I am trying to set up a knowledge based wiki and was wondering if there was a way to add buckets to the parent page, that link to the child pages?
Asked by Danny O'Lenic:

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Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What's a "bucket" here? What does that mean?

comments: author: Danny O'Lenic
body: By bucket I just mean a square box if you will titled "Tools and Tech" and within that box are smaller boxes that say "OBI-My Workforce" which can be clicked and you will be directed to that page, which is already a child page. I am just trying to make the layout more user friendly and exciting, instead of plain and boring.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ah, a panel type thing.

I'd start with the panel macro, and probably fill it with dynamic macros, like the content-by-label or children (that way you don't have to keep editing the page, you just create the pages you need)


author: Danny O'Lenic
body: okay and how exactly do I start this process? never done something like this before


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'd start with a new Space, created from one of the standard blueprints. That will give you a "home" page which you can use as an example - most of the standard ones have sections, panels and examples of macros you can build on


author: Danny O'Lenic
body: awesome thank you very much!


author: Maggie Secara
body: I wonder if the Children Display macro would do what you want. I use it on the cover page of a section to automatically list (and link) all the pages in that section in alphabetical order. It's oretty adaptable.


author: Danny O'Lenic
body: ahh that's a good idea I will look into it thanks!


author: Danny O'Lenic
body: @Maggie Secara @Nic Brough \[Adaptavist\] so for the children display macro do you know if there is a way to change how each of the links appears? Instead of it just being a statement and hyperlink, is there a way it can be a box with statement in it, that has a hyperlink built in? example bucket.png


author: Maggie Secara
body: No, there's not. The macro isn't ++that++ adaptable. (There may be an add-on, but that's more than I know.) Your page here would be easy enough to do with a 2-column table.

* Create each of your buttons as a graphic.
* Put each one in a cell of the table.
* Select the image and link it to the appropriate page.

It won't update automatically, of course, but you'll get your colors and the order you want.


author: Danny O'Lenic
body: great information and help, thanks again!


author: Danny O'Lenic
body: @Maggie Secara is there a way to write like a name or something on the image? sort of like pasting a word box onto an image in Microsoft word


author: Maggie Secara
body: @Danny O'Lenic You'll have to do that in your graphics program. What you're going to do is link the whole button image, not just the word.

I threw this one together in SnagIt just now, but you could create it in word first if that's what you have. Just blocks and borders and text in the middle. Save, Upload and Insert it in place.

test button.jpg

Click on it to select, then go to Link and apply the link. Save the page and test it. It should work.


author: Danny O'Lenic
body: Awesome huge help thank you!


author: Maggie Secara
body: Happy to help.

I guess I should have answered as an Answer, but if I move it now, it pulls it out of the thread. I guess it will still be found if it's needed again.


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