Extending the How Do I panel
Table of Contents
The How Do I panel tells the user how to get started with Contribute and how to complete common tasks, such as adding a page to a website or editing a page.
The How Do I panel appears in the sidebar in the Contribute workspace. The following figure shows the list of topics that appear when you open the How Do I panel.
You can extend the How Do I panel to add information that you developed for your organization. You can also change some aspects of the default style and layout for the How Do I panel.
The following files determine the content, style, and layout of the How Do I panel. These files are located in the Contribute Configuration/Content/Tasks folder.
File |
Purpose |
|---|---|
Tasks.xml |
Lists the categories and tasks that display in the How Do I panel |
Task files |
Contain the procedural instructions that display when a user clicks a task in the How Do I panel |
Tasks.css |
Defines the styles that determine how text displays in the How Do I panel |
TasksLayout.xml |
Defines the structural layout of the How Do I panel |
This section covers the following topics:
- Using the XML tags of the tasks.xml file
- Adding categories and tasks
- Adding task procedures
- Changing the default style
- Changing the default layout
- Using JavaScript API functions to navigate
