diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset.pm
index d92bd10d5..be74bdbe9 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset.pm
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ our $HELP = {
 	'asset template' => {
 		title => 'asset template title',
 		body => 'asset template body',
+		variables => [
+			{
+				name => 'controls',
+			}, 
+		],
 		fields => [
 		],
 		related => [
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Article.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Article.pm
index 1ea8a6861..7c8afd2ac 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Article.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Article.pm
@@ -47,10 +47,16 @@ our $HELP = {
 	'article template' => {
 		title => '72',
 		body => '73',
-		isa => {
-			namespace => "Asset_Template",
-			tag => "template variables"
+		isa => [
+			{
+				namespace => "Asset_Template",
+				tag => "template variables"
 			},
+			{
+				namespace => "Asset",
+				tag => "asset template"
+			},
+		],
 		fields => [
 		],
 		variables => [
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_File.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_File.pm
index 1ee97acb9..ae6b80c05 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_File.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_File.pm
@@ -43,10 +43,16 @@ our $HELP = {
         'file template' => {
 		title => 'file template title',
 		body => 'file template body',
-		isa => {
-			namespace => "Asset_Template",
-			tag => "template variables"
+		isa => [
+			{
+				namespace => "Asset_Template",
+				tag => "template variables"
 			},
+			{
+				namespace => "Asset",
+				tag => "asset template"
+			},
+		],
 		variables => [
 			  {
 			    'name' => 'fileSize'
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Folder.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Folder.pm
index ef717cf02..8c9b87443 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Folder.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Folder.pm
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ our $HELP = {
         'folder add/edit' => {
 		title => 'folder add/edit title',
 		body => 'folder add/edit body',
-		isa => {
-			namespace => "Asset_Wobject",
-			tag => "wobject add/edit"
+		isa => [
+			{
+				namespace => "Asset_Wobject",
+				tag => "wobject add/edit",
 			},
+		],
 		fields => [
                         {
                                 title => 'visitor cache timeout',
@@ -33,10 +35,16 @@ our $HELP = {
         'folder template' => {
 		title => 'folder template title',
 		body => 'folder template body',
-		isa => {
-			namespace => "Asset_Wobject",
-			tag => "wobject template"
+		isa => [
+			{
+				namespace => "Asset_Wobject",
+				tag => "wobject template"
 			},
+			{
+				namespace => "Asset",
+				tag => "asset template",
+			},
+		],
 		fields => [ ],
 		variables => [
 			{
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Image.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Image.pm
index a93db695e..b01104f28 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Image.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Image.pm
@@ -50,10 +50,16 @@ our $HELP = {
         'image template' => {
 		title => 'image template title',
 		body => 'image template body',
-		isa => {
-			namespace => "Asset_Template",
-			tag => "template variables"
+		isa => [
+			{
+				namespace => "Asset_Template",
+				tag => "template variables"
 			},
+			{
+				namespace => "Asset",
+				tag => "asset template"
+			},
+		],
 		fields => [
 		],
 		variables => [
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Layout.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Layout.pm
index ead5fd039..3b8cf5273 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Layout.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Layout.pm
@@ -37,10 +37,16 @@ our $HELP = {
         'layout template' => {
 		title => 'layout template title',
 		body => 'layout template body',
-		isa => {
-			namespace => "Asset_Template",
-			tag => "template variables"
+		isa => [
+			{
+				namespace => "Asset_Template",
+				tag => "template variables"
 			},
+			{
+				namespace => "Asset",
+				tag => "asset template"
+			},
+		],
 		variables => [
 		          {
 		            'name' => 'showAdmin'
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_MultiSearch.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_MultiSearch.pm
index c1d34ef60..57ac6e42a 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_MultiSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_MultiSearch.pm
@@ -32,10 +32,16 @@ our $HELP = {
 	'multisearch template' => {
 		title => 'multisearch template title',
 		body => 'multisearch template body',
-		isa => {
-			namespace => "Asset_Template",
-			tag => "template variables"
+		isa => [
+			{
+				namespace => "Asset_Template",
+				tag => "template variables"
 			},
+			{
+				namespace => "Asset",
+				tag => "asset template"
+			},
+		],
 		variables => [
 		          {
 		            'name' => 'search',
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Shortcut.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Shortcut.pm
index 19e35a99b..0b3dab653 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Shortcut.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Shortcut.pm
@@ -60,10 +60,16 @@ our $HELP = {
 	'shortcut template' => {
 		title => 'shortcut template title',
 		body => 'shortcut template body',
