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Multidoc

Textpattern is a fantastic tool for managing diverse collections of articles. Once you get your head around forms, categories, and article context, you can serve up article lists for just about any need.

But one thing that’s very difficult to do is to divide an article into parts and have those parts act as a single unit. Textpattern just isn’t set up that way. There are workarounds, but they’re just that — workarounds, not Textpattern’s native style.

Introducing Multidoc. This is a system for assembling, managing, and creating navigation elements for multi-page articles. It works within Textpattern, not against it. You do not have to set up special categories or tricky conditionals to get it to work. You just need to install the soo_multidoc plugin (plus the soo_txp_obj library, if you don’t already have it installed), set up one custom field, and you’re ready to begin.

Naturally, this article is based on Multidoc. All of the navigation elements, including the structured table of contents at left, were automatically generated. Intrigued? Read on →

Posted 2009-01-24 (modified 2009-05-01)

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