nfoTools Construction Zone

nfoTools> construction.htm> 2023-11-28 -16:46

This is the Construction Zone for the front-porch (root-section) level of the nfoTools site.

• Every folder in this site is bolted into the construction structure.  The construction structure is always enterable via the index.htm page that every folder possesses, no matter what other default pages are present.  Each index.htm page provides an anchor point for any other scaffolding in the section.  The index page also serves as the default page of the section during early construction and sometime for a long time after that.
     

• The construction structure is never removed.  It becomes covered over by the placement of content and any facade page (e.g., index.html)  that provides a friendlier public entry to the folder.  The construction structure remains as foundation.
    

• The construction structure of the site is also a way to situate and anchor all of the content.  The top-right corner of every ordinary page presents the directory hierarchy that the page is situated in.  It is a way to navigate to the containing section and its superiors.  The construction structure and the content structure are congruent in this regard–they share the same folder hierarchy.  It is useful to think of the construction structure as the skeleton on which the content is supported.
     

• Access to the construction structure is always available.  The "Hard Hat" image in the lower-left corner of non-index pages provides a link to the construction structure under which the current page is situated.  These links are to the  index.htm page in the same folder. 
    

• The construction structure locates applicable construction zones.  The "Hard Hat" image in an index.htm page is used to link to the nearest construction zone.  This will be in the same or a superior section.  Each construction zone provides a local job jar of "work orders" and construction items.  There may be additional materials that are specific to the construction of the given section and its subordinate folders.
     

• Chaining of construction zones.  A construction zone page, such as this one, always provides a table for reaching the construction zones in its vicinity: the construction zone that is immediately superior to this one and those other construction zones for which the present one is the immediate superior.  Every table also provides a link to the Construction Materials section and any other resources. 
    

• The current construction zone applies to the construction of all pages in the "root" or front-porch of nfoTools.  This construction zone is reachable from all construction zones in subordinate folders.  There are no superior construction zones (even though nfoTools is published to a folder of orcmid.github.io).

For further information on the construction approach and the practices for achieving consistent construction of nfoTools, go to the Construction Material section.

Change History

2023-10-31T02:48Z Initial refactoring/repurposing for orcmid.github.io/nfoTools

2007-08-08-17:08 Revise Under Repaving

The 2007-08-04 repaving is undertaken for the Construction Zone and the material to which it applies.

2005-12-28-16:51 Create Construction Zone 

A Construction Zone Diary and Job Jar is created for carrying all further notes.  This page is provided as an introduction to construction structure and the role of construction zones.  It is adapted from a similar page at the front-porch of the TROSTing.org site.