Re: [Post-nuke-users] conceptualizing themes/sections

[John C. <ad...@di...>]

Topics are sorta general topics of interest, where as categories are =
more specific.

IE, you could have a topic say "Computers" and the categories of "Linux" =
"Windows" etc.

The system kinda sucks right now, and is scheduled for a complete =
overhaul in the .8 series.

jc
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  From: Christopher Kolar=20
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  Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 2:15 PM
  Subject: [Post-nuke-users] conceptualizing themes/sections


  Hello everyone.   I'm having a difficult time conceptualizing the =
differences between topics and subjects.  we are in the planning stages =
of setting up a portal site for twelve state organizations.  =
(http://elearning.illinois.net)  the current web site simply provides =
links to each of the organizations.   we want to use a postnuke site so =
that visitors can see what is going on around the state, before jumping =
to their final destination.  I am hoping that someone has set up a site =
like this before.   Say that we want some way of designating information =
about new laws.  would be best to have a section on laws, or a topic =
called laws that would be applied to articles that go into a particular =
section.  I'm not sure in practice how much navigation is done by =
clicking on sections or topics in the main menus of the site, so if =
anyone has ever put a multi organization portal into production I would =
appreciate knowing how people actually use it.  It is our hope that each =
of the participating organizations would be putting up an item or two =
each week.  I suspect that visitors may want to both articles about a =
particular program, or articles about a particular topic.

  Any advice or observations from the real world would be appreciated.  =
Thanks in advance.

  Chris



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