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The Daily Page Pattern consists of creating a page named <nowiki>[[YYYYMMDD]]</nowiki> that collects all of the notes for a given day. | The Daily Page Pattern consists of creating a page named <code><nowiki>[[YYYYMMDD]]</nowiki></code> that collects all of the notes for a given day. | ||
See [[Zettelkasten/Patterns/Daily Page Pattern]] for a detailed explanation of the pattern. | See [[Zettelkasten/Patterns/Daily Page Pattern]] for a detailed explanation of the pattern. | ||
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The Monthly Pattern consists of a special month template, consisting of the month and year ( | The Monthly Pattern consists of a special month template, consisting of the month and year (like <code><nowiki>{{January2016}}</nowiki></code> for example) that contains links to all of the daily pages for that month. | ||
See [[Zettelkasten/Patterns/Monthly Template Pattern]] for | See [[Zettelkasten/Patterns/Monthly Template Pattern]] for a detailed explanation of the pattern. | ||
See {{Tl|January2016}} for an example of what a daily page looks like. | See {{Tl|January2016}} for an example of what a daily page looks like. | ||
==Page Organization Patterns== | |||
{{Main|Zettelkasten/Patterns/Page Organization}} | |||
We use three patterns to help pages stay organized and keep from becoming scattered: | |||
* Reserve top-level headers for meta-level page organization (different sections for different uses of the page) | |||
* Take notes chronologically in a top-level Notes section | |||
* Move information to sub-pages as it accumulates or requires more room | |||
See [[Zettelkasten/Patterns/Page Organization]] for a detailed explanation of these patterns. | |||
==Todo Lists== | |||
{{Main|Zettelkasten/Patterns/Todo Lists}} | |||
We combine several of the above patterns when creating Zetteklasten pages for todo lists: | |||
* Add top level sections for Overview, Planned Todo Items, In Progress Todo Items, Done Items, Notes, etc. | |||
* Work your way backwards through the sections, starting with Notes, and ending with Overview | |||
* Second-level sections: YYYYMMDD date stamp, so that notes and information are organized chronologically | |||
* Third-level sections: tasks | |||
* If a third-level subsection for a task starts to get complicated, start a subpage | |||
See [[Todo/Foo]] for an example Todo list page. | |||
==Flags Pattern== | |||
{{Main|Zettelkasten/Patterns/Flags Pattern}} | |||
We coined the term "Flag" for any kind of navigation box at the bottom of a page. | |||
The purpose of Flags is to help create a central "table of contents" for topics, help inter-link pages, and make it easier to navigate among pages by clicking between links. | |||
See [[Flags]] for a long list of all the different flags on this wiki. | |||
Latest revision as of 04:31, 8 March 2022
Daily Page Pattern
The Daily Page Pattern consists of creating a page named [[YYYYMMDD]] that collects all of the notes for a given day.
See Zettelkasten/Patterns/Daily Page Pattern for a detailed explanation of the pattern.
See 20160101 for an example of what a daily page looks like.
Monthly Template Pattern
The Monthly Pattern consists of a special month template, consisting of the month and year (like {{January2016}} for example) that contains links to all of the daily pages for that month.
See Zettelkasten/Patterns/Monthly Template Pattern for a detailed explanation of the pattern.
See {{January2016}} for an example of what a daily page looks like.
Page Organization Patterns
We use three patterns to help pages stay organized and keep from becoming scattered:
- Reserve top-level headers for meta-level page organization (different sections for different uses of the page)
- Take notes chronologically in a top-level Notes section
- Move information to sub-pages as it accumulates or requires more room
See Zettelkasten/Patterns/Page Organization for a detailed explanation of these patterns.
Todo Lists
We combine several of the above patterns when creating Zetteklasten pages for todo lists:
- Add top level sections for Overview, Planned Todo Items, In Progress Todo Items, Done Items, Notes, etc.
- Work your way backwards through the sections, starting with Notes, and ending with Overview
- Second-level sections: YYYYMMDD date stamp, so that notes and information are organized chronologically
- Third-level sections: tasks
- If a third-level subsection for a task starts to get complicated, start a subpage
See Todo/Foo for an example Todo list page.
Flags Pattern
We coined the term "Flag" for any kind of navigation box at the bottom of a page.
The purpose of Flags is to help create a central "table of contents" for topics, help inter-link pages, and make it easier to navigate among pages by clicking between links.
See Flags for a long list of all the different flags on this wiki.