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RE: Question about Ordering Entries in a Knowledge Base
Subject:RE: Question about Ordering Entries in a Knowledge Base From:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> To:'Bridget Gordan' <bridget -dot- gordan -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Fri, 20 Oct 2017 19:39:46 +0000
Thanks! Iâll take a look.
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Subject: Re: Question about Ordering Entries in a Knowledge Base
I just looked at ours again, and in the user view, where the categories are, there are definitely articles that are not numbered or in date or alpha order, so they must have been ordered manually. It may be something to do with the folder structure.
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com<mailto:ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>> wrote:
I didnât set up ours, either. It did land in my lap, however.
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Subject: Re: Question about Ordering Entries in a Knowledge Base
We use Freshdesk for one product. I didn't set ours up, but there are three levels. So main category, sub category, articles. Where it matters what order the articles are in, they are numbered.
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 2:52 PM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com<mailto:ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>> wrote:
I don't believe so. It's Freshdesk, if anyone is curious.
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Subject: RE: Question about Ordering Entries in a Knowledge Base
Is there a custom field or metadata field where you could put in some sort keys that would allow you develop a more logical sort order?
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Subject: Question about Ordering Entries in a Knowledge Base
Our knowledge base orders entries chronologically.
I was thinking about reordering the entries alphabetically, for a more sensible layout.
If I do this, however, entries containing words such as "Introduction" or "Overview" would not come first. They would end up following entries containing words such as "Development" or "Interface."
I want introductory or overview articles to be listed first. Other articles would then follow in alphabetical order. This knowledge base does not offer the ability to "pin" an article.
How would you folks handle this?
Cordially,
Craig Cardimon
Senior Technical Writer
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