Automating composer pages
Posted: 30 Aug 2015 18:58
I have organized several composer pages chronologically, by publication dates. In order to automate this, I have attempted to compose a template (http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/User ... den%20page) called WorkDateList. It's my first attempt at writing DPL, so there probably are silly errors. I would very much appreciate if someone could check this and tell me if it can be made to work. And if this is even a good idea. Thanks! I also have a couple comments:
1. Why does CompCatTxt, used on ''<<composer>> composition'' pages, list the whole pagename (including the composer in parenthesis), rather than just the work title? The result is that the composer name is repeated hundreds of times needleslessly. If only title were listed, it would save a lot of space.
2. I would think having a series of pages for work publication dates would be helpful, such as "1753 works" -- certainly more helpful to me than the "<<date>> deaths" or "<<date>> births" pages. Perhaps there are other ways of doing this?
Thanks for listening.
1. Why does CompCatTxt, used on ''<<composer>> composition'' pages, list the whole pagename (including the composer in parenthesis), rather than just the work title? The result is that the composer name is repeated hundreds of times needleslessly. If only title were listed, it would save a lot of space.
2. I would think having a series of pages for work publication dates would be helpful, such as "1753 works" -- certainly more helpful to me than the "<<date>> deaths" or "<<date>> births" pages. Perhaps there are other ways of doing this?
Thanks for listening.