Is there a plugin that can help create javascript app/site walkthroughs?
If not, (I can't find any via google, though I could've sworn I knew of at least one), is it a good idea (for a moderately complex app)? How does it compare to screencasts? What are some best practice if you were to do one? And in general terms, what are some ideas for how to go about it.
Thanks in advance.
Edit: As an example, something like this I just found.
Is there a plugin that can help create javascript app/site walkthroughs?
If not, (I can't find any via google, though I could've sworn I knew of at least one), is it a good idea (for a moderately complex app)? How does it compare to screencasts? What are some best practice if you were to do one? And in general terms, what are some ideas for how to go about it.
Thanks in advance.
Edit: As an example, something like this I just found.
Share Improve this question edited Mar 27, 2012 at 9:46 Jordan Arsenault 7,3889 gold badges55 silver badges101 bronze badges asked Nov 4, 2009 at 3:46 MarkMark 33.6k34 gold badges108 silver badges139 bronze badges7 Answers
Reset to default 122009 Solutions were sparse.
2012 Solution is Joyride.
I've created this one
jQuery Page Walkthrough
It was not clear what are you looking for until I've seen you have mentioned screencast. thus, you may find slideView useful displaying screenshots and text as a step-by-step guide.
This is a bit of a plug but I've created Overlay101 that brings up an integrated walkthrough that can be managed by non developers. I think it's much easier than maintaining a jquery extension.
You can highlight elements based on id or css selectors. Once the javascript has been added to your page, you can pretty much hand it off to whomever writes the help text.
Yes. I just wrote one this weekend. check it out here:
nbprithv.github.com/introtour-ui
Let me know what you think.
Hopscotch is a really nice framework for developers to add product tours to their pages. Currently managed by LinkedIn, and the GitHub repo is here:
Hopscotch GitHub
Plug here,
You can try WhatFix, it has got easy UI based walkthrough builder, which also captures screens along with html elements. With WhatFix you can embed walkthroughs as slides, articles in customer support pages as well as use javascript to invoke in-app instructions. WhatFix has got community version which is free to use.
disclosure: I am co-founder of WhatFix.