Adding a Glossary

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  nomorespanglish · Member · Mar 11, 2012 at 5:05 pm

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  Hi,

  Can anyone let me know if it’s possible to add a glossary to a page? I.e. a glossary that will allow someone add a word into a search field and then display the answer, once found in a glossary on the blog.

  I have all the words/expressions and their definitions that I want to make available to readers, I just don’t know if a) it’s possible and b) how to implement it.

  Many thanks,

  No More Spanglish.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 11, 2012 at 11:10 pm

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  Yes. But you have to do it by hand. There is no automatic function that will do this.

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  nomorespanglish · Member · Mar 11, 2012 at 11:19 pm

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  Ok, thanks. Can you give me an idea about how I might start doing this raincoaster?

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 11, 2012 at 11:52 pm

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  Choose which words you want to define, and create a static page called Glossary. In that page, write the word and definition. Then a search of your blog will be able to find it. Do it in alphabetical order, so people can navigate it.

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  nomorespanglish · Member · Mar 11, 2012 at 11:54 pm

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  How will they search the blog? Is there a widget?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 11, 2012 at 11:59 pm

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  All WordPress blogs have search widgets. Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets > Search Widget

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/wordpresscom-search/

  The WordPress.com search engine indexes post, pages, and comments content (body text). Unless entered as text in those contents, blog name, post titles, and post/comment author names are not indexed.

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  nomorespanglish · Member · Mar 12, 2012 at 12:06 am

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  Thank you very very much!

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  timethief · Member · Mar 12, 2012 at 12:08 am

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  You’re welcome. :)