Help articles best practices


Write simple articles


Write simple articles around a single subject and just split content into multiple articles if necessary.

For longer articles, use a table of contents like in this article to make navigation easier.



Make good use of images, GIF and videos


There's nothing like an image or an animated GIF to explain something. For instance, here's a GIF about sorting topics in Timelapse.
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Or here's a 2-minute introduction to Timelapse.



It's much easier to get the message across in these scenarios with a video or a GIF than with words.


Use formatting best practices

Check out the article on formatting best practices for more on this (see, we've split this article into multiple articles!).
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