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1. mrnabo
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi,

   I've been using WP for a while now, setting up people with it as a basic CMS as opposed to a blogging platform (let's not get into the definitions of what a CMS is here please). I tend to make ALL the individual webpages as 'pages' not 'posts' when I do so and use wp_list_pages(); to display the nav as a nested list.

   However, I'm wondering if it would be better to set up a nested list of categories (for the main navigation) and let users add posts (as the individual webpages) instead of pages?

   How do you go about putting together your sites when your client wants to have a CMS-like system whereby they can add pages to sections and subsections?

   Thanks

2. admin95
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I just ignore the arguments against WP being a CMS - it's obviously evolved to be more than just a blog software despite what "purists" would like to believe, but I digress...

   Have you made use of the parent and child function when creating pages and subpages? Why not have the main pages as primary sections and then just create child pages within these?

   http://www.tammyhartdesigns.com/tutorials/wordpress-how-to-list-child-pages-in-sidebar/
   http://mcbuzz.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/wordpress-tutorial-how-to-make-child-page-link-using-blogroll/

3. mrnabo
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   That's kind of what I've been doing, but I've seen a few other people using just posts for a CMS, so it interested me as to why they would do that.

   Thanks for flagging up those links, interesting reads.

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