Brendan What we're trying to do, in an arse-about-face way, is prove the worth of something like FarCry for further implementation down the track. We're currently a BIG Spectra site. We're building a development team mini-intranet in FarCry as a proof-of-concept that it fits (with MAJOR customisation) our business model. But, with our low level of tech savvy among authors (our custom Spectra 1.5.2 based CMS just about kills many of them), the concept of one page per node would hurt their little brains. We're ultimately talking sites of several thousand pages, with 2-5000 downloadable documents (etc, doc, xls, etc.). Currently, we have a navigation system that works off a shifting start point model where users can drill the site by keywords, business area, industry, etc. Pages are clustered by the logical grouping based on the way the user is drilling in. So, for example, pages on the automotive industry are all siblings (i.e., same conceptual nav node if we were to use FarCry) but could potentially be separated by keyword groups or responsible business area if that was the way a user drilled the site. What we'd want to be able to do is, for example, get a display that showed ALL the pages for the following conceptual example:
Auto Industry |_Fact Sheets | |_Page 1 | |_Page 2 |_Action Agendas | |_Page 1 | |_Page 2 | |_Page 3 | |_Page 4 |_Media & Publications | |_Page 1 | |_Page 2 |_Research | |_Page 1 | |_Page 2 | |_Page 3 It took us a LOT of pain to build this and for our authors to figure this out with one page per node would kill them. Steve -- Stephen Collins Online Services eBusiness Division __________________________________________________ Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources Level 12, 20 Allara Street, Canberra City ACT 2600 GPO Box 9839, Canberra ACT 2601 E [EMAIL PROTECTED] P +61 2 62137193 C +61 410 680722 F +61 2 62136227 >-----Original Message----- >From: Brendan Sisson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, 18 December 2003 10:43 AM >To: FarCry Developers >Subject: [farcry-dev] Re: Wonky childlinks rule > > >Simon Janssens wrote: > >> I figure the easiest way to do it would be to use >multipageTOC to return >> the query of objectids then grab each pages title, >description etc and >> output it on the page? > > >What are you trying to actually trying to achieve? Creating navigation >nodes for each object is a standard way of creating a site in FarCry. >Navigation nodes are used in all the navigation functions (primary >navigation, secondary navigation, all the tree methods, site map etc, >friendly urls etc). It is a lot more work to achieve the same via >multi-page nav nodes. The only time I would use a multi-page >nav node is >for breaking up a long article that doesn't require a new navigation >point for each page. > > >> Where would you put the code though? in the dmHTML >displayTeaser method? > > >I would create a new display method for dmHTML, maybe called >displayPageMulti or similar. This template would then show up in the >drop down when editing your dmHTML object from the tree. >Select this for >all objects that are part of the multi-page nav node. > >-Brendan >http://farcry.daemon.com.au > >--- >You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia >http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 > ********************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments to it, is intended for the use of the addressee and is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, read, forward, copy or retain any of the information. If you have received this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify the sender by return e-mail or telephone. The Commonwealth does not warrant that any attachments are free from viruses or any other defects. You assume all liability for any loss, damage or other consequences which may arise from opening or using the attachments. *********************************************************************************** --- You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004
