If you want to install and activate BetterDocs on your WordPress site, you have to follow this step-by-step guide below:

How To Install & Activate BetterDocs

Step 1: Go to your WordPress Dashboard and navigate to wp-admin → Plugins → Add New. Then in the search box, type  ‘BetterDocs’. Then simply click on the ‘Install Now‘ button to install BetterDocs on your website.

Step 2: After the installation is completed, click on the ‘Activate’ button, and ‘BetterDocs‘ will be activated.

Step 3: After step 2 is finished, you will be redirected to the ‘Quick Builder’ setup. You have to press the ‘Next’ button and directly choose to configure the initial setup process or can skip it as per your preference. Once you have done configuring the quick builder setup, hit the ‘Finish’ button.

Afterward, you will then be redirected to BetterDocs ‘Settings’. You can change the slug of your Documentation page, Custom Root, Custom Category, Custom Tag, and even Doc Link with others.

Following these simple steps, you can install and activate BetterDocs free at ease.

Getting Stuck? Feel free to contact our dedicated support team for any further assistance.

BetterDocs Pro helps to take your Knowledge base management system to the next level. Follow these simple steps for purchasing the PRO version of BetterDocs.

How To Purchase BetterDocs PRO

Step 1: Go to the BetterDocs page of our website. Then, simply navigate to the ‘Pricing’ section or hit on the ‘Get Started’ Button. Then, simply pick a pricing plan and click on the ‘Get Started’ Button.

Step 2: You will be redirected to the ‘Checkout’ Page and BetterDocs will be ‘Added to Cart’.

Step 3: Choose a ‘Payment Method’. Then, fill up the ‘Personal Information’ and click on the ‘Pay’ button.

Step 4: Once you click the ‘Pay’’ button, you will be redirected to the payment pages If you have chosen the ‘Credit Card’ option as the payment method you will be redirected to the Stripe payment page. Now, you need to fill up the payment information and hit the ‘Pay’ button.

If you choose ‘PayPal’ as the payment option, you will be redirected to PayPal’s payment page. Now you have to login to your PayPal account and finish the purchase.

Step 5: After your payment is successfully done, you will be redirected to the ‘Purchase Confirmation’ page. You can download the BetterDocs plugin from this page.

By following these simple steps, you can easily purchase BetterDocs PRO for any plan.

Getting Stuck? Feel free to contact our dedicated support team for any further assistance.

BetterDocs PRO comes with amazing features like Instant Answer, Insightful Analytics, Multiple Knowledge Base, etc. which can supercharge your knowledge base experience.

How To Install BetterDocs PRO

Step 1: Make sure that you have Installed & Activated the Free version of BetterDocs. You will need to keep the Free version activated to use the Premium Version.

Step 2: Go to your WPDeveloper account and under the “Downloads” tab, you will see your downloadable files. Afterward, download the plugin file. It should look like betterdocs-pro-2.x.x.zip.

Step 3: Afterward, Go to your Plugins page from WordPress Dashboard. Then click on the ‘Add New’ option and Upload the BetterDocs PRO plugin that you have downloaded. After successfully uploading, click on the ‘Install Now’ button.

Step 4: After installation is finished, simply click on the ‘Activate’ button.

After activating the plugin, you will be redirected to the BetterDocs Settings page. From here, you can configure the basic settings of BetterDocs.

After you have finished activating BetterDocs PRO, This is how your Plugins page will look like:

To activate the license key of BetterDocs PRO, you can check out this documentation.

Getting Stuck? Feel free to contact our dedicated support team for any further assistance.

BetterDocs lets you create and publish new documentation easily by following some simple step by step guidelines. Let’s follow the instructions below to create and publish new documentation in BetterDocs.

Step 1: Install & Activate BetterDocs 

Before start creating new documentation in BetterDocs, you have to first make sure, you have to install and activate BetterDocs on WordPress.

Step 2: Add New Documentation

Open your WordPress Dashboard and navigate to BetterDocs>>Add New. Create the Documentation just like any other WordPress Post/Page.

Once you have the Doc ready you need to assign a Category and Tag to it before publishing. From the right sidebar navigate to Document>>Categories. From there you can assign an existing Category or create a new one. From the same place, you can assign Tags.

