David, Massively cool; I should have paid closer attention to this thread about 1 month ago. Thanks.
However, of course, I don't (does anyone?) want to simply post up a static version of a dynamic exhibit solely to get indexed by search engines. Somehow that feels like too much duplication. What I did on my web site was to have the full Exhibit version with sortable and filterable records, and then to create a separate static page with a simple table with live links as a kind of table of contents. Other layout distinctions are possible between the static and dynamic versions, but I do think different layouts help preserve respect for the user by providing a different access/view/display option. What I did on my actual site was to modify the starting spreadsheet to create these two versions, the dynamic Exhibit one fed directly from Google, the other smaller version cut-and-pasted into the static HTML. But, with Copy All, there are some additional and cooler options. I tried both with these strengths/trade-offs: 1. Generate HTML preserves all of the record info. With a few global S&Rs, I was easily able to style="display: none" to select which info actually displays, and then make some minor changes to format differently (if, say, a more table listing view is desired). *Advantage:* preserves all content for indexing *Disadvantage:* takes some HTML manipulation and time 2. Generate a TSV file, import into Excel, remove columns with undesired fields, embed into static page. *Advantage:* fast and avoids Excel's crappy HTML/XML generation *Disadvantage:* some record content not indexed. While it would be helpful for my specific needs to request a feature that would allow individual data types to be selected for inclusion or not when doing a Copy All, I actually think that would clutter Exhibit and undercut its clean purpose. (Though I could foresee a separate utility down the road that could do Exhibit-related manipulations or processing. :)) Bottom line: what is there is very cool, and there is flexibility to the author to go multiple directions. Let me know if this portion is getting close to frozen, and I'll draft up some documentation for the wiki. Thanks, Mike David Huynh wrote: > Hi Michael, > > You could go to your exhibit, scroll to the bottom, click "Show all 500 > items", scroll to the top, click Copy All, and choose "Generated HTML of > this View"... Let me know if that works for you and does what you want... > > David > > Michael K. Bergman wrote: >> About 1/3 of the way into this thread about two months ago I made my >> last comment and then promised I would refrain from further bandwidth >> consumption. I was following Stefano's wise counsel of >> draft-delete-think. :) >> >> However, the reason for DavidH to start this thread in the first place >> remains. I just posted up a big update of my semantic tools listing >> using Exhibit, which gets a fair amount of traffic that I'd like Google >> to sustain. >> >> My answer (a kludge, really) to the indexing problem was to create a >> simple parallel table page with links and, as I had recommended in >> earlier posts, an adequate intro paragraph describing the nature of the >> exhibit on the Exhibit page itself. >> >> It would be great to have this parallel entry be able to be created >> through some Exhibit code or function, but actually what I did by hand >> was not too terrible (though an inelegant hack if one has greater skills!). >> >> As a stop gap until better options emerge, I'd still be happy to write >> up a temporary placeholder on the Simile wiki for this approach. (But I >> feel reluctant cluttering *real* new substance to the wiki without a >> sense it is valuable to the community.) >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Thanks, Mike >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general > -- ______________________________ Michael K. Bergman Web Scientist 380 Knowling Drive Coralville, IA 52241 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 319.339.0110 http://mkbergman.com ______________________________ _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general
