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Using an index

The index is a special folder that contains a listing of all the pages in the current room. To display the contents of a page in the list so you can read the page, click the page title.

Selecting information to display in an index

You can choose the type of information you want displayed in the list of pages in the index by checkmarking the names of one or more column types. The number of column types you can choose from depends on whether or not the current room includes custom forms.

If the current room does not contain any custom forms, you see a list of five column types. The column types are as follows.

Column TypeDescription
TitleChoose this to display the page title for each page in the list of pages.
AuthorChoose this to display the name of the page creator for each page in the list of pages.
ModifiedChoose this to display the creation date (or, when a page has been modified, the date the page was last modified) for each page in the list of pages.
What is the URL that this page should link to?This choice gives you information on link pages or pages with page titles that take the member to another Web site. Choose this to display the address of the Web page each link page in the list of pages points to
Should the page pointed to by the URL open in its own window?This choice, like the preceding one, gives you information on link pages. Choose this to show whether the page creator of each link page in the list specified activation of a new window upon the link's opening


If the current room includes one or more custom forms, the names of all the fields in the custom forms appear below the e-mail notification column type. For example, if you have a form called Order Form, and this form includes a field called Customer Name, the column type Customer Name appears as a choice in the list of column types following e-mail notification.

Changing the order of columns in an index

QuickPlace shows you a list of the current column titles in their current order. The column title at the top of the list appears at the top left corner of the index, the second column title on the list appears to the right of the first column title, and so on.

For example, suppose the list of columns looks like this:

  • Title
  • Author
  • Modified
  • Serial Number
When QuickPlace displays page information in the index, the information is arranged like this:

TitleAuthorModifiedSerial Number


You can change the order in which the columns of information appear in an index.

For example, you might have one column that shows the title of each page, one column that shows a description of each page, and one column that shows a date for each page, like this:

TitleDescriptionDate
Problem Report 1Customer was unable to start unit.05/17/2000
Problem Report 2Cable missing from package05/12/2000


You might then choose to change the order in which the columns are presented, so that the date appears before the description, like this:

TitleDateDescription
Problem Report 105/17/2000Customer was unable to start unit.
Problem Report 205/12/2000Cable missing from package


To move a column title up one position in the list of column titles, click the column title and then click the up arrow. To move a column title down one position in the list, click the column title and then click the down arrow.

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