Step 3: Publish New Documentation

Once you are done writing the Doc with BetterDocs, hit the Blue Button labeled ‘Publish’ at the top-right corner of the screen.

Final Outcome

By simply following all the above steps, you will be able to create and publish your new documentation easily with BetterDocs on your WordPress website.

That’s how you can simply create and publish new documentation with BetterDocs just within a few steps. 

Getting Stuck? Feel free to contact our dedicated support team for further assistance.

What Is Sticky Table Of Contents (TOC)? How To Enable It?

TOC stands for Table of Contents. In many instances, you might need to use different Heading Tags inside your Doc. If you use multiple headings, BetterDocs will include the Headings inside a Table of Contents (TOC) Box that will stay afloat over the Documentation Page.

The benefit of the TOC is your users can easily jump back and forth between Headings inside your Doc.

How To Enable BetterDocs TOC?

To enable the TOC option, first open your WordPress Dashboard and navigate to BetterDocs → Settings → Layout → Single Doc → TOC.From there make sure to enable Table of Content (TOC) and ‘Sticky TOC’.

BetterDocs PRO comes with an advanced Drag & Drop Builder, which allows you to organize all your documentation instantly. You can easily move any content to another category and sort it according to your preferred order. Most impressively, you can add a new post, edit it, or even delete your existing posts from one place.

Before you begin, make sure that you have created some posts in BetterDocs and assigned categories to those posts. Once the posts are published, you can view them in the BetterDocs Drag & Drop interface. For more details, you can check out our article on how to create and publish docs in BetterDocs. Now, let’s follow the below guidelines to use the Advanced Drag & Drop Builder and organize your content in BetterDocs:

Navigate To ‘All Articles’ Page

First, go to your WordPress Dashboard and then navigate to wp-admin -> BetterDocs -> All Articles. On the ‘All Articles’ page, you will find the Drag & Drop Builder to sort out the documentation per your requirements. You will find each of the documents under its respective categories.

Move Docs From One Category To Another

You can easily move your mouse over the document you want to move from one category to another, and then simply drag & drop it to your preferred category. It will be instantly saved. Besides, you can even sort out the order of the articles by moving them up or down as well.

Add A New Article

At the top of the screen, you will find the button ‘Add a New Article’ to create a new document. You will then be redirected to the new article page, where you can create your new document. Alternatively, you can hit on the ‘+’ icon from the ‘Drag & Drop Builder’ to create new posts as well.

Edit or Delete Articles

BetterDocs Drag & Drop Builder allows you to edit or delete your existing articles all from one place.

This is how, with the help of BetterDocs Drag and Drop Builder, you can organize your content instantly and create a stunning knowledge base for your end-users.

Getting Stuck? Feel free to contact our Dedicated Support Team.

How to Sort & Organize Documentations in BetterDocs?

To Sort Docs you need to assign the right Categories to them. Once you have done that, BetterDocs will know that certain Docs are homogenous and will place them inside one box.

• To enable Sorting, first, open your WordPress Dashboard and navigate to BetterDocs>>Categories. Create as many categories as you need.

• Afterward, as you are writing and publishing new Docs, assign them the right Categories. Now visit the Docs Page and you will see all the Docs sorted under assigned Category Names.

This is how easily you can sort & organize all documentation categories with BetterDocs and make your knowledge base more user-friendly for the audience. 

If you face any difficulties, feel free to contact our support team.

How to manage Categories and Tags in BetterDocs?

Categories and Tags tell BetterDocs which Doc Page should sit where. Categories are used for Broad Grouping of identical Documentation Pages. And Tags are used to narrow down the focus to a specific topic. These two combined help you to create a good taxonomy for your Documentation Page which ultimately helps in boosting your SEO ranking. 

The best practice is to first create Categories and Tags according to the number of products you have. And then, while creating Documentation Pages, assign the right Category and Tag to each Doc Page.

Create a New Category

• To create a new Category, first, open your WordPress Dashboard and navigate to BetterDocs>>Categories. 
• From here, give a name to the Category and add a Description. You can manually create the Slug, however, if you leave the ‘Slug’ field blank, BetterDocs will automatically create a Slug for you using the Category Name.

At the right of this page, you will see the number of Documentations for each Category under the header ‘Count’. 

