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Again, though, the tree is not necessarily the issue. If you go back to

https://www.simcomedia.com/handbook/subsurface-drainage-systems

Look at the tree in the sidebar and it will show your location. The next article is the Freeze-Thaw Considerations. If you click the Next button (located just above the sidebar) then you’ll see that instead of going to Freeze-Thaw Considerations it jumps to Introduction of the next chapter.

So it’s not the tree that’s the problem, it’s the ID of that specific post that’s out of sequence using the Next/Previous navigation links.

First, thanks for the response. What you’ve stated is sort of the consensus that it requires some semi-complicated editing of the database since the ID is spread throughout several tables for referencing things like images, media, etc.

Basically we’re using a plugin called wpTree which can be seen here:

https://www.simcomedia.com/handbook/

It works by sorting by id, time stamp or title. We have it set to ID. This requires we insert the posts in the exact order needed for display. But, that plugin isn’t really the problem. It’s the Next/Previous links which works off the ID. I can manipulate the tree plugin but I can’t fool the Next/Previous which hits the out of sync post and jumps to a completely different location before returning to the right sequence.

Thanks for your interest. Honestly, if I knew how it was done then I would have done it myself. ?? Basically that portion of the mods we had done was in modifying the javascript file so that it would identify the page using most likely a GET trigger that then matched it with the location in the menu. But, in doing so it had to match the seo friendly permalink to the actual article ID.

Another part of the equation is we modified the main dropdown navigation to show only chapters, no articles. So, if you mouse over the Chapters menu you’ll see nothing but more chapters. Only when the visitor reaches the final sub-sub chapter does the page display articles. But, the tree follows each click through the chapters and opens accordingly. Pretty cool if you ask me.

The tree mods don’t have anything to do with the chapter menu modifications but the tree should respond to however your menu is set up. As I mentioned, i’m glad to ‘share’ it but it cost a fair amount to have the modifications done. So, essentially you’d be getting it a half price. Let me know if interested. Thanks!

Actually, turin, those 3 things I described in my initial post are what he customized for me. Those are not standard behavior, where the tree opens and shows the location even if you use a different menu to arrive there. The plugin didn’t have any ‘bugs’. If it’s the ‘highlighting’ instead of the underlining of the location then that was just a cosmetic thing.

For you to really understand what he did, go back to the site and use the main drop down menu under Chapters to navigate and you’ll see the tree responds to each click.

Actually I was able to reach Ulf and hired him to perform the changes. I’d be happy to share the end result with you if you’d consider sharing half the expense. The plugin contains all the modifications within itself so there wasn’t anything that was external to it. Let me know if interested.

I need this also!

Believe it or not, Ando responded right away.

The fix is easy, need to replaces ereg’s with corresponding preg_matches. This is done in Sphider 1.3.5, you can check how it’s done in there.

Ando

Problem is I can’t join their ‘Phorum’ which is where the discussion would be for the mods or WP version. There’s no way to register, keeps throwing both a 403 and a 404 error. Quite frustrating to say the least.

So, what i’ve done is contact the person in Estonia who actually created the original Sphider search engine. Let’s see what he does.

Rich:

Thanks for the post. Sphider is still plugging along but i’m not sure about the WP Plugin version. I’ve gone to their ‘official’ site and there’s a forum but really pertaining to the non-wordpress version.

I suppose I could go ahead and post there to see what happens. There’s also a link in the general info section at the WP plugin site that points to their joint developers, Vizion. I might try there as well. Heck, i’ll even email the Prez if I have to.

I’ve used the stand alone version on another site and it fits the bill perfectly. If I can get this WP plugin version to work it would be great. It’s basically an issue about error reporting. If I revert back to PHP 5.2.9 on the server then those errors should disappear. But, of course, that affects everything else on the server as well. In doing some quick research on this there’s a way to turn off the error reporting and the script still functions. Just need to figure that out.