Workflow of setting up a book's TOC
Hi @lathrops1
When a book is created, the Org Admin/Editor sets once-off settings as already developed in the New Book modal. These decisions are recorded in the Settings modal on the Book Manager page. Additionally, the Org Admin/Editor needs to set how the book will be displayed on Bookshelf, in other words, decide on the book's TOC structure.
Based on your feedback in #24 (closed), these decisions include:
Part sections on TOC
- Should the chapters of the book be grouped into parts (as in this example)?
- Are the parts ordered alphabetically or does the editor choose the order manually (as in this example)?
Order of chapters
In which order should the chapters be displayed?
- Alphabetically (as in this example)
- by chapter number
- descending order by date created (as in this example)
- descending order by date updated
- custom/manual order by editor
Display headings in TOC
For each book component, which headings should be listed (and linked) on the TOC?
- Chapter title only
- Chapter title and main section heading (as in this example)
Display book component metadata
Which metadata should be included on the TOC for each book component?
- Author(s) -- should this rather read 'Contributors'?
- Date updated
- Date created
- Subtitle
- Alt-titles (as in this example)
Custom features
We spoke about these custom features which we can design at a later date:
- skip certain entries or hide from the TOC, instead, these book components are shown in a 'sidebar' sections on the Bookshelf website, for example GeneReviews has the custom sidebar section 'GeneReviews Links'
- repeat certain entries, i.e. a chapter is shown in more than one part section in the TOC, as in EndoText
First iteration build
Some of the settings chosen here will affect what the users see and can do on the Book Manager page, so we will need to decide on what to prioritise in the first iteration.