Hi Tina,

Have you looked at the RelatedContent module (http://drupal.org/project/relatedcontent)? With this you can manage the ordered list of content related to each node on a node-by-node basis. Then it's just a matter of exposing the block in your node pages - a single block to manage.

I'd also suggest taking a look at the Book module for linking your help pages together - providing linked pages, navigation and tables of content.

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Nyk Cowham
Ashlin Interactive Strategy

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?