Create a New Tag

• To create a new Tag, first, open your WordPress Dashboard and navigate to BetterDocs>>Tags. 
• From here, give a name to the Tag and add a Description. You can manually create the Slug, however, if you leave the ‘Slug’ field blank, BetterDocs will automatically create a Slug for you using the Category Name. 

At the right of this page, you will see the number of Documentations for each Category under the header ‘Count’.

Assign categories and Tags to Your Documentation Page

• While creating Doc Pages (BetterDocs>>Add New), inside the Document Tab from the Right Sidebar you will see all the Categories and Tags List. 

• Assign the right ones to properly describe your Documentation Page.

This is how easily you can manage categories & tags for your all documentation with BetterDocs.

If you face any difficulties, feel free to contact our support team.

With the help of BetterDocs, you can configure your documentation homepage & single page by using its advanced doc page design features, and ready theme layouts without coding. Follow this step-by-step guideline below to find out how to configure the Documentation Homepage & Single Page with BetterDocs.

Step 1: Configure The Built-in Documentation Page 

Assuming, you have installed & activated BetterDocs on your WordPress site. First, navigate to check the BetterDocs Settings → General → Enable Built-in Documentation Page. However, you can choose to disable it at any moment and use your preferred layouts through shortcodes or page builder widgets.  

Step 2: Configure Documentation Homepage & Single Page

Afterward, open your WordPress Dashboard and navigate to BetterDocs → Settings → Layout. From here you can see three separate sections for your documentation layouts, and these are Documentation Page, Single Doc & Archive Page. You can make the changes to any or all of these documentation layouts as per your preference. 

Under the ‘Documentation Page’ tab, you’ll get three sections named ‘General’, ‘Search’, & ‘Order By’ from where you have the full freedom to toggle on/off any of the features like Live Search, Search Result Image, Enable Masonry, Order Docs Post/Category Alphabetically, Number of Subcategories/Columns/Posts, Enable Post Count, Enable Explore More Button, and more. If you wish to use any other Button label, simply write in the text inside the ‘Button Text’ field.

Once you are done tweaking the Documentation Homepage you will have something like this. You can learn more by checking out this separate doc on the Documentation Homepage. 

Next, configure the Documentation Single Page from BetterDocs Settings → Layout → Single Doc. There you can get along with all the features like Enable Table of Contents (TOC), TOC Hierarchy, TOC List Number, Enable Sticky TOC, Content Offset, TOC Supported Heading Tag, Enable Breadcrumb, Breadcrumb Home Text, Breadcrumb Home URL, and more in four different sections called ‘General’, ‘TOC’, ‘Breadcrumb’, & Email Feedback.’ These options here are self-explanatory and you can enable/disable the features by using the toggle button. 

Once you are done adjusting the layout of your Single Doc Page should look something like this. You can get more details by checking out this documentation on Doc Single Page. 

Now if you go to the next section of the BetterDocs Settings → Layouts → Archive Page. From there, you can enable/disable ‘Enable Sidebar Category List’ and make the changes there. 

Step 3: Customize The Design of Documentation Page  

To customize the design of your knowledgebase documentation, navigate to the BetterDocs Settings → Design → Customize BetterDocs. 

After clicking on the customize button, you will be directly redirected to your WordPress Customizing panel. Here, you have to choose BetterDocs which comes up with Doc Page, Single Page, Sidebar, Archive Page, & Live Search options. You can make the changes to your overall documentation layouts from there. 

To change the outlook of your documentation homepage, go to the BetterDocs → Doc Page. You can get the first two ready layouts out of four on BetterDocs free with other styling options that are available there to change the documentation homepage outlook. 

Note: If you purchase BetterDocs Pro, you can unlock all of these exclusive ready layouts, and other styling features to design your Documentation Doc Page, & Single Page, and more in advance.   

Next, you can configure the BetterDocs → Single Doc Page with this ready theme design out of three that come free, and other advanced styling options are present there to make the changes on your Single Doc Page layouts.

Even you can change the entire outlook of the Sidebar, Archive Page, & Live Search background color, text color, typography, margin, and more. Just go to each of these sections and make the changes according to your needs. 

By simply following all the above steps, you will be able to create and design your documentation Doc Page & Single Doc Page with BetterDocs on your WordPress website.

That’s how you can simply configure and design the Documentation Homepage & Single Page with BetterDocs. Getting Stuck? Feel free to contact our dedicated support team for further assistance.