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#1 2007-02-26 17:43:59

ss19

New Member

Registered: 2007-02-12

Posts: 7

Is it wise to have 1000 articles ?

I am planning a site which will contain my analysis for about 1000 stocks (as in stock market). I am thinking of making an article for each stock. Each stock is linked to an industry group – this can be a category. The content for the articles will develop over time. As I add my analysis, articles will be created and content added to existing articles. Each stock belongs permanently to an industry group.

But, at different times, the analysis for the stock can point to different actions, example: positive news, higher earnings, negative analyst ratings, etc..

I would like to see all all article segments relating to ‘positive news’ for example. I say segments, since the article page for the stock can consist of different actions, – positive news, analyst upgrade….. How do I pick up only the specified action, i.e. list all analyst upgrades.

The second question is: Is this a sensible approach – to have an article page for each stock ?

Thanks.

#2 2007-02-26 20:11:06

kevinpotts

Member

From: Ghost Coast

Registered: 2004-12-07

Posts: 370

Re: Is it wise to have 1000 articles ?

Why not? TXP can easily handle 1,000 articles.

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#3 2007-02-26 20:49:46

Ace of Dubs

Member

Registered: 2006-04-17

Posts: 446

Re: Is it wise to have 1000 articles ?

I am currently working on a site with over 6,000 articles.

TXP doesn’t even hiccup

#4 2007-02-26 20:58:17

els

Moderator

From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2004-06-06

Posts: 7,458

Re: Is it wise to have 1000 articles ?

ss19 wrote:

I would like to see all all article segments relating to ‘positive news’ for example. I say segments, since the article page for the stock can consist of different actions, – positive news, analyst upgrade….. How do I pick up only the specified action, i.e. list all analyst upgrades.

This might not be so easy, since you can’t call part of an article (at least not part of the article body). You might be able to solve this with creating new articles for positive news etc., and use custom fields for cross reference. Or categories, but that would mean you’d have to create 1000 categories as well…

As said, the number of articles is not a problem for TXP.

#5 2007-02-26 21:10:28

zem

Developer Emeritus

From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-04-08

Posts: 2,579

Re: Is it wise to have 1000 articles ?

FAQ: How many articles can Textpattern handle?

FAQ: Can I attach additional information to articles?

Last edited by zem (2007-02-26 21:12:02)

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