Module: KB Articles

 Created Date: 11/9/2018 |  User Level: |  Views: 2,906

Description

KB articles are used to document how to perform tasks and provide consistent information to your team and website visitors.

Key Features

  • Unlimited number of categories.
  • Different KB Articles for specific versions / variations.
  • Classify the KB Articles based on the user level of expertise.
  • Track how many people are viewing the KB Articles with their user/IP address information.
  • KB Articles can be shown based on a specified start/end date.
  • Set the last updated date.
  • Ability to have different display templates.
  • Set SEO information for better positioning on the search engines.

Requirements

You will need to have a valid system login that has been granted access to the KB Articles module.

Sample Screenshot

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KB Articles Grid
KB Articles Edit
KB Articles Edit: Miscellaneous Information
KB Articles Edit: META Information
KB Articles Edit: Advanced Information

Adding & Editing

  • Description: The title of the KB Article.
  • General Information
    • Category: The category that the article is assigned to.
    • Published: Whether the article is visible or not on the website.
      • Draft (Not Visible On Website): The article is not available and if someone would go to this KB Article they would get a message that the article is presently not available.
      • Published (Visible On Website): The article will be available on the website.
    • User Level: The level of knowledge a user should have to be able to use this article. For example, an Administrator (Advanced) should be used by those that are familiar with the overall site.
    • Page Name: This is the KB Article number page name.
      • Note: This name needs to be unique for each page.
    • Version: When dealing with software or even documentation there is a version number assigned. This is where you can have one article for multiple versions. There should be a unique KB Article for each version.
    • Icon: You can use this to assign a unique icon related to the article.
    • Author: This is who the person is that is writing the article.
    • Page Views: The number of views that have happened since the article was originally published.
    • Summary: A brief summary that explains what is covered.
    • Description: The complete detail of the article.
  • Miscellaneous Information
    • Start Date: When is the article available to start being viewed.
    • End Date: When is the article set to no longer be available.
    • Updated Date: The last date that the document was changed.
    • Display Order: The display order for the article. This allows you to display certain items above others. To learn more about how to use display order click here.
    • Template Name: If a custom template is to be used for displaying the article. This is useful if you want the information to be displayed in a unique format that is outside the default format.
    • Language: What language is the article written in. The languages available is what is set within the system.
    • Alternate URL: If the article is available on another URL beyond what this article is you can list it here.
  • META Information - Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Information
    • Title: The title of the page that displays in the web browser.
    • Description: The description that is provided to the search engines.
    • Keywords: Not used by the latest version of the search engines this allows you to set the keywords for this article.
      • Note: Each keyword phrase should be separated by a comma.
    • Robots: Explains to the search engines how it should treat this page.
      • Index, Follow (Default): Index the page and follow all links.
      • No Index, No Follow: Don't index the page and do not follow any links.
      • Follow: Follow all links that this article has in it.
      • Index: The article should be indexed.
      • Index, No Follow: The article should be indexed but any links should not be followed.
      • No Follow: The article should be indexed but any links should not be followed.
      • No Index: The search engines should not index this article.
    • Include in Site Map: States whether or not to include this KB Article in the sites sitemap.xml file.
  • Advanced Information
    • Header Embed: Allows the embedding of custom code in the header of the KB Article.
    • Footer Embed: Allows the embedding of custom code in the footer of the KB Article.

Tips & Tricks

  • KB Articles should be treated as miniature blogs where the information provided is grouped in a standardized format.