diff --git a/app/controllers/help_controller.rb b/app/controllers/help_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa21b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/help_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+class HelpController < ApplicationController
+  append_before_filter :fetch_page, :only => [ :show, :edit, :update, :destroy ]
+  
+  # GET /helps
+  # GET /helps.xml
+  def index
+    @page = Page.find_by_title_and_owner_type 'HomePage', 'Help'
+    @content_title = 'BarleySodas Help'
+    @secondary_title = ''
+    @tags = Page.tags(:limit => 25, :order => 'name DESC',
+      :owner_type => 'Help')
+  end
+  
+  # GET /helps/1
+  # GET /helps/1.xml
+  def show
+    @secondary_title = ''
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html # show.rhtml
+      format.xml  { render :xml => @page.to_xml }
+    end
+  end
+  
+  # GET /helps/new
+  def new
+    @page = Page.new
+    @secondary_title = 'Creating help page'
+  end
+  
+  # GET /helps/1;edit
+  def edit
+    @secondary_title = 'Updating help page'
+  end
+  
+  # POST /helps
+  # POST /helps.xml
+  def create
+    @page = Page.new(params[:page])
+    @page.owner_type = 'Help'
+    respond_to do |format|
+      if @page.save
+        flash[:notice] = 'Help was successfully created.'
+        format.html {
+          if @page.title == 'HomePage'
+            redirect_to :controller => 'help', :action => 'index'
+          else
+            redirect_to help_url({ :id => @page.title_for_url })
+          end
+        }
+        format.xml  { head :created,
+          :location => help_url({ :id => @page.title_for_url }) }
+      else
+        format.html {
+          @secondary_title = 'Creating help page'
+          render :action => "new"
+        }
+        format.xml  { render :xml => @page.errors.to_xml }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  
+  # PUT /helps/1
+  # PUT /helps/1.xml
+  def update
+    @page.attributes = params[:page]
+    respond_to do |format|
+      if @page.save
+        flash[:notice] = 'Help was successfully updated.'
+        format.html {
+          if @page.title == 'HomePage'
+            redirect_to :controller => 'help', :action => 'index'
+          else
+            redirect_to help_url({ :id => @page.title_for_url })
+          end
+        }
+        format.xml  { head :ok }
+      else
+        format.html {
+          @secondary_title = 'Updating help page'
+          render :action => "edit"
+        }
+        format.xml  { render :xml => @page.errors.to_xml, :status => 400 }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  
+  # DELETE /helps/1
+  # DELETE /helps/1.xml
+  def destroy
+    @page.destroy
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html { redirect_to :controller => 'help', :action => 'index' }
+      format.xml  { head :ok }
+    end
+  end
+  
+  protected
+  
+  def fetch_page
+    @page = Page.find_by_title_and_owner_type(Page.title_from_url(params[:id]),
+      'Help')
+    raise ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound.new if @page.nil?
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/help_helper.rb b/app/helpers/help_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba75291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/help_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module HelpHelper
+  def show_help_link(page, better_title = 'Show')
+    link_to better_title, help_path({ :id => page.title_for_url }),
+      { :title => page.title }
+  end
+  
+  def edit_help_link(page)
+    link_to 'Edit Help Page', edit_help_path({ :id => page.title_for_url }),
+      { :title => "Edit Help Page #{page.title}" }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/help/edit.rhtml b/app/views/help/edit.rhtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c02a020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/help/edit.rhtml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<%= error_messages_for :page %>
+
+<% form_for(:help, :url => help_path({ :id => @page.title_for_url }), :html => { :method => :put }) do |f| %>
+  <%= render :partial => 'pages/page_form' %>
+  <p>
+    <%= submit_tag "Update" %>
+  </p>
+<% end %>
+
+<% content_for :sidebar do -%>
+  <%= show_help_link(@page) unless @page.title == 'HomePage' -%><br />
+<% end -%>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/help/index.rhtml b/app/views/help/index.rhtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dba66f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/help/index.rhtml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<%= render :partial => 'pages/page' -%>
+
+<% content_for :sidebar do -%>
+  <%= edit_help_link(@page) -%><br />
+  <%= render :partial => 'shared/tag_cloud' %>
+<% end -%>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/help/new.rhtml b/app/views/help/new.rhtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2dcba1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/help/new.rhtml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<%= error_messages_for :page %>
