FAQtastic: the FAQ that interacts with your visitors

Installation

The plugin is installed like any other plugin, by uploading the zip archive and activating it.

The free (core) and pro versions will need to be activated together for the extension to function properly.

FAQtastic : menus
  • Topics: listing, adding, editing new topics,
  • Add a new topic:=topic) : adding new topics,
  • TAgs: add tag taxonomies to associate them with your FAQs,
  • Thematics: listing, adding, editing themes,
  • Questions: list of all questions,
  • Pending questions: questions submitted by users awaiting moderation or added manually, an email address and a comment are stored in this table, enabling a personalised response to be sent to the user if necessary.
  • Settings : Elasticsearch settings.

Connecting Elastic Search to FAQtastic

PRO

FAQtastic : elastic search settings

Please visit your Elastic Search space to retrieve the following information:

  • Index name: Insert the name of the index you created in Elastic Search.
  • Host: Insert the host of your Elastic Search.
  • Username: your username
  • Password: your password.

Taxonomies

Properly organising your FAQs by topic and theme will help your visitors find the subject they are interested in at a glance.

In the pro version, organising topics by subject is even more useful for complex FAQs or when you have several FAQs on your site. This allows you to manage the display of specific subjects on different pages.

Topics

PRO

The list of topics allows you to:

  • Add new topics and their content
  • Edit existing topics

Thematics

FAQtastic : thématiques

The list of thematics allows you to:

  • Add new thematics
  • Editing existing thematics
  • Prioritise topics into parent/child categories

Questions

On the left-hand side, complete the title with the question and the content with the answer to your FAQ.

Then, on the right-hand panel, link the FAQ to its subject and theme, and fill in keywords and contexts. The position and display of the question is managed automatically within the themes and subjects.

Please note: if the FAQ is not assigned anywhere, it will be displayed under a theme called ‘Other themes’, the title of which can be customised.

FAQtastic : ajouter une faq
FAQtastic : ajouter une faq - sélection thématiques

Selection of the thematic.s

FAQtastic : ajouter une faq - sélection topics

Selection of the topic.s

PRO

FAQtastic : ajouter une faq - ajout contextes

Adding context.s

Integrate them one after the other, respecting punctuation. You may have several contexts for a single question.

FAQtastic : ajouter une faq - ajout mots-clés

Adding keywords

General blocks

FAQtastic : le bloc

Displaying FAQs

Once you have created your FAQ content, add the ‘FAQtastic FAQ’ block to your composition. page, article or template. The block manages the display of the entire FAQ and can be customised to adapt to your theme.

FAQtastic : gestion affichage des topics
  • Ability to group/ungroup topics,
  • Show/hide topic titles,
  • Display all topics or only a selection,
  • Customise the title of questions without a subject.
FAQtastic : gestion affichage des thématiques
  • Group/ungroup topics,
  • Show/hide theme titles.
FAQtastic : gestion affichage des accordéons
  • Enable/Disable accordions,
  • Accordion option on thematics,
  • Accordion option on topics,
  • Choice of open/closed icon.
FAQtastic : styles du bloc FAQtastic FAQ
  • General styling of the block: text and background colours, internal and external margins
  • Styling accordion icons: colours, fonts, sizes, inner and outer margins, borders, radius
  • Stylisation of subjects, thematics, questions, contexts, answers:
    • block colour,
    • internal and external margins,
    • borders,
    • radius,
    • colours of titles and backgrounds,
    • fonts,
    • text sizes

FAQtastic : le bloc du chatbot

Displaying the Chatbot

Add the ‘FAQtastic Chatbot’ block to your composition of page, article or template. The block manages the chatbot display and can be customised to adapt to your theme.

FAQtatsic chatbot : réglages
  • Chatbot window locations:
    • Bottom right
    • Bottom left
    • Top right
    • Top left
    • Relative
  • Customising the chatbot title,
  • Customising the chatbot subtitle,
  • Enable suggestions: enables users to suggest questions if they cannot find any results for their query.
FAQtatsic chatbot : réglages proposez votre question
  • Label: title above the button to submit a question,
  • Button text: text on the button,
  • Confirmation message: addition of text confirming that the question has been sent.

Note: The email address for receiving questions must be configured in the FAQtastic settings.

FAQtatsic chatbot : configuration messages dans le chatbot
  • First message: first bubble in the chatbot,
  • Indicative text: text in the search field.
FAQtatsic chatbot : style des boutons et entete
  • Chatbot button and header settings and styles:
    • Background colours and text
    • Fonts,
    • Size,
    • Customising the chatbot icon
FAQtatsic chatbot : style des bulles de messages et boîte de dialogue
  • Choosing the background colour of the dialogue box
  • Styling of chatbot and visitor bubbles:
    • Background and text colours,
    • Internal and external margins,
    • Text size,
    • Radius
FAQtatsic chatbot : style de la suggestion de question
  • Choosing the background colour of the dialogue box
  • Styling of chatbot and visitor bubbles:
    • Background and text colours,
    • Internal and external margins,
    • Text size,
    • Radius

FAQtastic : le bloc du contexte de la FAQ

Displaying contexts

Add the ‘FAQtastic Context’ block to your composition of page, article or template if you wish to make the context visible on the question page, for example.
The context title is customisable.


FAQtastic : le bloc du nombres de topics

Displaying number of questions by topics

PRO

Add the ‘FAQtastic Count by Topic’ block to your composition of page, article or template to display the number of questions in your content.
The names of the units can be customised, as can the colours, text sizes and internal and external margins.


FAQtastic siblings : bloc

Displaying questions of the same topic

PRO

Add the ‘FAQtastic Siblings’ block to your composition of page, article or template to display other questions on the same topic to facilitate navigation between questions.


FAQTastic indicator : bloc

FAQs identicator

PRO

Add the ‘FAQtastic Indicator’ block to your composition of page, article or template to distinguish your FAQs from other content in your loops.
This block allows for free composition by adding as many content blocks as you wish.
For example, if you want to display your questions as an ‘FAQ’ taxonomy so that your questions stand out at a glance in search results.


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La FAQ élastiques, (in)visible, robustes et évolutives qui dialogue avec vos visiteurs pour leur apporter des réponses en un éclair.