Overview of Content Tree Formats

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Content trees can be displayed in three different formats: Interactive chart, Textual list (with or without icons), and Static chart. Here's a quick overview of each of them!

 

Interactive Chart

This is an improved version of the static chart, which is especially useful for big charts. Everything is also displayed in a tree-like structure, but it includes the cover images, and when you mouse over an item the description is expanded to cover the full image. You can also zoom in and out, drag the tree around, and use the search bar in the bottom left corner to quickly focus on a specific item.

 

Textual List

Textual lists present the tree vertically, using indentations to show the relation between different items. Each item will be linked to its article (if there is one) and the advanced fields (custom title and description) will also be displayed if you used them. Cover images for the items will not be displayed in this format.

They work great in the sidebar of the articles mentioned in a tree, and your readers can use it as a table of contents to quickly navigate between related articles.

 

Textual List with Icons

You can also embed a version of the textual list that displays article icons in front of each article link:

 
  1. Copy the textual list tag and paste it as usual.
  2. In the tag, you will see that it uses an option |list.
  3. Replace that option with |ilist.
 

For example, if the textual list tag is [orgchart:123|list], the icon list tag will be [orgchart:123|ilist] ("ilist" stands for "icon list").

 

Static Chart

Static charts are generated in a tree-like structure, and are great to display, for example, the structure of an organization or the evolution of a language family. They will show the title of the item, the description, and if you mouse over them you'll get a pop-up with the beginning of the article. However, it will not display the cover image.

 

This is the same format that automatic article trees use.

 

For more information and help with content trees, see the guide to content trees.