Topic: [Release] AP Book Generator
Work on this plugin is no longer being done due to lack of time; not lack of desire nor effort mind you. I apologize.
But rest assured that I will get the download available once I have the time to commit to some planned changes I was working on; for example:
the option to choose static web pages or access directly from the database and the ability to function in php4 or php5 seamlessly.
Much of what is covered below will still be valid, however.
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Quick rundown of features:
- Creation of static content similar to News Generator
- Posts are linked based on a subject line format
- Links allow one to travel the 'book', up/down/left/right
- Static pages use original topic ids to avoid filename conflicts
- Navigation tree to help access content
- Ability to call html/php files from within a post (the system recognizes the format) and display the output in a book page
- All settings are managed through the admin console
For a comparison, this plugin will create functionality very similar to this page: http://drupal.org/handbooks
Subject line format: piece1.piece2.etc.pieceX=Your Subject Line.
The right most piece refers to the page it represents; all to the left represent pages further up the hierachy.
Main menu page format: =Your Subject Line
Nothing should be to the left of the equal sign for it to be the main menu.
The plugin takes the subject lines and sorts them in ascending fashion. If using only alphanumeric - which is highly urged as other characters have not been tested - the value of character would go from 0-9a-z, with 0 being the lowest. Case is not a factor.
This is an example of a sorted list:
=MainMenu
book1=Book1
book1.chapter1=Chapter1
book1.chapter1.page1=Page1
book1.chapter1.page2=Page2
book1.chapter2=Chapter2
book2=Book2
book2.chapter1=Book2Chap1
book2.chapter2=Book2Chap2
