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1. sipsniffa
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Hi,

   I'm implementing a site that has a 'video blog' section and an 'article blog' (i.e. non-video) section. I need to provide two index pages: one for videos and one for articles, each with a uri something like:
   mysite.com/video
   mysite.com/blog
   and a static front page:
   mysite.com/
   I'm inclined to use a 'video' category to separate out video articles and filter these out from the main blog listing - say, using is_category('video'). That deals with the 'article blog'.

   For the 'video blog' section, I'm considering using the rewrite_rules_array filter to do a URI rewrite:
   mysite.com/video ==> mysite.com/category/video

   So, my questions:
   Are there any pitfalls to this approach?
   Are there more elegant solutions?
   Is there a more maintainable solution (I could write an admin plug-in to provide flexibility in the video category naming).

   I expect this problem has been solved many times before, though I'm struggling to think of the search terms to find them! Any pointers/links to previous solutions and related articles would be appreciated!!

   Thanks,

   Paul.

2. doodlebee
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Have one category for Video, one for Articles. Use a query (query_posts()) to pull in the content into whatever sections you want. No need for .htaccess rewrites. If you just want the /category/ part remove from the URL, there's already a plugin that does that.

3. sipsniffa
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Thanks for the reply. I did mention that I'm using two categories to help with the separation.

   I'm afraid I didn't mention .htaccess rewrites - my suggested solution would use the WordPress rewrite_rules_array filter to remove the category portion of the URI in order to give what appears to be a second (video) "posts page". Any advice on its use would be very welcome.

   By the way, I only want to remove the category portion of the URI for one category - i.e. video. I believe the Decategorizer plug-in you referenced removes the category portion of the URI for all categories and the plug-in has now been deprecated.

   Thanks again, and any further suggestions would be welcome.

   Paul.

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