn't look like it has quite enough functionality. Does anyone have any other ideas? Andrew
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Hi.. I'm interested in using an xml-based help system to develop a help system at my web site. I want to run this over the web, i.e., someone connects to a URL, and their browser renders a given help page. The system has to be only moderately fancy. I just want basic things like "BACK", "UP", an index, a table of contents, good-looking output, cross-links, and the ability to put arbitrary HML inside the actual page. I would be happy to edit the source for the help using the vi editor. I could write my own, but I'd rather find something that suits my needs that already exists. I see that Webworks has a product called WordHelp, but WordHelp appears to be available only as part of WebWorks Publisher Professional, which costs $1295 :eek:, which is more than I want to spend. There is also something at http://www.isparp.ukgateway.net/angband/helppatch/ but that doesn't look like it has quite enough functionality. Does anyone have any other ideas? Andrew
A Dynamic Index: Reinventing the Online Help in XML http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnexxml/html/xml04212003.asp[^]
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