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Kristina PoffKristina Poff 

Trying to create a help page

I'm following the directions for how to create a help page but when I type in 'visualforce page' in the search area no results come up so I'm missing a step in the beginning on how to create this and will not be able to do the challenge at the end of the lesson without this.  

Here's the exact steps:

Create a Help Page for the Candidate Object

We highly recommend that you create help pages for your custom objects. It's easy to provide useful information about your object by using a simple Visualforce page. Your users will thank you!

Let’s create a simple Visualforce help page to reference from your Candidate object.

From Setup, enter Visualforce Pages in the Quick Find box, then select Visualforce Pages.
Click New.
Enter a label for your page — for example, Job Candidate Help.
Enter a unique name for the page — for example, Job_Candidate_Help.
In the Visualforce Markup area, enter information about your custom object. You might want to include dependencies, next steps, or other tips for using the object.
For example:

1 <h1>Help for the Candidate Object</h1>

2  

3     <p>The Candidate object is for identifying and tracking individual candidates for job positions.</p>

4     <p>Sort candidates by Name, Location, Last Modified, and Prospect Rating.</p>

Now let’s reference the help page you just created from your Candidate object. To do this, we’ll edit the Candidate object.

In the Setup Quick Find box, type Object.
Under Create, click Objects.
Click Edit next to the Candidate object’s name.
Select Open a window using a Visualforce page and choose the page you created.
[Custom object help display setting]
Click Save.

I'm stuck on the very first step.  Please advise!

Thank you,

Kristi Poff
Shyama B SShyama B S
Hi
Please try searching for just 'Pages'. 

You can go to :
       Setup -> Build -> Develop -> Pages
       Click 'New'.

Or go to:
Setup -> Build -> Develop -> Pages
Click on Developer Console.
Then go to File -> New Visualforce Page.
 
You can follow the rest of the steps. Please let me know if this helped you.

Thanks,
Shyama
Kristina PoffKristina Poff
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Sébastien LamaisonSébastien Lamaison
Hi.

I'm having the exact same problem, but Shyama's solution didn't help.

When clicking on "Setup -> Build -> Develop -> Pages", I land on a page with the correct title (Visualforce Pages), but the only new thing I can create is a "New view", not a "New page". Sections of this page doesn't match with the ones expected when reading the tutorial... There is "Enter View Name", "Specify Filter Criteria", "Select Fields to Display" and "Restrict Visibility", but not "Visualforce Markup area".

Was there a change about that in the last few days?

Thanks

Sébastien
Jess ShirleyJess Shirley
Sebastien,
I was having the same issue but figured out you need to click on "new" button underneath the alphabet, not the "create new view" next to the drop down. 
Sébastien LamaisonSébastien Lamaison
Jess,

Thank you very much!
I've search for so long and I didn't even see this "New" button!

Thanks again.

Sébastien
Andrew Mills 19Andrew Mills 19
Thanks Jess, I had the same issue as Sebastien, found it now.
Antonio MaldonadoAntonio Maldonado
Thank you Jess. I was having this issue as well.
Lakshan MeeriyagallaLakshan Meeriyagalla
Thanks Jess Shirley. I aslso had the same issue.
M.E. 10M.E. 10
Me, too. Thanks!