Posted by jdcoffman on November 16, 2006 at 2:48am
I need to build a dictionary, how would I do it? I can't seem to find anything explaining how one might do this... I know there are sites out there who have these... how can I have one too?
I need to build a dictionary, how would I do it? I can't seem to find anything explaining how one might do this... I know there are sites out there who have these... how can I have one too?
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Glossary module
Check out the Glossary module at http://groups.drupal.org/node/1861#comment-4820. I especially like the glossary indicator over glossary words that are found in content sections of your site. Hover over them and they show the description of the term. I have just started using it for acronyms (see http://cms.softtester.org/drupal/glossary) but will explore its potential for fuller dictionaries later.
One thing though that I'll have to fix is that the link to Home from the Glossary doesn't work (returns a Page Not Found when clicked) when I change the path of the default home page with paths to other content. I don't know if this is because the Glossary is not considered a content node so changes affecting content nodes do not migrate to it.
A simple dictionary
I wracked my brain on what the best way to do this, and ended up deciding that the best method was simply to use the nodes of choice as entries, and then use the "views" module to give me a glossary page (organizes links to the nodes with a nice alphabetical navigation scheme). YMMV!
John Simmons,
John Simmons Hypertext
http://www.johnsimmonshypertext.com (www)
"Illuminated Business and Technical Writing"
Dictionary Module
If anyone is still checking on this thread, or interested in the same topic, someone has developed a Dictionary Module which looks promising. I've not tried it, myself:
http://drupal.org/project/dictionary