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1. simon.cleveland
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm hoping to use WordPress as the CMS for a site I am trying to build. The site is going to be a resource for educators and students containing archives of paperwork from historical Broadway Shows.

   I am looking for a structure as follows, and I am not sure if I should use static pages, or some wizardry with posts. I am looking for a way to have a category be a child of multiple parents. WordPress seems to be the right tool, because of it's ease of plugin intigration, and user management, But I will take suggestions on other CMS packages as well

   Main site
   - Home page with a brief description of the project, and a list of recently added documents (static page)
   * About us page with a more detailed description of the goals of the project (static page)
   * Registration page (static page)
   * Index of shows
   - Show 1 (should have a descriptive page)
   * Drawings (defaults to show most important post with a list of posts in sidebar)
   - Drawing Type 1 (post)
   - Drawing Type 2 (post)
   * Additional Preproduction paperwork (defaults to show most important post with a list of posts in sidebar)
   - Document type 1 (multi page post)
   * Page 1
   * Page 2
   - Document type 2 (multi page post)
   * Page 1
   * Page 2
   * Production Records (defaults to show most important post with a list of posts in sidebar)
   - Document type 3 (multi page post)
   * Page 1
   * Page 2
   - Document type 4 (multi page post)
   * Page 1
   * Page 2
   * Multimedia (defaults to show most important post with a list of posts in sidebar)
   * Misc files (defaults to show most important post with a list of posts in sidebar)
   - Show 2 (should have a descriptive page)
   * Drawings (defaults to show most important post with a list of posts in sidebar)
   - Drawing Type 1 (post)
   - Drawing Type 2 (post)
   * Additional Preproduction paperwork (defaults to show most important post with a list of posts in sidebar)
   - Document type 1 (multi page post)
   * Page 1
   * Page 2
   - Document type 2 (multi page post)
   * Page 1
   * Page 2
   * Production Records (defaults to show most important post with a list of posts in sidebar)
   - Document type 3 (multi page post)
   * Page 1
   * Page 2
   - Document type 4 (multi page post)
   * Page 1
   * Page 2
   * Multimedia (defaults to show most important post with a list of posts in sidebar)
   * Misc files (defaults to show most important post with a list of posts in sidebar)

2. @mercime
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It's a matter of planning your Categories and making sure you check that Category when you publish any/all posts. When you click on a category link, all the posts under that category will show up. You can also use conditional statements so that the kind of sidebar you want will appear on that specific category page. You might also find these helpful
   Category Templates - http://codex.wordpress.org/Category_Templates
   Page Templates - http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Page_Templates
   Conditional Tags - http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags
   WP_query Function - http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/WP_Query

3. iridiax
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I am looking for a way to have a category be a child of multiple parents.

   A post can be in multiple categories, but a category or page can only have one parent, one grandparent, and so on.

   defaults to show most important post with a list of posts in sidebar

   Look to using a plugin for this. There are most popular posts plugins.

   You can use query_posts if you want a customized listing/display of posts:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts

4. simon.cleveland
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks for the help

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