If you have an Internet connection, you
can use the Local Help Updater to install help content on your computer
from a remote IBM information center.
Before you begin
Typically, this task is done on a computer
where the product is installed. If you are installing the help on
an intranet server where the product is not installed, you must first deploy
the help system infrastructure on that server. Then, you can
install the local help.
Tip: Some products automatically install
the help content when you start the product for the first time. If
your product installs the help automatically, you do not have to complete
this task. If you do not have an internet connection when the help
is attempted to be installed, a window opens for you to choose whether
to:- Work offline: No help is installed
and you can continue working with the product without taking any action
regarding the help system.
- Open Local Help Updater: You can download
an archive file on a computer that does have internet access and use
the Installing help content locally from an archive file task to install the content by using
the Local Help Updater.
About this task
This task can be used to install help content
on your computer or on a server. You use the Local Help Updater to
install local help content on your computer from a remote information
center, as shown in this graphic.
Procedure
- In a browser, open the Help Administration
page by typing a URL that is in this format: http://server:port/help-name/updater/admin.jsp
- Select the Update Help Content tab.
- In the site list, expand the product that you
would like to install the content for. The list of sites in the
Available content section are filtered to display your Favorites by
default, which include internal sites you have added or public sites
that you have installed content from. To see other sites, change the filter to All sites.
- Select the help content features to install
from the list that is provided, and click Install.
- When the installation finishes, verify the
installation by opening the help in the product by clicking .
Results
The help that you selected is installed
and is available from your product.
If you downloaded content
from a remote site, that site was added to the Favorites
Sites list.
What to do next
If you downloaded the help
to either a server or your computer:- You can choose to enable automatic
updates. By default, the Automatic Updates option
is not selected in the Local Help Updater. If
you select the Automatic Updates option, you
receive updated content from the help update site (ibm.com) and the
sites in the Favorites Sites list when the
help archive file is restarted and an internet connection exists.
If you choose to leave the Automatic Updates check
box cleared, you can manually update content.
If you downloaded the help to a server:- If other users are accessing this help
content from the products installed on their computers, provide them
with the server, the port, and the path to the help system. Ensure
that the server you provide is not localhost.
Example:
http://server.ibm.com:8080/help-name/index.jsp- Server: server.ibm.com
- Port: 8080
- Path: /help-name