Really?
I mean embedded search inside the files.. so the results would show up as a user clicks the link... without doing any searching him/herself. (search is hardcoded in the file)
I don't get it. Explain more?
Uh..
Well...
Say you have a file in the FAQ:
Code:
All About Texas
TexanIndependence - How, when, and why Texas became independent from Mexico.
QBProgrammersInTexas - All qb programmers in Texas.
FoodsInTexas - What kind of food they have in Texas.
So, imagine that it is a really long list. Now, instead of doing that, each file that mentions Texas will have a tag in the tax list: "texas". Now, I could do this:
Code:
All About Texas
[select tag="texas" OR file="*inTexas"]
Ok, so that's a bit redundant, but what it does is:
It lists all files with "texas" (non case-sensitive) as a tag and "*inTexas" as a filename, plus their descriptions (like "What kind of food they have in Texas"). The OR makes it so that repetitive files aren't shown.
...or you could just do a db search presenting all records with the word "texas" in the title or description
Can any member add content to the WIKI? or do you have to be special?
*heh heh.... special...*
Currently, WIKI posters are selected by hand. People who have access to the WIKI are people who have asked for it and that have proved their "trustability" by posting snippets and sollutions in the forum for a while. Anyone can change any page, so it is better to do things this way. We don't want anyone to go hijacking the WIKI.
Oracle, I think that is a good idea, but still I think the FAQ would benefit from a click-through hierarchical approach as well. Main targets: newcomers. What if someone doesn't know what "screen 13" is? He/she won't search for it then. Ok, bad example. I'm just saying that a solid hierarchical FAQ provides a way for people to figure out what they want. It's right in front of them.
Maybe after a bit of use with a query system, anyone could find whatever they wanted to find in the FAQ, but it's a lot better the other way for newbies.
Yes, there'll be a hierarchy system/thing as well. There'll be categories, and sub categories etc like you say. All I'm saying is that there'll be a search also
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