Links to stories?

Mon, 07 Jan 2002 08:40:41 +0100

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i second the request!

i once started implementing such a cross-reference macro
for the static website framework, got through the design
and half the implementation, so there's only about 99% work
left to be done, if anyone'd like to pick up my notes and code.

my approach was to add a third element -- next to linetext and
path -- to a glossary entry for a page, called referers
(or reefers, as someone on this list suggested, i believe).
Reefers of page X is a table of Titles of pages that refer to
page X.

The idea is: when page R gets rendered, scan for any page Titles
it refers to in its bodytext, and add R's Title to their
glossary.Reefers table.

So when page X gets rendered, it has a list of reefers available
for suitable rendering.

i dont know enough about the Manila dynamic website framework's
internals to figure how well this would work there, though.

Of course, if anyone has such a macro already,
i'd sure like to know!

happy digging,
eddi

At 22:05 06.01.2002 +0100, Rene de Vries wrote:
>How would one go about finding what stories link to another story in=20
>Manila? We use linking to stories quite extensively, through including=20
>them in the body text of another story (e.g. "link to article"). However,=
=20
>I noted that if I change the title of the story that was linked to (from=20
>"link to article" to "link to story") the link in the original story=20
>remains intact. That's great to keep the integrity of the links intact.
>
>However, would I would really like to know is from where links exists to=20
>this story. Bottom line, I also want to change the name of the original=20
>link. Now, if there are just a few links that's quite doable. We're=20
>considering using Manila for a documentation system, and links will all=20
>over the place.
>
>Is there a way to find out all the referrers to a story?
>
>Ren=E9 de Vries
>The Netherlands

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i second the request! 
 
i once started implementing such a cross-reference macro 
for the static website framework, got through the design 
and half the implementation, so there's only about 99% work 
left to be done, if anyone'd like to pick up my notes and code. 
 
my approach was to add a third element -- next to linetext and 
path -- to a glossary entry for a page, called referers 
(or reefers, as someone on this list suggested, i believe). 
Reefers of page X is a table of Titles of pages that refer to 
page X. 
 
The idea is: when page R gets rendered, scan for any page Titles 
it refers to in its bodytext, and add R's Title to their 
glossary.Reefers table. 
 
So when page X gets rendered, it has a list of reefers available 
for suitable rendering. 
 
i dont know enough about the Manila dynamic website framework's 
internals to figure how well this would work there, though. 
 
Of course, if anyone has such a macro already, 
i'd sure like to know! 
 
happy digging, 
eddi 
 
 
 
 
At 22:05 06.01.2002 +0100, Rene de Vries wrote: 
<blockquote type=3Dcite cite>How would one g=
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about finding what stories link to another story in Manila? We use
linking to stories quite extensively, through including them in the body
text of another story (e.g. &quot;link to article&quot;). However, I
noted that if I change the title of the story that was linked to (from
&quot;link to article&quot; to &quot;link to story&quot;) the link in the
original story remains intact. That's great to keep the integrity of the
links intact. 
&nbsp; 
However, would I would really like to know i=
s
from where links exists to this story. Bottom line, I also want to change
the name of the original link. Now, if there are just a few links that's
quite doable. We're considering using Manila for a documentation system,
and links will all over the place. 
&nbsp; 
Is there a way to find out all the referrers
to a story? 
&nbsp; 
Ren=E9 de Vries 
The
Netherlands</blockquote></html>

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