(Apologies in advance as I’m very new to all of this and don’t often ask online for help.)
What I’m trying to do
My aim is for a simple workflow of “Click New Note” - “Click Template” - “Start Filling Note with Info” - “Have Information determine Folder Sorting”. Right now, that is using Unique Note Creator for containing a template with Frontmatter File Properties and Tags pre-added, and use Auto Page Mover to shuffle those notes to other folders based on their tags. Problem is that Auto Page Mover works off tags, and so I would then have to re-add various properties into tags for it to trigger. Occasionally there are times when the notes are to be renamed based on what’s include the properties, such as names or locations or type, that also gets tedious having to do by hand. Lastly, the template I’m using is getting quite cumbersome, and so I would like to replace it with something that would basicly list a group of templates instead for quick access. I know there are hotkeys and commands for bringing up the template list to add, but I find it seem more natural for me to instead have something to click inside the note right after creation.
So I guess what I’m looking for help with is:
-Creating a page that would contain a set list or group of buttons that will automatically apply a template when selected
-Filling in File Properties would trigger a move process to designated folders without needing them as tags (and possibly a bit more trigger options than Auto Page Mover’s “Move Tagged Y to Folder X as long if it’s not in Folder Z” system)
-Entries in File Properties will automatically rename the note based on a specific format (Filling “Name” with “Bob” and “Location” with “Ohio” names the note “Bob (Ohio)”, or replacing “Bob” with “Rob”, for example)
-Preferably based for somebody with minimal-to-no-experience with coding
Things I have tried
Templater and Dataview are ones I’ve found mention a lot when trying to find solutions, but without much experience with coding I find those options to be insanely daunting and immediately crash and burn every time I try to dive into it. Overall, I would like to keep the system simple and not have to dig around code and scripts anytime I want to adjust or change things, but know it would be impossible to avoid it entirely (plus Dataview has piqued my interest a little bit, although maybe later on when the vault is more populated).
Hopefully it was explained clearly enough. Any help would be greatly appreciated!