Using Encyclopedias


When users enter the Encyclopedia module, they start with a list of available, active encyclopedias. Within each one, they'll see a screen something like the one in Figure 14.3. As you can see, PHP-Nuke provides a set of alphabetical links, allowing users to quickly jump to any section of the encyclopedia. Users can also search for specific terms. Notice that, in Figure 14.3, only the F link is underlined. That means this encyclopedia contains only entries starting with F; when other entries are added, those letters will automatically become links as well.

Figure 14.3. Looking for encyclopedia entries.


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Do you ever feel sorry for the folks who used to print encyclopedias? Are any of them still in business? I guess most of them are making electronic versions on CD and DVD these days. I remember my parents buying a whole set of encyclopedias for me when I was little. Right about the time I graduated from high school, CD-ROMs were becoming popular and you could get an entire encyclopedia on one. Today even CDs and DVDs are becoming obsolete as far as reference materials go, since the Internetincluding sites built on PHP-Nukeprovide more timely and comprehensive information that's easier to find.

Turns out, you can go to a Web site like www.eb.com, the Web site for Encyclopedia Britannica, and sign up to access their encyclopedias right from the Internet. And they'll even ship you a printed set of encyclopedias, if you have a few feet of empty bookshelf space in your house that you're dying to fill.

Unlike some other areas of PHP-Nuke, where users can submit their own entries (such as for downloads and Web links), users cannot directly submit their own encyclopedia entries. Users who want to suggest an entry will have to e-mail it to you, and you'll have to enter the information yourself into the encyclopedia.

There is an alternative, however, if you have a small number of users who will be regularly contributing to or helping you maintain your encyclopedias. I'll cover this in more detail in Topic 46, "Administering Users and Admins," but here's the short version:

On the Administration Menu, you can select Edit Admins. The other term for an admin, at least as far as PHP-Nuke is concerned, is author. If you want another user to be able to manage your encyclopedias for you, simply create a new administrator for that user, and grant them only the Encyclopedia permission by clicking the appropriate check box. Note that admin accounts are separate from other user accounts; your encyclopedia manager will have to go directly to the admin.php page on your Web site and log on using his admin account, even if he is already logged on to your Web site in general with his regular user account. Again, I'll cover that confusing detail in Topic 46.




    PHP-Nuke Garage
    PHP-Nuke Garage
    ISBN: 0131855166
    EAN: 2147483647
    Year: 2006
    Pages: 235
    Authors: Don Jones

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