The Projections Collection contains many useful projects that unfortunately will be lost to poor memory as the number of pages increases.
Search routines are fine, if you know what words are used, including misspellings. I thought that perhaps a sticky that could be scanned easily for subjects and key words would help. In other words, an index.
Right now, the Collection stands at just 2 pages, and I will volunteer to enter the existing projects into an indexable format.
Attached (View attachment 9039) is a sample data table for the first 4 projects that were showing this morning. My idea would be to have each Keyword or Phrase alphabetized as a separate index line followed by the title that would be a clickable link to the project. Thus, the first 4 projects would lead to 8 index lines. Except in unusual instances, projects would be limited to 3 index terms.
A popular keyword might be on several lines and thereby linked to several projects. The titles in that case would help users decide which of the projects might be most relevant to their needs. The authors should provide suggested index terms, but the Index editor could modify those suggestions.
I am a WordPerfect user, and it seems clear to me that WordPerfect or QuattroPro are not the way to go, if we want the index to be useful to most forum members.
The purpose of this post is to get suggestions for simple indexing software* or existing tools on the site and feedback on whether others feel that approach would be useful.
John
*I am aware of general indexing and searching software, such as Google, X1, etc. Ideally, I am looking for something that will create an entire index from just the keywords and links in a single file, without having to duplicate each line as I did in the sample. If that is not possible, then what I am suggesting here could be done with a little more effort using Excel, QuattroPro, or even a word processor program. If needed, control+f could be used to search that file.
Search routines are fine, if you know what words are used, including misspellings. I thought that perhaps a sticky that could be scanned easily for subjects and key words would help. In other words, an index.
Right now, the Collection stands at just 2 pages, and I will volunteer to enter the existing projects into an indexable format.
Attached (View attachment 9039) is a sample data table for the first 4 projects that were showing this morning. My idea would be to have each Keyword or Phrase alphabetized as a separate index line followed by the title that would be a clickable link to the project. Thus, the first 4 projects would lead to 8 index lines. Except in unusual instances, projects would be limited to 3 index terms.
A popular keyword might be on several lines and thereby linked to several projects. The titles in that case would help users decide which of the projects might be most relevant to their needs. The authors should provide suggested index terms, but the Index editor could modify those suggestions.
I am a WordPerfect user, and it seems clear to me that WordPerfect or QuattroPro are not the way to go, if we want the index to be useful to most forum members.
The purpose of this post is to get suggestions for simple indexing software* or existing tools on the site and feedback on whether others feel that approach would be useful.
John
*I am aware of general indexing and searching software, such as Google, X1, etc. Ideally, I am looking for something that will create an entire index from just the keywords and links in a single file, without having to duplicate each line as I did in the sample. If that is not possible, then what I am suggesting here could be done with a little more effort using Excel, QuattroPro, or even a word processor program. If needed, control+f could be used to search that file.