Just wanted to throw out that there is a plug-in which will add your pages to your RSS feed. It's called RSS Includes Pages, http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rss-includes-pages/. I'm using that on a site that is primarily static pages with no comments so that the news (product releases) will be easily available to customers.
Jeff Bernier On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 2:06 AM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > > The difference in maintaining Pages and Posts via the WP Admin is > quite small as far as I can tell. The client is going to have to learn > an interface and a set of procedures, so adding a branch to the > procedures is not adding a significant amount of complexity. > > But if you really needed to simply procedures then I would recommend > using Posts since that will give your client the most. As far as I > know there are no RSS feeds for Pages which would be a nice feature to > have for news and events. Furthermore, it then would not require the > client use the WP Admin to update and maintain content. But by only > using Posts you might introduce complexity in procedures if you are > concerned about enforcing only 1 post in the Categories considered > static. > > On Jun 27, 5:29 pm, Lorin Rivers <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm using WP as a CMS, primarily, not as a blogging engine. There is a > > blogging component to it, though. > > > > My problem is that I can't figure out whether to use pages or > > categories (or how best to mix them). > > > > I want a stable menu structure and I thin the way to do that is to > > silo the content, so a single post or item or what have you will only > > appear in one place. > > > > What I mean is that I want a strict hierarchy and am getting all wound > > around the axle on this. > > > > Basically the site is divided into 2 big sections and each section has > > a sub-sections, many of which are mirrored (by name and purpose, but > > not context. > > > > /arts > > ../about > > ../news > > ../events > > etc... > > /sciences > > ../about > > ../news > > ../events > > > > I think it will be a mix of fairly static pages (about) and dynamic > > ones (like events and news) > > > > How should I structure it to make it easy as possible for the people > > maintaining the site to make changes and such, while maintaining a > > meaningful structure. > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > Lorin Rivers > > Mosasaur: Killer Technical Marketing <http://www.mosasaur.com> > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > 512/203.3198 (m) > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
