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1. AndyJang
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Hi,
   As of right now my menu bar on top of the page are my different categories and clicking on one would lead to a page that have all the post in the categories. What I want to do is make it that when i click on a category it brings me to a completely new page that I created not using wordpress. I would like to do this with categories and sub categories. Thanks

2. doc4
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   AndyJang,

   Are you using wp_list_categories for navigation? Consider switching to hard code and change the links. Send us a link to you page and I will write out an example.

   http://www.doc4design.com

3. parkstreet
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Do you think this plugin may be what you are looking for?

4. AndyJang
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I dont think that plugin is what im looking for. This is the site I am working on right now, its really messy at the moment but just pay attention to the menu bar. http://chinatownphoto.org/wordpress/
   The first link is to home page, and then the next are to categories and sub categories. They are created I think by some loop or function in the theme. The last two links is something I hard coded in there myself. What I can't do is hard code a link in the middle, only the 2 sides as seen right now. I also can't or don't know how to hard code something in the sub categories. That is why I wanted to know if I can change clicking one of those categories to bringing me into a new page. Maybe What I want is impossible. But thanks for replying.

   And yes, I think the theme is using wp_list_categories. not sure tho, looking through it at the moment

5. parkstreet
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I understand. Not sure if that is possible. Maybe someone else will respond with a solution, in the meantime I will think about it some more to see if it is possible.

6. parkstreet
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   oohh, what about this? It lets you create your menu structure and then you can arrange what goes where within that structure.

7. jonimueller
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Well I'm wondering what the point is of bypassing WP's category pages for those categories. I mean, what will those "completely new pages" contain if not category posts? This will help me understand better how to help you. Because there are ways (plugins and template coding) to create an external URL to another page not w/in WordPress...

8. doc4
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   AndyJang,

   Check in the header.php or the functions.php for the wp_list_categories function. If you see it delete it and replace with your own hard coded links. I agree this is a little strange but we've done stranger things too. We all have our reasons.

   If you can point me to the download of this theme I could show you exactly what to change.

   http://www.doc4design.com

9. jonimueller
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Well, doc4, I'm thinking my buddy's solution might be what he's looking for, but as I said, unless I know more about his reasoning, it's hard to tell.

   Try this:
   http://www.ivovic.net/2008/05/20/turn-a-wordpress-page-into-a-link

   Create a page template using his technique and knock yourself out using it for whatever external links you desire.

10. AndyJang
    Member
    Posted 3 months ago #

    Ok, sorry for all the confusion. I am still trying out all the different plugins and solutions you guys suggested. I guess to clear things up is. I have a sub category that will have only one post. For example the category would be History, and Subcategory would be Peoples. In this category would only be one post. But When I want people to reach this peoples page, I do not want them to be at the normal categories page that shows only one post. I want them to be in that post already.

    Sorry for the confusion, I'm doing this with my father and some things just aren't translating through. Thanks for the replys.

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