Showing Glossary definitions

Squiz Matrix Support
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Hi,
I'm trying to work out a way to simplify linking to generic definitions within a page without having to do it manually. My reasoning for this is;


  • There are too many terms for authors to browse/link manually.
    [*]An search indexing of the site should have all the info required.
    [*]A search list should be able to generate a per page list.
If I name my glossary term assets (or their keywords/metdata) appropriately can I set up a search list to process each page to markup relevant content in the page or, alternatively, generate a list of links to each definition on each page?

My other concern is, the number of assets required to create hundreds of definitions. Is there a better way that you have come across to selectively link to large amounts of content where the basic format is;[list]
[*]Link to term, AND,
[*]Then pop up a small definition ina new browser window?
[/list]Thanks,
Ian
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The Search List asset is not built to do this sort of work, and it wouldnt be able to be modified to do what you are asking.


We dont have the glossary functionality you are asking for in Matrix, so you'll have to do that.



Of course, something could be developed to do this, but nothing like this is currently in development.

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No worries,
I can probably do an A-Z List that people can invoke and browse for these terms.



Thanks for the quick reply,

Ian