+
+<% form_for(:help, :url => { :controller => 'help', :action => 'index' }, :html => { :method => :post }) do |f| %>
+  <p>
+    <label for="page_title">Title</label> <%= text_field 'page', 'title' %>
+  </p>
+  <%= render :partial => 'pages/page_form' %>
+  <p>
+    <%= submit_tag "Create" %>
+  </p>
+<% end %>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/help/show.rhtml b/app/views/help/show.rhtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7064640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/help/show.rhtml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<%= render :partial => 'pages/page' %>
+
+<% content_for :sidebar do -%>
+  <%= edit_help_link(@page) -%><br />
+  <%= link_to 'Destroy', help_path(@page.title_for_url), :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete unless @page.title == 'HomePage' -%><br />
+<% end -%>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.rhtml b/app/views/layouts/application.rhtml
index f591c84..134dc70 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.rhtml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     <%= link_to_unless_current 'Discussions', discussions_path -%><br />
     <%= link_to_unless_current 'Peoples', peoples_path -%><br />
     <%= link_to_unless_current 'Roles', roles_path -%><br />
+    <%= link_to_unless_current 'Help', :controller => 'help', :action => 'index' -%><br />
     <% unless logged_in? -%><%= link_to_unless_current 'Login', new_session_path -%><% else -%><%= link_to 'Logout', session_path(:id => session[:people_title]), :method => :delete -%><% end %>
     <hr />
     <%= yield :sidebar %>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 79db361..28d35e9 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
   map.resources :beers, :breweries, :pages, :discussions, :peoples, :roles,
-    :sessions
+    :sessions, :help
 
   map.connect ':controller/:action/:id.:format'
   map.connect ':controller/:action/:id'
diff --git a/db/migrate/011_help_start_page.rb b/db/migrate/011_help_start_page.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acae868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/011_help_start_page.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+class HelpStartPage < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+redcloths = "
+h1. Thanks for using BarleySodas
+
+Please check out these topics for more specialized information.
+
+* [[Peoples]]
+* [[Beers]]
+* [[Breweries]]
+* [[Discussions]]
+* [[Pages]]
+* [[Sessions]]
+"
+    Page.create :title => 'HomePage', :owner_type => 'Help', :redcloth => redcloths
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    Page.destroy_all("owner_type = 'Help'")
+  end
+end
diff --git a/generate_permissions b/generate_permissions
index 9471bf2..a0a9335 100644
--- a/generate_permissions
+++ b/generate_permissions
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ base_actions = ApplicationController.action_methods
 # rather than defining them here.
 controllers = [ AutocompleteController, SessionsController, PagesController,
   PeoplesController, BeersController, BreweriesController, RolesController,
-  DiscussionsController ]
+  DiscussionsController, HelpController ]
 controllers.each do |c|  
   actions = c.action_methods - base_actions
   cname = c.controller_name
diff --git a/test/functional/help_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/help_controller_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3081c2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/help_controller_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'
+require 'helps_controller'
+
+# Re-raise errors caught by the controller.
+class HelpController; def rescue_action(e) raise e end; end
+
+class HelpControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  fixtures :helps
+
+  def setup
+    @controller = HelpController.new
+    @request    = ActionController::TestRequest.new
+    @response   = ActionController::TestResponse.new
+  end
+
+  def test_should_get_index
+    get :index
+    assert_response :success
+    assert assigns(:helps)
+  end
+
+  def test_should_get_new
+    get :new
+    assert_response :success
+  end
+  
+  def test_should_create_help
+    old_count = Help.count
+    post :create, :help => { }
+    assert_equal old_count+1, Help.count
+    
+    assert_redirected_to help_path(assigns(:help))
+  end
+
+  def test_should_show_help
+    get :show, :id => 1
+    assert_response :success
+  end
+
+  def test_should_get_edit
+    get :edit, :id => 1
+    assert_response :success
+  end
+  
+  def test_should_update_help
+    put :update, :id => 1, :help => { }
+    assert_redirected_to help_path(assigns(:help))
+  end
+  
+  def test_should_destroy_help
+    old_count = Help.count
+    delete :destroy, :id => 1
+    assert_equal old_count-1, Help.count
+    
+    assert_redirected_to helps_path
+  end
+end