Simple? Table of Contents

[Jeff]

After inserting the webot for a Table of Contents on my Contents page, I get
a table that
shows not only the pages (as desired) but the hyperlinked, inserted photos
on the pages as well.

Isn't there an easier way to just get a list of pages without all the
hyperlinks?

 

[chris leeds]

best way (imho):
make your table of contents just as you have. view the page in a browser,
copy all of the "guts" of the page, return to the page in the FrontPage
editor, delete the toc component and paste the stuff you copied out of the
browser version.
now your toc is "static". all you need to do is delete the links you don't
want and you're good to go. you can also change the names of the links
etc...
HTH

 

[Jeff]

Thanks Chris


But when I copy from the browser, all I get is the text and tab values. Do
you mean I should view the source code and copy all or some of that? Also,
I tried to change the option on the webot to NOT update the TOC when pages
were added and then copied that section of code. However, I use shared
borders and bullets on the table items and the page got all messed up.

Why does FrontPage make this so difficult?

 

[chris leeds]

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Thanks Chris


But when I copy from the browser, all I get is the text and tab values. Do
you mean I should view the source code and copy all or some of that?

yes, here's an easy way: on your page in frontpage place this ### above
where you're putting the toc component and this ### just below it. visit in
a brwoser, view the source and copy everything between your ### marks. then
when you return to the toc page just highlight the ### and everything
between the (the toc) and paset your code. then you can edit that code as
standard regular html.

Also,

I tried to change the option on the webot to NOT update the TOC when pages

this won't matter when you do above step since you're killing the toc anyway
and replacing it with static text you can edit. ;-)

were added and then copied that section of code. However, I use shared
borders and bullets on the table items and the page got all messed up.

the above tip may help. nothing says the toc component youre going to
"salvage" needs to be on a borders page. you just want to generate it then
copy it's output. really nothing more than a time saving thing. just lay
the toc component on a "regular" page in the same folder level you want to
paste it's contents on (link paths ya know).

Why does FrontPage make this so difficult?

it's not if you do it the "standard" way. what we're doing here is
capitalizing on something that frontpage does a so-so job of then using it's
output without the underlying component.
you can use the toc successfully but you've got to think about how it works,
pretty much from the intitial design forward. i have one as a sitemap:
http://poggi-jones.com and it works fine. I structured the folders and
whatnot to capitalize on it so it's OK. if it didn't work i'd have just
used the technique i recomended in the first paragraph.

HTH