Hi Phil:

I'm not sure if I'm in the right spot.  I've been using dnn for a while, but don't know if the dnn Help Module will help me or if I need to look elsewhere.  Hopefully you can point me in the right direction.

I want to implement module Help.  We don't care if it's all in one module, and then a help and module id are sent to the help module, or if it's similar to the IActionable items (settings, etc), and if IHelp is implemented in the controller, then an action menu item shows up.

However, I don't see anywhere where this is explained.  I looked through the docs, but no avail.  I noticed there are multiple references to 'ctl' and 'Help' in the core, and also to 'mid' (module id)...so it appears that this feature is implemented in some manner (perhaps calls to the help module?).  Could someone point me in the right direction of how to achieve 'module-based help'?  Thanks!

do you want to provide central "online help" - this requires a central location with the help pages and a link to it in module manifest.

If you want to provide "module help" you need to add a resource key "ModuleHelp.Text" containing the help text and might include HTML content.

To provide contect help for settings etc. use the dnn:label control with resourcekey attribute and add resourekey.help text for each key in the local resource file.

For details on resource files and localization concept, please check out Localisation Whitepaper and Module Development Localization Guide, available from Resources > Documentation > Downloads page in menu above.