Jeff

After developing a WordPress website a client might want to manage the site themselves. This plugin gives the developer the option of providing “how to” videos to teach the client how to use a certain aspect of the WordPress install. When an install has become complicated it can be a great time saver to provide the customer with an instructional video that covers the topic.
This plugin does not create videos. It provides a place to show videos from YouTube, Vimeo, and to upload your own video (size matters). When creating a site you can link to existing YouTube how to videos that are relevant to your WordPress install. Videos that are relevent to the particular client you have created the Website for.
The videos can be displayed by category and users who can view the video can also be controlled by their role. Choose who you want to be able to view the videos by adjusting the admin help video settings. The title of the L7 Admin Help Videos page can also be set to customize the clients experience.
Users can:
<ul>
<li>Upload a help video.</li>
<li>Title videos.</li>
<li>Provide descriptions of the videos.</li>
<li>Link to external videos.
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<li>Watch videos in the backend.</li>
<li>Restrict the viewing of the videos.</li>
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L7 Admin Help Videos

Jeffrey - excellent work on this plugin! Very useful and nicely executed. I'll be featuring it on today's monthly iThemes Training Plugin Roundup.



Excellent Work! Featured on iThemes Training November 2

Display video posts to clients on the administration screen. Give your clients a little extra help in the form of a how to video.

Stephen S

This plugin will allow creation of admin pointers on any screen in the WordPress admin area, or any front end page, or on all pages. It creates a custom post type called Pointers to store information. You need to add the following info to make it work:
<ol>
<li>Title – the part in the blue title bar</li>
<li>Main content area </li>
<li>Pointer id – A unique id so that it can be tracked in the WP DB as dismissed</li>
<li>Screen (or Page/Post ID) – What page/screen it should appear on (if in admin) or what is the post ID (if showing on the front end). OR you have the ability to show on all admin or all front end pages (using ALL_ADMIN or ALL_FRONT)</li>
<li>Target – CSS id or class we want the pointer to attach to on the screen or post above</li>
<li>Position Edge – Which edge should be adjacent to the target? (left, right, top, or bottom)</li>
<li>Position Align – How should the pointer be aligned on this edge, relative to the target? (top, bottom, left, right, or middle)</li>
<li>(OPTIONAL) Nudge Horizontal – How much should we nudge the pointer horizontally? (Value in pixels. ex: -50, from edge value above, only works if edge above is left or right)</li>
<li>(OPTIONAL) Nudge Vertical – How much should we nudge the pointer vertically? (Value in pixels. ex: -50, from align value above, only works if align above is top or bottom)</li>
<li>(OPTIONAL) Z-index – What should the depth of the pointer be along the z-axis (in case you want some of them to sit higher/lower than others or higher/lower than other elements on the page)</li>
</ol>
EXAMPLE: 
Let’s say I want to add a pointer on the edit plugin page that tells a user to notice which plugin they are editing. I would use:
<ol>
<li>“Which Plugin am I Editing?”</li>
<li>“This is the file you are editing, duh”</li>
<li>“ss_editplugs”</li>
<li>“plugin-editor”</li>
<li>“.fileedit-sub”</li>
<li>“top”</li>
<li>“right”</li>
<li>“-50”</li>
<li>“-5”</li>
<li>“50000”</li>
</ol>
NOTE: This will only work for logged in users, whether on front end or back end.
NOTE: I also have a plugin that does help tabs, if you are interested in that one you can find it here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-admin-help-tabs/
This plugin leverages the great work done by others here:
For configuring metaboxes on the custom post type: 
https://github.com/WebDevStudios/CMB2
For base class and code to allow pointers to display properly: 
https://gist.github.com/brasofilo/6947539

Better Admin Pointers

Allows creation and placement of Admin Pointers (those little blue help boxes) on any page or post, including custom post types.

L7 Admin Help Videos vs Better Admin Pointers