> For me, the benefits of being able to find and search all the information in
> a large FAQ as a single file makes me greatly prefer non-split FAQs.
This subject is the biggest "IMHO" thread I've seen in a while. To
split or not to split *really* depends on your FAQ topic and how
you've separated the questions. For example with my nine-part Tattoo
FAQ, it's really better to split it because the topics are all geared
towards different people. I have a section just for those who wanna
know who the recommended artists are. I have another section that
discusses the hows and whys for a person who has never had a tattoo. I
have a separate section for those who want to *remove* their tattoos.
Obviously, there is not much overlap between these sections--while an
interested person could read *everything*, those who just need certain
questions answered don't have to wade through the whole thing. To help
readers, I have a table of contents at the beginning of each file--not
only for that section, but of the entire FAQ so they know what part
they are reading.
Lani Teshima-Miller (teshima@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.edu) "Sea Hare" o/ /_/_/
UH School of Library & Info Studies. "Whatever the cost of our o|<0_0>------*
libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant \=^-| |_| |
nation." -Walter Cronkite [R.a.b.bit--FAQ Maintainer: "Think Ink!"] \_B}\_B}
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