Kirby 3 Help Section

Adds a panel view to display help for users. The help pages are generated by a predefined content folder.

Commerical usage and support

This plugin is free under the MIT license. If you use it in a commercial project or want to support the development please consider to

• make a donation ☕ or
• buy a Kirby license using this affiliate link ️️️⭐

Installation

Download

Download and copy this repository to /site/plugins/kirby-helpsection.

Git submodule

git submodule add https://github.com/amteich/kirby-helpsection.git site/plugins/kirby-helpsection

Composer

composer require amteich/kirby-helpsection

Options

All options require amteich.helpsection. as prefix.

contentfolder

• default: helpsection
• content of this folder is loaded into the help view of the panel

Setup

Copy the example structure in examples/content to your content folder.

content
  helpsection
    doc.txt
    0_contenttypes
      doc.txt
      image.png
    1_text
      doc.txt

A template named doc comes with the plugin which uses the fields title, excerpt and text to display the pages. The template can also be overwritten in your kirby installation or you could use your own templates for the documentation pages.

You could also use virtual pages to create pages and subpages. For example this model generates subpages for a page template textformats.

Disclaimer

This plugin is provided "as is" with no guarantee. Use it at your own risk and always test it yourself before using it in a production environment.

License

MIT

Credits

• Bastian Allgeier for the kirby reference page