[Textbook-l] linearity

[Daniel Mayer]

Magnus wrote:
>OK, practical question: How does the software 
>on a given page *know* what page is next? 
>It doesn't until we tell it. The best place is within 
>the page/article/module, don't you think?

Links on the TOC to specific modules would have info in them (after a & or ?) 
that would give placement info. So clicking on a link to the first module in 
Chapter one would give 
http://textbook.wikibook.org/en/organic_chemistry_level_1:module1?textbookTOCid=45369&moduleid=1&chapterid=1

And the "Next Page" link at the bottom would then be able to know where it was 
in the order of things and would give: 
http://textbook.wikibook.org/en/organic_chemistry_level_1:module1?textbookTOCid=45369&moduleid=2&chapterid=1

NOTE: The moduleid is now equal to "2."

Play around with this link:
http://transitorienteddevelopment.dot.ca.gov/project/stateViewProjectOverview.jsp?projectId=10&&stationId=7

Change the project and station ids and that will change which entry you are 
looking at.

>The alternative would be to make an index 
>page with links, and then have *every* page 
>scan *every* index (well, the ones with links 
>to that page) for "Am I in here", parse the index, 
>and determine the next page.

I don't think that is needed; just use ids in the urls.

-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)