Nesting Categories

RampagingHoardes · 01:19 PM

I know that you can nest things and I have been doing that but have now reached an area where I want to nest a topic but I am not sure what to use for the parent topic:

Currently I have multiple families and I want to be able to group them so i can can close them as it is a large group. So do I make a family as the outer containing topic even though it isnt as it would be a holder for multiple families. Or do I make it "other" or?

so I have "

TOP LEVEL CONTAINER( THE ONE NEEDING THE NAME)
FAMILY 1
FAMILY 2
FAMILY N+
...

I need to do this in multiple areas and wondered how and others would approach this. It seems we just need a descriptive storage topic that is generic.

Let me know thx
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EightBitz · April 22nd, 2014, 01:14 PM

So, this is kind of obvious, but "Families"? Unless there's more context to this, that's what I'd do. From how I'm reading your post, you just want a collapsible group with a descriptive name.

RampagingHoardes · April 22nd, 2014, 01:17 PM

There is no group "families" and the category family is for a single instance. I wasn't sure how this would impact things further down the line hence the question. I did my government like that and it worked ok but the snippets for family were for a singular instance of family and it didnt fit as well.

Hope this makes sense

RampagingHoardes · April 22nd, 2014, 01:18 PM

Just to be clear I am looking for the Name of the Topic type to use not the what to name a topic i have already selected sorry if that wasn't clear

RampagingHoardes · April 22nd, 2014, 01:20 PM

so I have "

TOP LEVEL CONTAINER( THE ONE NEEDING THE NAME OF THE TOPIC I SHOULD USE AS A CONTAINING TOPIC FOR MY INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES)
FAMILY 1
FAMILY 2
FAMILY N+
...

Hope this is clearer

RampagingHoardes · April 22nd, 2014, 04:38 PM

Anyone?

enrious · April 22nd, 2014, 06:58 PM

Is this how you're wanting to do it?

Code:

Top Level Container
           Family1
           Family2
           Family3

And you want advice on what type of Category/Topic to make "Top Level Container"? Or, what kind of Sections and Snippets to have on it?

Parody · April 22nd, 2014, 08:52 PM

I create new categories for this purpose if nothing seems to fit. You can always rearrange them later if need be.

Silveras · April 23rd, 2014, 05:44 AM

You could always make a new "Family" at the top and call it the "X Clan" or something like that.

EightBitz · April 23rd, 2014, 07:12 AM

There is a group for families. Have you downloaded the new version and logged in to sync?

EightBitz Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 1,458 April 22nd, 2014, 01:14 PM	So, this is kind of obvious, but "Families"? Unless there's more context to this, that's what I'd do. From how I'm reading your post, you just want a collapsible group with a descriptive name.
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RampagingHoardes Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 94 April 22nd, 2014, 01:17 PM	There is no group "families" and the category family is for a single instance. I wasn't sure how this would impact things further down the line hence the question. I did my government like that and it worked ok but the snippets for family were for a singular instance of family and it didnt fit as well. Hope this makes sense
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enrious Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 175 April 22nd, 2014, 06:58 PM	Is this how you're wanting to do it? Code: Top Level Container Family1 Family2 Family3 And you want advice on what type of Category/Topic to make "Top Level Container"? Or, what kind of Sections and Snippets to have on it?
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Parody Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Rochester, MN Posts: 1,517 April 22nd, 2014, 08:52 PM	I create new categories for this purpose if nothing seems to fit. You can always rearrange them later if need be. Michael Miller ESG Labs - Realm Works Locations App - Convention Events
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Silveras Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,528 April 23rd, 2014, 05:44 AM	You could always make a new "Family" at the top and call it the "X Clan" or something like that.
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