WebView + Google sites = plugin documentation

Rhino Developer
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Hi Guys,

I’ve been looking for a solution to provide a ‘help file’ for my customers.

I’ve looked at a few options, including hosting my own wiki, using github wiki’s etc

My goals were:

  • A tree structure of info that could be matched to my UI structure
  • Some sort of mark up system that can allow formatting, links and embedded files like youtube videos and dropbox links
  • The ability to have the info available within my plugin

Google sites is actually great for this, 15 gig of free space, good integration with all the G Suite apps and a REALLY simple to use online builder that allows for simple navigation setup.

My plugin’s UI is already based on ETO.WebView so launching a new browser within Rhino and pointing it to the page that relates to the same UI that the help button was pressed was dead simple.

Here is the result:

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Looks like (better?) a native help file and is dead easy to maintain and update.

Recommended to others looking for a way to document their plugin.

Cheers

DK

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I can even send the link to non-users:

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Personally i’m quite fond of Notion.so, it’s free, and has nice formatting options. It doesn’t allow you to set the layout persay but I think that doesn’t really matter and the upside is you spend less time trying to format pages

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With some tweaking of the Google Sites theme I’ve got the look to somewhat match my plugins UI:

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