[pmwiki-users] Static 'site maps'?

[Ben Wilson]

Forgot to include the group. Wow, that's different than before.

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Ben Wilson <dausha at gmail.com> wrote:
> Based on your comments, it looks like what you're trying to do is
> cache your comments. It appears PageList has that feature. Does this
> satisfy your need?
>
> http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/PageLists#pagelistcache
>
> On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 11:08 PM, Steve G. <wordz2u at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Happy New Year, everyone!
>>
>> I am seeking advice about creating navigation aids for my wikis.
>>
>> Here is a quick background: I have a wiki farm running on an ancient
>> computer. It has 3 sites:
>>
>> 1. www.words2u.net which redirects to http://www.words2u.net/pmwiki/
>> 2. www.words2u.net/recipes
>> 3. www.words2u.net/spanish
>>
>> To facilitate using the site, I created 'site maps' - dynamically generated
>> wiki pages, which contain a pagelist for each group I want to include. For
>> example, on recipes, there is a site map page,
>> http://www.words2u.net/recipes/index.php?n=Recipes.Recipes which include a
>> line for each group as follows:  (:pagelist group=Breads list=normal
>> order=-ctime fmt=#title -Template:)
>>
>> I tried a list for all groups in the site using  (:pagelist list=normal
>> order=-ctime fmt=#title -Template:), but then the list does not break the
>> recipes and does not even list the groups, only the page names. So it is
>> hard to tell what is a bread and what is a soup, etc. (I may be ignorant of
>> the way to create a better list structure, as I am not much of an expert in
>> pmwiki, so feel free to advise on the proper usage of pagelist.)
>>
>> NOW to the question:
>>
>> The main site has a large number of pages, and the site map,
>> http://www.words2u.net/pmwiki/?n=Home.SiteMap, takes a long time to generate
>> dynamically. It is not a traffic issue, as the problem exists also in the
>> local network. Rather, it is a processing issue. I get much faster response
>> with pages that have images much larger in size.
>>
>> I would like to be able to create a static page with the same content, which
>> will be updated daily, or whenever a new page is created. Is there a way in
>> pmwiki to have such a page? Maybe a script that will run the pagelist with
>> the same parameters as the current page, and write to an existing page, or
>> create a new one.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Z.
>>
>>
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>>
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Ben Wilson
"We cannot determine the character or nature of a system within
itself. Efforts to do so will only generate confusion and disorder."
Boyd