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Hi every body

I need professional help to do the following:

1- the problem I’m having is that in my web site I have a section for books and articles.. the content in this section or “weblog” is organised in the following manner:

- Author 1
———————Book1
————————————chapter1
————————————chapter2
——————————————————-sub-chapter1
——————————————————- sub-chapter2
————————————————————————————-title1
————————————————————————————- title2
————————————————————————————-title3
——————————————————-sub-chapter3
————————————chapter3
————————————chapter4
———————Book2
————————————chapter1
————————————chapter2
——————————————————-sub-chapter1
——————————————————-sub-chapter2
————————————————————————————-title1
————————————————————————————-title2
————————————————————————————-title3
——————————————————-sub-chapter3
————————————chapter3
————————————chapter4
-Author 2
———————Book1
————————————chapter1
————————————chapter2
——————————————————-sub-chapter1
——————————————————-sub-chapter2
————————————————————————————-title1
————————————————————————————-title2
————————————————————————————-title3
——————————————————-sub-chapter3
————————————chapter3
————————————chapter4

right now I only was able to list the content of this section and it’s subcategories using an un numbered list that shows only 2 levels of content like the folowing:

  * Author 1
      o Book1
      o Book2
  * Author 2
      o Book1

I need a method so that the navigation system be in the following flow:

1- the visitor goes to the articles and books weblog.
2- the visitor finds a list of authors.
3- the visitor clicks on the name of the desired author.
4- the visitor goes to a page that has a list of the author’s books.
5- the visitor clicks on the desired book
6- the visitor gets a list of the book’s chapters.
7- the visitor clicks on the desired chapter.
8- the visitor gets a list of sub chapter.. or the chapter text if there’s no sub categories.

so in general.. it’s a system to navigate the multi level categories and subcategories in a better way.

2- I need a breadcrumb system so that the user knows exactly where he is when he’s navigating nested categories.. I’ve found couple of plugins doing this.. but for some reason non of them worked for me.

I need a solution.. not a work around..
I hope I to know if it’s possible and how much does it cost.

thank you 😊

It is eminently possible. See my page for an example (minus the sub-chapters, though that wouldn’t be that difficult to add.) Check the story “So” for a two chapter example with pagination, bookmarking, breadcrumbing, and dynamic menus.

See this wiki article, Automatic Spanning of Book Length Entries Across Multiple Pages for a discussion of how I accomplished that.

See this forum post where I discuss {with myself} many ins and outs.

PM me if I can be of further help, or simply post questions here and I will see them.

Terry