Summary: HTML index (part 2 of 3)

[Ruth Simpson <ruths -at- MCCABE -dot- COM>]

Susan Rowlett wrote:
>    I haven't yet met this problem, but may someday. Can you change the
>  <$pagenum> on Reference IX page to something else...what I'm not sure.
>   Maybe some kind of symbol text. The theory would be that all the
>  markers/jumps would be there but something other than a number would show.
>   Of course, this would require generating an IX file, probably, which might
>  not fit what you need to do.

Julie Allen wrote:
> We came up with one solution which allows multiple page
> references for an index entry - we replaced the page
> numbers with an image (a small green arrow) in the
> WebWorks template. This leaves you with a row of hot
> graphical links for index entries with multiple references.
>
> To get this to work we did the following:
>
> 1. In Frame, we set up the index so that page numbers have
>    a character format 'index_pagenum':
>
>    a) define a character tag index_pagenum
>    b) on the IX reference page, make the IndexIX entry:
>       <index_pagenum><$pagenum>
>
>   When you generate the index, all page numbers will have the
>   index_pagenum character tag.
>
> 2. In WebWorks, the hyperlink marker is mapped using the default
>    GoToLinkFileandTag style:
>    <A HREF="$LINKFILE(html, name);#$LINKTAG;">
>
> 3. In Webworks, we defined an IndexPageNum character style as:
>    $DATA["<A HREF=\".*\">"];<IMG BORDER=0 SRC="jump.gif"></A>
>
>    This takes the <A HREF...> part of the reference, replaces the
>    page number text which comes after it with an image, and sticks
>    a </A> tag on the end.
>
> We also made sure the Frame index didn't have commas separating
> multiple references (it looks funny when there are images instead
> of page numbers) by removing the comma from the SeparatorsIX
> definition on the IX reference page.
>
> After all that, people here voted to keep the page numbers, so
> we haven't ended up using this stuff. But I thought it was
> clever and looked good....

Sonya Keene wrote:
> I don't have a solution using WebWorks Publisher.
>
> WebMaker solves the problem this way: if an index entry has two or
> more page numbers in FrameMaker, WebMaker converts them to links
> numbered [1], [2], etc.
>
> For an example, see
> http://www.harlequin.com/products/dpp/webmaker/guide/
>
> and click on the Index button.

Maureen Ostrosky wrote:
> In response to your question about HTML indexes in framers, here's the
> answer I received from WebWorks. Essentially, wait until 4.0.
> Maureen Ostrosky
> Technical Editor
> Spyglass, Inc.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Krista Osborne [SMTP:osborne -at- quadralay -dot- com]
> > Sent: Friday, December 19, 1997 11:09 AM
> > To:   Ostrosky, Maureen
> > Subject:      Re: Feature request/question
> >
> > Dear Ms. Ostrosky,
> >
> > In a continuing effort to provide Adobe FrameMaker  users with the
> > best
> > and most advanced tools  for publishing on-line documents, Quadralay
> > is in active development of WebWorks Publisher 4.0.
> >
> > This upcoming  major release of WebWorks Publisher will mark a
> > dramatic advance in the evolution of on-line publishing.   Users will
> > find
> > WebWorks Publisher 4.0's new user interface extremely easy to use and
> > the new optional Intelligent Wizard will guide users quickly through
> > the process of generating an initial project.   Release 4.0 will
> > also greatly expand  capabilities of producing documents in the
> > variety
> > of emerging on-line formats beyond HTML such as Microsoft HTML Help,
> > Netscape NetHelp, Sun Microsystems' JavaHelp and XML.
> >
> > As far as the handling of page numbers in indexes in version 4.0,
> > Publisher
> > will eliminate the page number and instead use the title of the
> > document it
> > refers to.
> >
> > For a more detailed preview of WebWorks Publisher 4.0's exciting
> > advances visit:
> >
> >       http://www.quadralay.com/Publisher/4-0_prev.html
> >
> > All  WebWorks Publisher users covered by  annual maintenance will be
> > entitled to upgrade to this significant major release at no charge.
> >
> > Release of WebWorks Publisher 4.0 is anticipated in the first quarter
> > of 1998.
> >
> > At 08:39 AM 12/19/97 -0600, you wrote:
> > >I was wondering if you had any plans to update the handling of page
> > >numbers in indexes. For example, instead of listing specific page
> > >numbers (bein girrelevant online), changing the references to be 1
> > >(first page number for entry), 2 (second page number for entry), etc.
> > >See http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/index/list.html for an example of
> > >this. We have had some requests for this type of online formatting.
> > >
> > >Thank you.
> > >
> > >Maureen Ostrosky
> > >Technical Editor
> > >Spyglass, Inc.
> > >
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