On Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 09:18:17PM -0400, John Cardinal via wrote: > Rick Van Dusen wrote: > > John, if I'm understanding this correctly, John Cordes' problem > > can be handled in SS by limiting the index to L3, L4, L5, and L6, > > say? He'd be able to "hide" his Detail field entries so SS would > > see the place without Detail as the same as the same place with a > > Detail? > > Rick, > > No, I don't think so, but perhaps I have misread this thread. > > The subject refers to the place index, but John's question was about Second > Site's "Full, then Short" place formatting option. That option applies to > place formatting when SS is processing names and events as part of creating > person page entries, and the option only affects multiple use of the _exact > place record_ used by one or more events. > > The place index is different. SS adds a place index to the site if the user > adds a Master Place Index User Item to the site configuration. The places > shown in the index are collapsed the way I (briefly) described in my last > reply: places that have the same values in the place levels included in the > index (configurable) will be indexed as a single place. > > See: > > Full, then Short: http://ss.johncardinal.com/secplaces.htm#placeformat > > Place Index: http://ss.johncardinal.com/placeindex.htm#grouping John - You are right, I did mix things up with the Subject header not matching my actual question. It came about because of my recent focus on the MPL, and SS's Place Index, which then led me to look more closely at how place levels were being handled in the page entries. John Cordes