Customizable Help

[David Castro]

Madcap software just announced a new version of Flare that works on
the server side, and actually lets customers update the documentation,
themselves. Not sure about all of the details of implementation, but
might be worth looking into.

I've pursued the kind of documentation you're talking about in the
past, but it's never been fielded. To see a very old tutorial on how
to accomplish this using JavaServer Pages, check out my web site at
http://jsp.davidcastro.com/tagbuilder/tagbuilder.jsp.

Good luck, and let us know what you choose, and whether it ends up
working for you. We'd love to know about it. (Well, okay, *I* would
love to know about it. I can't speak for everyone else ;-).

-- 
-David Castro
 thejavaguy at gmail.com

On 4/2/07, David Loveless <daveloveless at gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's the situation:
>
> The company I work for develops enterprise software. Because of the
> nature of our product, I need to provide each of the company's clients
> with customized help. Typically, this is as simple as adding or
> removing single lines of information. For example, some clients want
> their employees to go step A, then B, then C. Others just want steps A
> and C plus D. Most other customizations are simple edits to the skin.
> Each help system is relatively small and simple, but the potential
> growth in clients is enormous.