How are you generating the thumbnail of the namespace?
Have you considered using
namespace templates?
A
__template.txt with
{{ @ID:thumbnail.png|Thumbnail image of namespace }} in it automagically put a thumbnail image into new page (content section) - if you mirror the /data/page directory structure in
/data/media and pre-populate it with thumbnails.
nslist or
alphaindex (and other plugins) will create a list of sub-pages for you - and can be made part of the namespace template.
Here's an example that I use for a Software namespace so that all new software page entries automagically will display a logo for the software (after I add the logo to the correct
/data/media directory using the name formula
$softwarename_logo.png).
So if I create a page for some software called "Shiny Thing" the page H1 will be "Shiny Thing", and an image tag (inside a URL tag) will point to
software:shiny_thing_logo.png. I have to do is add that image to
/data/media/software with the correct name, add the URL of the Shiny Thing homepage, and remove the wrap hide tags.
The last tag is for
nslist. In your case you'd add on for
alphaindex or similar instead.
__template.txt
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====== @!!PAGE@ ======
<wrap hide>If an image is to be used with the website link \\
unhide it, otherwise unhide the link below the Software Description</wrap> \\
<wrap hide>[[$URL|{{ @ID@:@PAGE@_logo.png|Home page}}]]</wrap>
<wrap hide>If this page is complete remove the todo</wrap> <todo>Complete this page</todo>\\
Software Description FIXME
<wrap hide>These links may be helpful - remove them after use</wrap>
* [[wp>@PAGE@]]
* [[Google>@PAGE@]]
<wrap hide>this link is only used if no image and link above</wrap>
<wrap hide>[[http://$website|Homepage]]</wrap>
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<wrap hide>More heading and information go here, in which case \\
remove these hide tags and the ones hiding the horizontal line \\
below this section</wrap>
<wrap hide>Unhide and modify the following link as required. \\
If used the horizontal line below this section must be also unhidden</wrap>
<wrap hide>
Next:-
* [[Next Page]] </wrap>
<wrap hide>
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</wrap>
<wrap hide>Modify or remove the following links as required</wrap>
References:- FIXME
* [[\\home\scott\References\@PAGE@|References - @PAGE@]]
* [[\\home\scott\EBooks\@PAGE@|EBooks - @PAGE@]]
* [[http://@PAGE@.com|Web site]]
* [[dwww>@PAGE@|dwww @PAGE@]]
* [[dc>@PAGE@|Doc-Central @PAGE@]]
* [[ds>@PAGE@|Debian Search @PAGE@]]
* [[mp>@PAGE@|Man Page Search @PAGE@]]
<wrap hide>
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</wrap>
<wrap hide>Modify as required. If used the horizontal line above \\
this section must be unhidden also</wrap><wrap hide>
See also:-
* [[unordered list item]]
</wrap>
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