[support] Help Pages with block showing a select set of nodes, in order

[Campbell]

On 23 March 2010 04:57, Tina Callahan <tina.callahan at udel.edu> wrote:

>  I'm helping to architect a site that has over 800+ help pages.  These
> pages are mostly HowTo pages and some have a series of other pages that are
> directly related.  Any one of these pages could be part of a "process"
> (such as downloading, installing, and configuring a mail client).  When a
> user visits a node that fits into a "process", we want to list the related
> pages in a menu or block where the links are *always* in a set order.
>
> I'm not sure technically how to achieve such a task.  I had thought about
> using some combination of RelatedContent, NodeQueue, or even some of the
> other modules that build hierarchical menus.  However, with the number of
> pages that we have, I am concerned with using modules that pre-create
> blocks.  It seems like a maintenance nightmare to have to manage these
> blocks, not to mention it seems like a lot of overhead.
>
> I've not really come across examples of sites that employ this type of
> structure.  Does anyone have any thoughts, ideas, or examples that might
> help out?
>
> Thanks!
> Tina
>




Book and taxonomy is all you really need, then have a look at nodequeue,
advanced book/taxonomy blocks - menus to structure as you will.
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