The Saola – Custom Contextual Help for Every Admin Page plugin that was just released by Morfi is a really slick little plugin that makes it really easy to add contextual help tabs to any page in the WordPress dashboard. I decided to pick up a copy of the plugin and give it a short [...]
View Post add_help_tab, contextual help, morfiWordPress 3.3 has a really nice new Help menu that can be used by plugin and theme developers to show a lot of helpful information to the users. It’s very similar to the Contextual Help Tab, but allows much more information to displayed in a more organized fashion. Instead of all content being displayed in [...]
View Post 3.3, add_help_tab, contextual help, help tab, toolbarThis video will give you a quick demonstration of how to modify the Contextual Help tab on any WordPress admin page. This trick is particularly useful for users wishing to add extra information to an already-existing help tab, such as the one on the Themes or Plugins page.
View Post contextual help, help tabThe “Help” tab is a very underused, under rated, but fantastic tool for all plugin developers. If you’re not familiar with it, the “Help” tab is a little button in the top right corner of your WordPress dashboard that, when clicked, will bring in a nice slide-down panel with helpful information.
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