Re: 2. What's your preference: One long page or several small pages?

[Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca>]

Hey John,

I found expansion macros time consuming and actually harder to implement.
If this is the way your team decides to go, look into the Expando macro for
automating the accordion function based on heading levels.

Other options for long pages is a sidebar TOC. Before I left BMC they
implemented a really skookum sidebar on their docs page:
http://bit.ly/2ObHVg3


As for personal preference, I much prefer shorter topics that focus on a
specific concept. For web content, shorter pages give easier targets for
people who search. For instance, the search for "test credit cards cognito
forms" (without quotes) pulls this page automatically: http://bit.ly/2M0gdFr

If this content were on a longer page, it might not be so easily found.

Cheers,
-Tony

On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 8:44 AM, John G <john -at- garisons -dot- com> wrote:

> We use Expand macros in places, but not for this. It's under consideration
> too.
>
> JG
>
> On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 9:28 AM Kevin Ryan <kryan -at- harriscomputer -dot- com>
> wrote:
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> > RE:    2. What's your preference: One long page or several small pages?
> >
> > John,
> >
> > Have you considered hiding subsections/sub-instructions under
> Confluence's
> > Expand macro?  This might allow you to economize on screen vertical space
> > and still keep the full load of information available for readers who
> want
> > it.
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