updated gii docs

docs/guide/gii.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ The Gii code generation tool
 Yii2 includes a handy tool that allows rapid prototyping by generating commonly used code snippets
 as well as complete CRUD controllers.
 
+
 Installing and configuring
 --------------------------
 
@@ -58,14 +59,14 @@ When you open Gii you first see the entry page that lets you choose a generator.
 
 By default there are the following generators available:
 
-- *Model Generator* - This generator generates an ActiveRecord class for the specified database table.
-- *CRUD Generator* - This generator generates a controller and views that implement CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
+- **Model Generator** - This generator generates an ActiveRecord class for the specified database table.
+- **CRUD Generator** - This generator generates a controller and views that implement CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
   operations for the specified data model.
-- *Controller Generator* - This generator helps you to quickly generate a new controller class, one or several
+- **Controller Generator** - This generator helps you to quickly generate a new controller class, one or several
   controller actions and their corresponding views.
-- *Form Generator* - This generator generates a view script file that displays a form to collect input for the
+- **Form Generator** - This generator generates a view script file that displays a form to collect input for the
   specified model class.
-- *Module Generator* - This generator helps you to generate the skeleton code needed by a Yii module.
+- **Module Generator** - This generator helps you to generate the skeleton code needed by a Yii module.
 
 After choosing a generator by clicking on the "Start" button you will see a form that allows you to configure the
 parameters of the generator. Fill out the form according to your needs and press the "Preview" button to get a
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ Clicking on the file name you can view a preview of the code that will be genera
 When the file already exists, gii also provides a diff view that shows what is different between the code that exists
 and the one that will be generated. In this case you can also choose which files should be overridden and which not.
 
+> Tip: When using the Model Generator to update models after database change, you can copy the code from gii preview
+  and merge the changes with your own code. You can use IDE features like PHPStorms
+  [compare with clipboard](http://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/webhelp/comparing-files.html) for this,
+  which allows you to merge in relevant changes and leave out others that may revert your own code.
+
 After you have reviewed the code and selected the files to be generated you can click the "Generate" button to create
 the files. If all went fine you are done. When you see errors that gii is not able to generate the files you have to
 adjust directory permissions so that your webserver is able to write to the directories and create the files.
@@ -88,10 +94,6 @@ adjust directory permissions so that your webserver is able to write to the dire
   some parts of it. This is not how it is ment to be used. Code generated by gii may be incomplete or incorrect
   and has to be changed to fit your needs before you can use it.
 
-> Tip: To update models after database change you can copy the code from gii preview and merge the changes with
-  your own code. You can use IDE features like PHPStorms "compare with clipboard" for this which allows you to
-  merge in relevant changes and leave out others that may revert your own code.
-
 
 Creating your own templates
 ---------------------------
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ By default gii only provides one template but you can create your own templates
 
 TBD
 
+
 Creating your own generators
 ----------------------------
 

extensions/yii/gii/views/layouts/main.php

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ echo Nav::widget([
 	'options' => ['class' => 'nav navbar-nav navbar-right'],
 	'items' => [
 		['label' => 'Home', 'url' => ['default/index']],
-		['label' => 'Help', 'url' => 'http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/topics.gii'],
+		['label' => 'Help', 'url' => 'https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/blob/master/docs/guide/gii.md'],
 		['label' => 'Application', 'url' => Yii::$app->homeUrl],
 	],
 ]);