Help for web application

[Frank Dissinger]

Hi all,

My company is developing a web-based help application for which I will 
have to provide some kind of user assistance. It has not been specified 
how this should be done. I would like to supply ideas and suggestions, 
thus hoping to avoid that this issue is left to our developers...

Unfortunately I have no experience with help for web-based applications.

Which designs and techniques can I use? Help pane embedded in 
application window? Button loading help file in separate window? 
Popups?  Are there any best practices or sample web pages?
Which tools should I use? How do I link topics with a web page?

Until now I have produced context-sensitive CHM files with FrameMaker 
(V. 6.0) and WebWorks Publisher (V. 7.0.6). I am also considering the 
use of Flare.

Any ideas will be greately appreciated.

Regards,
Frank


Frank Dissinger  ·  /Technical Writer/

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