How to precisely control order of page links

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How to precisely control order of page links

Postby jessi » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:48 am

A client asked how to put the page links in custom order. I came up with this procedure. Please, someone tell me if there's an easier way! :)

She has Manager, luckily, so I was able to tell her to use PowerEdit to do this.

1. Go to Pages. Select all your pages and click PowerEdit.

2. In the Information box, select Link Name. Below, select Individual. Click Proceed.

3. Give each page a Link Name that is the text you want to appear in the page link. Save Changes.

4. Select all pages and click PowerEdit. In the Information box, select Name. Below, select Individual. Click Proceed.

5. Give each page a Name that starts with a number. I suggest names like "1: books" and "2: cds" etc. etc. Of course, number them in the order you want the links to display. Save changes.

6. Select all pages and click PowerEdit. In the Layout box, select Display Name? Below, select Global. Click Proceed.

7. Uncheck the Name Toggle. Save Changes.

8. Select all pages and click PowerEdit. In the Layout box, select Order. Below, select Global. Click Proceed.

9. Set Order to Ascending. Save Changes.

10. Select all pages and click PowerEdit. In the Layout box, select Pages Sort Field. Below, select Global. Click Proceed.

11. Set the Page Sort Field to Name. Save Changes.

What you've just done is given each page a "behind-the-scenes" name that is not displayed on the page, but controls where the link to that page shows up in the list of links.
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Postby Jim » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:14 am

You might want to number by 10's or 100's so that if you have additional pages that you add you don't have to renumber everything to get one page inserted where it needs to go.
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Great suggestion

Postby jessi » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:37 am

Thanks, Jim!
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