Make Portal masthead's help link languague independent?

Hi Team / Experts,
I need to make the help hyperlink in the masthead languague independent.
I know that the content of the help page is stored and maintained in the Portal KM content but it is an HTML file.
And the link to the help page is specified in the ***.masthead iview property
So what is the best solution to do this?
- Shoud i do it with a parameter and control it in the htlm file by reading the parameter and changing the content visible or redirecting it to another page? (then i have to change the html to some jsp file)
- Can i redirect to another page by clicking the help url directly
Regards,
Michael

Hi Jithin,
The link that you've shared talks about a different scenario.
In my case, I want to pass the portal user id when the user clicks on the Help Link present in the header area.
I am trying to pass it along with the Help Link Url property of a masthead iview but it is not getting passed to the target Url.
I would like to know if it is possible to pass the Portal User Id in this way or not.
Though if we create a appintegrator iview and pass the user id <User.UserID> along with the target Url, it reaches there.
Thanks & Regards,
Anurag

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