Help Topics

To add a new Help Topic, follow these steps.

1. Go to Site Help > Help Topics in the IRP Admin left navigation menu.
2. Click the Add New Help Topic button.
3. Fill in the details in the form below:

   Setting	Description
   Help Topic Details
   Help Topic ID	This is created automatically by the IRP and is the unique IRP identifier for this Help Topic.
   Help Topic Title	Enter a title for the help topic that will be displayed on the front end of your web site. Click the Translate button to translate the title into the other languages in your system.
   Show In Menu	Check this box to display the Help Topic in the left navigation menu.
   Is Searchable	Check this box to allow the topic to be returned in search results on the Help.aspx search bar.
   Help Topic Content
   Content	Enter the Help Topic details using either the rich text editor or the HTML editor. This is the content that will be displayed for the Help Topic on the front end of your website. You can also click the Upload Files button to upload content that you have saved elsewhere. This can be part of your Help Topic. Remember to translate the information into each of the languages that you have in your system.
   Auto Generate Short Help Topic Content	Check this box to automatically generate the short Help Topic content based on the full Help Topic content. (Note that if you check this box, the following section described below called 'Help Topic Short Content' will not be shown on the HelpTopicEdit.aspx page as it will no longer be needed.)
   Help Topic Short Content
   Content Short:	(You will only see this whole section if you have not checked the box for 'Auto Generate Short Help Topic Content'.) Enter the Short Help Topic Content that will appear if this Help Topic is returned when a search is performed within the Help section. Remember to translate the information into each of the languages that you have in your system.
   SEO
   SEO Page Title	The SEO Page Title is output in the title HTML meta tag on your web page. You only need to set this if it is different to your Page Title. Note that if you have a translated value for Page Title, and not for SEO Page Title, it will use your translated value for Page Title, and not the default English value. You can translate this into any enabled language. 250 characters max.
   SEO Page Description	The SEO Page Description is output in your web page’s description HTML meta tag. Note that SEO Page Description will output the default English value if no translated value exists. You can translate this into any enabled language. 250 characters max.
   SEO Page Keywords	SEO Page Keywords is output in your web page's keywords HTML meta tag. Note that SEO Page Keywords will output the default English value if no translated value exists. You can translate this into any enabled language. 250 characters max.

4. When you have entered all of the required information, click the Insert Help Topic button. You can then add a brand and/or category to the help topic. When you enable this, a 'View help for' link to the help topic will be displayed on the brand or category page (Small Translation 1492). To enable this feature, follow the remaining steps described below.
5. Back on the main Help Topics page, click the Edit button beside the topic that you want to work with.
6. Click the Relate Help Topics to Models tab.
7. Select the brand or category from the lists and click the Add Relation button to relate them to the help topic.
8. To assign a help topic to one or more categories, click the Parent Help Categories tab.
9. Use the Add and Remove buttons to move help categories between the Non-Added Help Categories box and the Added Help Categories box.
10. Click the Update Help Topic button to save the details.

Remember to use the Preview button to test what the help information will look like on the front end of your website.