diff -Nur xymon-4.3.29.bak/lib/links.c xymon-4.3.29/lib/links.c
--- xymon-4.3.29.bak/lib/links.c	2019-07-23 18:46:51.000000000 +0400
+++ xymon-4.3.29/lib/links.c	2019-09-11 11:26:35.282311240 +0400
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 	return newlink;
 }
 
-static void load_links(char *directory, char *urlprefix)
+static void load_links(char *directory, char *urlprefix, int softfail)
 {
 	DIR		*linkdir;
 	struct dirent 	*d;
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@
 
 	linkdir = opendir(directory);
 	if (!linkdir) {
-		errprintf("Cannot read links in directory %s\n", directory);
+		if (softfail) { dbgprintf("Cannot read links in directory %s\n", directory); }
+		else errprintf("Cannot read links in directory %s\n", directory);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -141,13 +142,16 @@
 
 	if (!hostdocurl || (strlen(hostdocurl) == 0)) {
 		strncpy(dirname, xgetenv("XYMONNOTESDIR"), sizeof(dirname));
-		load_links(dirname, notesskin);
+		load_links(dirname, notesskin, 1);
 	}
 
-	/* Change xxx/xxx/xxx/notes into xxx/xxx/xxx/help */
-	strncpy(dirname, xgetenv("XYMONNOTESDIR"), sizeof(dirname));
-	p = strrchr(dirname, '/'); *p = '\0'; strncat(dirname, "/help", (sizeof(dirname) - strlen(dirname)));
-	load_links(dirname, helpskin);
+	/* If no XYMONHELPDIR, change xxx/xxx/xxx/notes into xxx/xxx/xxx/help */
+	if (xgetenv("XYMONHELPDIR")) strncpy(dirname, xgetenv("XYMONHELPDIR"), sizeof(dirname));
+	else {
+		strncpy(dirname, xgetenv("XYMONNOTESDIR"), sizeof(dirname));
+		p = strrchr(dirname, '/'); *p = '\0'; strncat(dirname, "/help", (sizeof(dirname) - strlen(dirname)));
+	}
+	load_links(dirname, helpskin, 0);
 
 	linksloaded = 1;
 
diff -Nur xymon-4.3.29.bak/xymond/etcfiles/xymonserver.cfg.DIST xymon-4.3.29/xymond/etcfiles/xymonserver.cfg.DIST
--- xymon-4.3.29.bak/xymond/etcfiles/xymonserver.cfg.DIST	2015-10-08 05:15:48.000000000 +0400
+++ xymon-4.3.29/xymond/etcfiles/xymonserver.cfg.DIST	2019-09-11 11:07:36.663615855 +0400
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
 XYMONHTMLSTATUSDIR="$XYMONWWWDIR/html"		# HTML status logs go here (xymond_filestore --status --html)
 XYMONNOTESDIR="$XYMONWWWDIR/notes"		# For notes-files (xymond_filestore --notes)
 XYMONREPDIR="$XYMONWWWDIR/rep"			# Top-level directory for Xymon reports.
+XYMONHELPDIR="$XYMONSTATICWWWDIR/help"		# Online help files are located here
 XYMONSNAPDIR="$XYMONWWWDIR/snap"		# Top-level directory for Xymon snapshots.
 
 # For the xymond_history module