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#1 2010-01-06 21:07:16
- MikeTheVike
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Converting a site with "static" pages to a more blog like structure...
I while back I created a site in textpattern pro-bono for a client. There were only about 6 pages and I set them up using the sticky post method described in the FAQ. I showed the client how to update the pages by editing the one sticky post for each page. Of course now they want more! I need to set it up more like a blog, where they can post new articles and they will just stack on the old articles. Eventually paginating and all that jazz.
I was thinking of creating a category for each of the 6 pages. Then having the client assign the appropriate category to their new blog post. Then each page would display blog posts with one specific category. Does this sound like a good way to accomplish this? If not, can you summarize a better way? Thanks for any help!
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Re: Converting a site with "static" pages to a more blog like structure...
Is there a reason you’re going with category and not section? You can more easily assign a section to a page.
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#3 2010-01-06 21:41:44
- MikeTheVike
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Re: Converting a site with "static" pages to a more blog like structure...
I haven’t used textpattern in a while, so I either wasn’t aware, or forgot about “sections”. Ill look them up. So I suppose you can assign a blog post to a “section”? Will I also be able to post a list of the newest blog posts from each section in the sidebar of each page? Thanks for the quick reply!
MattD wrote:
Is there a reason you’re going with category and not section? You can more easily assign a section to a page.
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#4 2010-01-06 22:04:29
- els
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Re: Converting a site with "static" pages to a more blog like structure...
MikeTheVike wrote:
So I suppose you can assign a blog post to a “section”?
Yes. If the existing pages need to remain ‘static’, you can create a section ‘blog’ and post the dynamic articles there.
Will I also be able to post a list of the newest blog posts from each section in the sidebar of each page?
Yes again. Using <txp:article_custom section="yourblogsection" /> you can show the blog posts on any other page you want.
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#5 2010-01-06 22:25:48
- MikeTheVike
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Re: Converting a site with "static" pages to a more blog like structure...
I posted before I took a good look at the site admin. I do already have the pages setup as different Sections. And I have the “sticky” articles set to show up on the different sections. So I guess I’m already half way there, Now I just have to rework the tags a bit so it will display all the posts and not just the sticky. Thanks for your help, I move around different CMS’s so often it gets confusing trying to remember how they all function!
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