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=== Using the collection extension for navigation === | === Using the collection extension for navigation === | ||
A simple solution is to use the book creator extension to produce a book, and then to use the saved book page as a template for navigation, see [[EWTE/booknav]]. This method is quite simple to use, and builds on using the book creator. It also means that books cannot just be viewed (as a set of pages), but also exported, using the standard mechanisms. However, there are a number of disadvantages: | A simple solution is to use the book creator extension to produce a book, and then to use the saved book page as a template for navigation, see [[EWTE/booknav]]. Advantages are: | ||
* This method is quite simple to use, and builds on using the book creator. | |||
* It also means that books cannot just be viewed (as a set of pages), but also exported, using the standard mechanisms. | |||
However, there are a number of disadvantages: | |||
* While it's easy to edit the book (and thereby the navigation), and this may already be familiar to users, every time the book is saved the <nowiki><noinclude></nowiki> statements need to be added again to the book definition, for the navigation to stay properly formatted. | * While it's easy to edit the book (and thereby the navigation), and this may already be familiar to users, every time the book is saved the <nowiki><noinclude></nowiki> statements need to be added again to the book definition, for the navigation to stay properly formatted. | ||
* It's not possible to add "previous" and "next" navigation to pages. | * It's not possible to add "previous" and "next" navigation to pages. | ||
