Viewer Help Dashboard

Viewer 2.0 finally has an online help system. The help content comes from pages in the special "Viewerhelp" namespace on the wiki. Currently, only Lindens can edit articles in this namespace. However, anyone can comment in the talk pages.

Help system files

• Viewerhelp:Map File/Second Life Alpha/2.0.0 - Current map file
• Viewerhelp:Active Releases - Help app uses this to find all the active map files.
• Viewerhelp:Rebuild Request - rebuild all help content from wiki.

Help content

• Viewerhelp:Contents
• Viewerhelp:Glossary
• Viewerhelp:Bug Reporting
• Help content from XUI files - These articles are mostly unused (imported from Viewer 1.23).
• All help articles are now in the Help Articles category.

Other content

These are important pages not in the Viewerhelp namespace.

• Viewer Help Templates - Summary and usage info about Viewerhelp templates.
• Category:Viewer Help Templates - Category for all Viewerhelp templates.
• Footer for Viewerhelp pages: Mediawiki:Hf-nsfooter-Viewerhelp
• Header for debug mode only: Mediawiki:Hf-nsheader-Viewerhelp

Content pipeline

Template wikicode	Category	Template
{{Help Placeholder}}	Missing / Not Started	View Template
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{{Help WIP}}	In Progress	View Template
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{{Help Article Ready for Review}}	Ready for Review	View Template
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{{Help Article Ready for Copy Edit}}	Ready for Copy Edit	View Template
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{{Help Article Ready for Translation}}	Ready for Translation	View Template

Localization

• Post-translation Modifications

English articles

Template wikicode	Category	Template
{{FROZEN Help Article - In Translation}}	FROZEN In-Translation	View Template
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{{Translated Help Article}}	Translated	View Template
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{{Modified Translated Help Article}}	Modified After Translation	View Template

Localized articles

• Category:German Help Articles
• Category:French Help Articles
• Category:Japanese Help Articles

Frozen articles

• Category:FROZEN Help Articles - Batch 3