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Daily Page Pattern

Main article: Zettelkasten/Patterns/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

Main article: Zettelkasten/Patterns/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

Main article: 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 article: 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 article: 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.

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-Combine several of above patterns, apply them to todo lists
+We combine several of the above patterns when creating Zetteklasten pages for todo lists:
-* When creating a Todo page, add top level sections: Overview, Planned, Todo, Done, Notes
+* Add top level sections for Overview, Planned Todo Items, In Progress Todo Items, Done Items, Notes, etc.
-* Start with the notes
+* Work your way backwards through the sections, starting with Notes, and ending with Overview
-* Move on to the plan
+* Second-level sections: YYYYMMDD date stamp, so that notes and information are organized chronologically
-* Implement todo items as you work your way through plan
+* Third-level sections: tasks
-* Top level sections: Overview, Planned, Todo, Done, Notes
+* If a third-level subsection for a task starts to get complicated, start a subpage
-* Second level sections: date
-* Third level sections: topics
+See [[Todo/Foo]] for an example Todo list page.
-* When starting to work on a todo item, create second level date section, and third level topic section
-* Take notes in that subsection
+==Flags Pattern==
-* Overview is usually added last, revised over time, contains important summary of information
-* Example: if setting up a VPN network on a server, take notes on the server's todo page
+{{Main|Zettelkasten/Patterns/Flags Pattern}}
-** notes for how VPN was set up are organized by date
-** if you take multiple days to set up the VPN, notes organized chronologically then topically
+We coined the term "Flag" for any kind of navigation box at the bottom of a page.
-** if you come back in six months to fix one thing, notes are still organized together, still chronological
+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.
-==Todo Subpages==
-{{Main|Zettelkasten/Patterns/Todo Subpages}}