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Section Within Section
IF I want to create a section within a section, ie domain.com/about/contact/
How would I create the contact section hierarchical to the about section, it must show like that in the breadcrumbs. x
~ Cameron
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Or use categories
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please explain how you could use categories to create pages like this? x
~ Cameron
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I think you could use a combination of categories and gbp_permanent_links to the create the URL scheme you are after.
Textpattern doesn’t have subsections so your options (as far as I know):
- the cnk_section_tree plugin
- using categories and gbp_permanent_links to rewrite the URLS to get what you’re after.
Last edited by renobird (2008-07-15 15:10:26)
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Isn’t that a major flaw in Textpattern? Not being able to have subsections! :S
~ Cameron
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I don’t really see it as a flaw – it’s just something that requires a plugin or a workaround for now.
That being said – I’ll be jumping up and down with the rest of the TXP community when subsections get added to the core. I’m pretty sure it’s in the crockery branch (just don’t plan on seeing that real soon).
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Just saw this get posted – might be what you need.
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Hmm all this just feels like a Hack! 4.1 DOES in fact have the feature I want, man I hope they get it out soon, its something so simple yet so important! Why in the hell this wasn’t added in the first place I have no idea? x
~ Cameron
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driz
Somewhere along the way I picked up the impression that the original paradigm was modeled on a newpaper/magazine publishing. A newspaper generally has one level sections (business, sports, classifieds, etc). From that standpoint, it makes sense. You then use categories to subdivided.
For me, I don’t understand why categories options were limited to just two. But I know others get that part even if I don’t.
Last edited by maverick (2008-07-16 16:15:11)
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Hmm but the categories are part of the content where as the sections are presentation side, modern-day websites are always more than one-level deep even simple blogs, sub-sections are an essential element. I hope they get it implemented into 4.0.8, 4.1 seems miles off. x
~ Cameron
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I agree. I understand why the paradigm is the way it was, but I think there are modern paradigms that are more flexible.
driz wrote:
Hmm but the categories are part of the content where as the sections are presentation side, modern-day websites are always more than one-level deep even simple blogs, sub-sections are an essential element. I hope they get it implemented into 4.0.8, 4.1 seems miles off. x
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driz wrote:
Hmm all this just feels like a Hack! 4.1 DOES in fact have the feature I want, man I hope they get it out soon, its something so simple yet so important! Why in the hell this wasn’t added in the first place I have no idea? x
Why in the hell this wasn’t added in the first place? I don’t know either, but I can live with it, that’s why I stick to TxP. If you can’t live without subsections, you will probably find another CMS which does what you need, or you will get comfortable to feel some plug-ins as a hack, or you will do something to make subsections real and as soon as possible , like, for example, offering thousands of dollars to the core dev team to pay for the subsections feature and then we all will enjoy it.
Or you can be patient and wait.
Why in the hell are you ranting like that? You already know it: no, there are no real subsections in TXP. And your insightful post won’t make it happen any time soon.
Why in the hell is there an “x” at the end of your posts? Is that some kind of obsessive-compulsive behavior?
TxP is a beautiful and useful thing, yet imperfect at the same time.
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