diff --git a/static/js/pandora/helpDialog.js b/static/js/pandora/helpDialog.js
index 3c8e85ee1..1c4868930 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/helpDialog.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/helpDialog.js
@@ -1,7 +1,31 @@
 // vim: et:ts=4:sw=4:sts=4:ft=javascript
 'use strict';
+
 pandora.ui.helpDialog = function() {
-    var content = Ox.Element().css({margin: '16px'}),
+
+    var selected = pandora.user.ui.hash && pandora.user.ui.hash.anchor
+            ? pandora.user.ui.hash.anchor : 'help',
+
+        text = {},
+
+        $loading = Ox.Element()
+            .append(
+                $('<img>')
+                    .attr({src: Ox.UI.getImageURL('symbolLoadingAnimated')})
+                    .css({
+                        position: 'absolute',
+                        width: '32px',
+                        height: '32px',
+                        left: 0,
+                        top: 0,
+                        right: 0,
+                        bottom: 0,
+                        margin: 'auto'
+                    })
+            ),
+
+        $panel, $list, $text,
+
         that = Ox.Dialog({
             buttons: [
                 Ox.Button({
@@ -14,25 +38,87 @@ pandora.ui.helpDialog = function() {
                 })
             ],
             closeButton: true,
-            content: content,
+            content: $loading,
             height: Math.round((window.innerHeight - 24) * 0.75),
-            keys: {
-                'escape': 'close'
-            },
+            keys: {escape: 'close'},
             maximizeButton: true,
             minHeight: 256,
-            minWidth: 640,
+            minWidth: 576,
             title: 'Help',
             width: Math.round(window.innerWidth * 0.75)
         })
         .bindEvent({
-            close: function(data) {
-                pandora.UI.set({page: ''});
+            close: function() {
+                pandora.UI.set({page: '', 'hash.anchor': ''});
+            },
+            resize: function() {
+                $list.size();
+            },
+            'pandora_hash.anchor': function(data) {
+                that.select(data.value == '' ? 'help' : data.value);
             }
         });
-    pandora.api.getPage({name: 'help'}, function(result) {
-        //content.html(response.data.body);
-        content.html('Help is coming soon...')
+
+    Ox.get('/static/html/help.html', function(html) {
+
+        var $html = $('<div>').html(html);
+
+        pandora.site.help.forEach(function(section) {
+            var html = $html.find('#' + section.id).html();
+            text[section.id] = '<h1><b>' + section.title + '</b><h1><br>\n' + html;
+        });
+
+        $list = Ox.TableList({
+                // fixme: silly
+                _tree: true,
+                columns: [
+                    {
+                        id: 'title',
+                        visible: true,
+                        width: 192 - Ox.UI.SCROLLBAR_SIZE
+                    }
+                ],
+                items: pandora.site.help.map(function(value, index) {
+                    return Ox.extend({index: index}, value);
+                }),
+                max: 1,
+                min: 1,
+                scrollbarVisible: true,
+                selected: [selected],
+                sort: [{key: 'index', operator: '+'}],
+                unique: 'id'
+            })
+            .bindEvent({
+                select: function(data) {
+                    var id = data.ids[0];
+                    pandora.UI.set({'hash.anchor': id == 'help' ? '' : id});
+                }
+            });
+
+        $text = Ox.Element()
+            .css({
+                padding: '16px',
+                overflowY: 'auto'
+            });
+
+        $panel = Ox.SplitPanel({
+            elements: [
+                {element: $list, size: 192},
+                {element: $text}
+            ],
+            orientation: 'horizontal'
+        });
+
+        that.select(selected).options({content: $panel});
+        $list.gainFocus();
+        
     });
+
+    that.select = function(id) {
+        $text.html(text[id]);
+        return that;
+    }
+
     return that;
+
 };