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How Paths Work
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PageType: Path Keywords: SL description
It is possible to create a guided tour through Sensei's Library, by creating a Path. A path consists of a PathMainPage and several normal pages which are part of the path. In order to create a path all you need to do is to create the PathMainPage. First, you have to set the PageType of that page to "Path" - this can be done while editing the page. You can find a box for setting the PageType to the right there. In the text of the PathMainPage you link to the pages which comprise the actual path content. In order for GoWiki to distinguish between normal links and path links, you have to enclose the path links in square brackets and put a ">" inside it like this: [>PathPage] (vs. [ThisIsNotAPathPage]). A user who arrives at the PathMainPage and follows the pages in the path will see that these pages are presented differently: they display next/prev links on the left and list the path they belong to. The next and prev links in the path pages will be relative to the order of these links on the PathMainPage. Users who visit a page which is part of a path but accessed through other ways, will see that the left frame includes a list of paths (could be more than one) that this page belongs to. But no prev/next buttons. In order to view/follow this path, the user you will need to go to the PathMainPage, and then follow the path. Similarly, if two (or more) paths 'cross', then you will either, if you are following one, get only one set of prev/next buttons, or, if you were just browsing, just get a list of the relevant paths. This page (HowPathsWork) is a PathMainPage, and links to three help texts within Sensei's Library as a path: Following either of these links will show you the prev and next links. If you go to BasicsOnKos you will see that it is defined as part of a path (through the PathMainPage KoFighting). Although you will see it listed that the page belongs to a path, you will not see the next/prev links. (Actually, a slight bug in the Wikiengine will list BasicsOnKos as belonging to more than one path, although this is strictly speaking not the case :-(() It may be useful if, when creating a path, you also list the PathMainPage for that path on the GuidedTours page. Path: HowToUseWiki · Prev: HowDiagramsWork · Next: HowAliasesWork This is a copy of the living page "How Paths Work" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |