Tels wrote:
Sounds very interesting for well, slide shows (don't kill me!).
okay, i won't kill you. seriously, though, slide-shows are indeed a worthwhile usage here, if you want to lead readers through a sequence of things at least in a given a priori way.
Two things missing:
- the Nav Map should have links to the pages in question instead of being
just a list.
i had been taking a cue from MediaWiki:Sidebar here, and just including the page names as data to be used, not links. this does make it easier to parse through the list looking for a page, one doesn't have to clear the link-structure out of the way first. what advantages can you see from doing as you suggest?
- the very first page (like in the outline) should have a "next page"
link.
so, like, to get one started, you're saying? probably pretty easy.
some parameters or further work that would be probably helpful to be able to apply it to a variety of situations:
* style information for the links and for the toc box
* controls for what links to show when ("put a 'next page' on the TOC page"...)
* localized messages for whatever language the user prefers
* it's possible for a single content page to be in more than one nav map, so a way to distinguish the nav links for the different maps ("Vacation Pictures: Prev - Up - Next" and then "Embarrassing Pictures: Prev - Up - Next" could both apply to that one picture from the summer at the beach...)
Ryan Lane wrote:
One thing though: When clicking next, and going to a page that hasn't been created yet, it would be nice if the "Previous - Up - Next" dialog didn't dissapear.
from what i understand, this means either:
1. calling all the pages in the nav map into existence at map-creation time
2. checking all maps for a given non-existent page when you come across it and inserting the links even if there's no text
or am i mis-understanding the suggestion?
cheers, nigel