-		isa => {
-			namespace => "Asset_Template",
-			tag => "template variables"
+		isa => [
+			{
+				namespace => "Asset_Template",
+				tag => "template variables"
 			},
+			{
+				namespace => "Asset",
+				tag => "asset template"
+			},
+		],
 		variables => [
 			  {
 			    'name' => 'shortcut.content'
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Wobject.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Wobject.pm
index 2250d27ce..57016b7ad 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Wobject.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_Wobject.pm
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ our $HELP = {
 	'wobject add/edit' => {
 		title => '677',
 		body => '632',
-		isa => 	{
+		isa => 	[
+			{
 				tag => 'asset fields',
 				namespace => 'Asset'
 			},
+		],
 		fields => [
                         {
                                 title => '174',
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_ZipArchive.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_ZipArchive.pm
index a1d5a1123..5d421ee2d 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_ZipArchive.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_ZipArchive.pm
@@ -42,10 +42,16 @@ our $HELP = {
     'zip archive template' => {
 		title => 'zip archive template title',
 		body => 'zip archive template body',
-		isa => {
-			namespace => "Asset_Template",
-			tag => "template variables"
+		isa => [
+			{
+				namespace => "Asset_Template",
+				tag => "template variables"
 			},
+			{
+				namespace => "Asset",
+				tag => "asset template"
+			},
+		],
 		fields => [
 		],
 		variables => [
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Macro_L_loginBox.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Macro_L_loginBox.pm
index db67770a9..d71d30042 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Macro_L_loginBox.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Macro_L_loginBox.pm
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ our $HELP = {
         'login box' => {
 		title => 'login box title',
 		body => 'login box body',
-		isa => {
-			namespace => "Asset_Template",
-			tag => "template variables"
+		isa => [
+			{
+				namespace => "Asset_Template",
+				tag => "template variables"
 			},
+		],
 		variables => [
 		          {
 		            'name' => 'user.isVisitor'
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Help/_help.skeleton b/lib/WebGUI/Help/_help.skeleton
index a89044c44..a3695f0a9 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Help/_help.skeleton
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Help/_help.skeleton
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ our $HELP = {  ##hashref of hashes
 
 		title => 'help article title',  #The title and body are looked up in the
 		body => 'help article title',	#i18n file of the same name
-		# use the following to inherit stuff from another help entry
-		isa => {
+		# use the following to inherit stuff other help entries
+		isa => [
+			{
 			tag => 'some other help tag',
 			namespace => 'some other help file',
 			},
+		];
 		fields => [	#This array is used to list hover help for form fields.
                         {
                                 title => 'form label 1',
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ our $HELP = {  ##hashref of hashes
 			{
 				name => "template.variable.name",
 				description => "international tag in this namespace describing this var"
+				required => "is this variable required for the template to work correctly?"
 			},
 		],
 		related => [  ##This lists other help articles that are related to this one
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Help.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Help.pm
index 5d3cf537d..49f78e85d 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Help.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Help.pm
@@ -54,8 +54,12 @@ sub _load {
 	my $help = dclone($hash);
 	foreach my $tag (keys %{ $help }) {
 		$help->{$tag}{related} = [ _related($session, $help->{$tag}{related}) ];
-		if ($help->{$tag}{isa}{namespace}) {
-			my $isa = $hash->{$tag}{isa};
+		##Add an ISA link unless it already exists.
+		##This simplifies handling later.
+		unless (exists $help->{$tag}{isa} and ref $help->{$tag}{isa} eq 'ARRAY') {
+			$help->{$tag}{isa} = [];
+		}
+		foreach my $isa ( @{ $help->{$tag}{isa} } ) {
 			my $other = _load($session, $isa->{namespace});
 			my $otherHelp = $other->{ $isa->{tag} };
 			my $add = $otherHelp->{fields};
diff --git a/t/Help/related.t b/t/Help/related.t
index 167313867..fb3df5ccc 100644
--- a/t/Help/related.t
+++ b/t/Help/related.t
@@ -44,18 +44,18 @@ my @relatedHelp = ();
 my @isaHelp = ();
 foreach my $topic ( keys %helpTable ) {
 	foreach my $entry ( keys %{ $helpTable{$topic} }) {
-		my @related = WebGUI::Operation::Help::_related($session, $helpTable{$topic}{$entry}{related});
+		my @related = @{ $helpTable{$topic}{$entry}{related} };
 		foreach my $relHash (@related) { ##Inplace modify
 			$relHash->{parentEntry} = $entry;
 			$relHash->{parentTopic} = $topic;
 		}
 		push @relatedHelp, @related;
-		if ( scalar keys %{ $helpTable{$topic}{$entry}{isa} } > 0 ) {
-			my $isaHash = $helpTable{$topic}{$entry}{isa};
+		my @isas = @{ $helpTable{$topic}{$entry}{isa} };
+		foreach my $isaHash ( @isas ) {
 			$isaHash->{parentEntry} = $entry;
 			$isaHash->{parentTopic} = $topic;
-			push @isaHelp, $isaHash;
 		}
+		push @isaHelp, @isas;
 	}
 }