Hi There was some discussion on Wiki about how to handle chains (e.g. Wetherspoons, Starbucks). My particular interest is that I want to add some more flesh to the Wi-Fi category and pointers to the web site for each chain would be useful.
I agree with Ivor's suggestion of one master page covering general aspects of the chain, with pages for individual pubs where there is specific information needed. I would like the chain reference to appear in the header to page (like category / locale ).
There are (at least ) 3 ways to do it :
1. Use a category "Chain xxxxx" e.g. [Category Chain Starbucks]
2. Create a new type of entry (like locale) so that chain name appears in the header as a sep line.
3. Use ordinary pages and link by hand.
http://london.openguides.org/index.cgi?Penderel%27s_Oak%2C_WC1V_7HP uses the 3rd way (not meant to be an allusion to T Blair) but means there is a pseudo header area at the top.
My pref would be 1 (and 2 if it turns out to be used a lot). An advantage of this is you automatically get the indexing down from chain to branches.
BTW - there is quite a lot of duplication between the official and pseudo header on this page. Is this a historic thing ?