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Structure of Hantsmap Web-pages


structure The overall structure of the HANTSMAP html pages is complicated. There is nothing in the structure that is particularly complex, all parts are fairly simple, but there is a lot of it!

Most of the structure follows a strong pattern which was developed to provide access to the map of a single maker. This unit structure is described here and can be seen diagramatically as a hypermap.
common
links

Nearly every page has:-
  • a button at the top left that goes logically back, ie one step out and up the hypermap tree
  • a button to the main menu, ie an escape button
  • a button to the maker's menu page
These are placed at the top or in a footer of the page, and are not described in the separate page notes.
back
The hypermap does not indicate backward routes. These mostly run back up the route you followed to a page.
frames HantsMap uses framesets, which all have the same shape. The screen is divided into a narrow left column, which has a small top frame and a longer menu frame, and a larger right frame. These are referred to [fairly] consistently by frame names:- tfr, mfr, and rfr.
no frames HantsMap uses frames as an essential navigation tool.

There is an unforgiving no frames comment:-

<no frames><body bgcolor="#FFFFDD">
<h2 align="center">
Warning
</h2>
<p align="center">
This program requires a browser which can deal with 
FRAMESETS; you should upgrade your browser
</p>
</body></noframes>

abbrev
In the notes the following abbreviations are used to stand for various elements of filenames, etc:-
[MAKER] = maker identifier, eg:- SAXTON1
[MKR] = maker's code, eg:- SAX1
[MK] = maker's short code, eg:- SX1
[Maker] = maker's surname, eg:- Saxton
[Maker name] = maker's name, eg:- Christopher Saxton
[map date] = date of map, eg:- 1575

[NGR] = 4 figure ngr, eg:- SU42
[NGR+] = accurate ngr, eg:- SU413281

[FTR] = feature code, see list, eg:- RIV for rivers
[FEATURE].htm = feature notes filename, eg:- CARTOUCH.htm
[feature] = feature term
[Feature] = Feature term



html Simplified examples of the html tagging are given with each page description. Note that:-
  • </td> tags are missing (because, at the time, we knew no better).
  • our use of <meta>, to generate overall indexing, is not described.


links The links from page to page can be listed as a tree diagram; less clear than the hypermap (the start and main menu pages are excluded):-

[MAKER].htm             maker contents; and introduction
                        and maker notes

  #intro                button to introductory notes

  [MKR]SMAF.htm         Whole map frameset:-
    [MKR]SMAT.htm       tfr: button to maker contents
      [MAKER].htm       
    ../SMADATES.htm     mfr: menu of makers
      [MKR]SMAF.htm
    [MKR]SMAR.htm       rfr: small map image, button to
                        large

      [MKR]LARG.htm     large image, button back to small
        [MKR]SMAF.htm

      [MAKER].htm       footer button to maker contents
      ../HANTSMAP.htm   footer button to start page


  [MKR]NDXF.htm         Index sheet
    [MAKER].htm         button to maker contents
                        Index map, ngr square buttons to

    [MK][NGR]F.htm      ngr square frameset:-
      [MK]NDXT.htm      tfr: button to index sheet
        [MKR]NDXF.htm
      ../[NGR]DATE.htm  mfr: menu of makers
      [MKR][NGR].htm    rfr: ngr square
                        edges and corners are buttons to
                        1..9 adjacent squares
        [MK][NGR]F.htm
          go(-1)        'back' button
          [MKR]GAZ.htm  button to gazetteer
          [MAKER].htm   footer button to maker contents
          ../HANTSMAP.htm
                        footer button to start page

    [MKR]NGRF.htm       button to explanation of ngrs
      ...
    [MAKER].htm         footer button to maker contents
    ../HANTSMAP.htm     footer button to start page


  [MKR]GAZ.htm          Gazetteer:-
    [MAKER].htm         button to maker contents
    #gaz[a..z]          a..z choice to gazetteer sections
    #top                each section has button to gotop
    [MK][NGR]F.htm      place name choice, to ngr square
      ...               (the back button there might get
                        you back here)
    [MKR]INSF.htm       button to explanation of
                        transcription
    ...
    [MAKER].htm         footer button to maker contents
    ../HANTSMAP.htm     footer button to start page


  [MKR]MKTX.htm       Index sheet to towns:-
    [MAKER].htm         button to maker contents;
                        image buttons to

    [MKR][TWN]F.htm     town frameset:-
      [MKR][TWN]T.htm   tfr: button to towns index
        [MKR]MKTX.htm
      ../[TWN]DATES.htm mfr: maker menu
      [MKR][TWN]R.htm   rfr: town circle image

    [MKR]MKTS.htm       button to towns feature map
      ...               (behaves as feature map, qv)
    [MKR]MKTF.htm       button to notes about towns
      ...
    [MAKER].htm         footer button to maker contents
    [MKR]FTR.htm        footer button to map features list
    ../HANTSMAP.htm     footer button to start page


  [MKR]FTR.htm          Map features list:-
    [MAKER].htm         button to maker contents
                        features are lsisted with notes,
                        some are buttons to
      [MKR][FTR].htm    feature page
        [MKR]FTR.htm    button to map features list
        [MKR][FTR]S.htm button to feature map frameset:-

        [MKR][FTR]T.htm
                        tfr: button to feature page
          [MKR][FTR].htm
        ../[FTR]DATES.htm
                        mfr: maker menu
        [MKR][FTR]R.htm
                        rfr: small feature map,
                        on map, button to
          [MKR][FTR]L.htm
                        large feature map, button back to
                        small
            [MKR][FTR]S.htm
          [MAKER].htm   footer button to maker contents
          ../HANTSMAP.htm
                        footer button to start page

        [MK][NGR]F.htm  list of localities of the feature,
                        buttons to ngr square
          ...           (the back button there might get
                        you back here)

      [MKR][FTR]F.htm   button to notes about the feature,
                        frameset:-
        [MKR][FTR]T.htm
                        tfr: button to feature page
          [MKR][FTR].htm
        ../[FTR]DATES.htm
                        mfr: menu of examples
        ../[FEATURE].htm
                        rfr: notes about the feature

      [MAKER].htm       footer button to maker contents
      [MKR]FTR.htm      footer button to features list
      ../HANTSMAP.htm   footer button to start page

    [MAKER].htm         footer button to maker contents
    ../HANTSMAP.htm     footer button to start page

  #mapmaker             button to notes about map maker

  #top                  gotop button, from intro and map
                        maker, and at foot
  [MAKER].htm           footer button to maker contents
  ../HANTSMAP.htm       footer button to start page
hypermap


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