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1. ducksoup
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   hello,
   I am setting up a CMS/storefront, and wondering the best basic structure for the initial site. for demonstration, let's say the site will sell hats and gloves, in various sizes and colors:

   for men
   gray men's gloves/hats
   blue men's gloves/hats
   red men's gloves/hats

   for women
   orange women's gloves/hats
   green women's gloves/hats
   purple womens' gloves/hats

   would the simplest setup be to have two pages (hats, gloves), and then create sub-pages for each type of product? Would categories be a better choice? Or, since these are not time-dependent, should each type product have its own page? thanks for your help..

   -soup

2. Chantal
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Maybe take a look at http://shopplugin.net. All in one solution.

3. ducksoup
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thank you - I've been looking at both shopp and phpurchase in terms of a shopping cart. However, I'm more curious right now about the best structure for the individual items. Scratching the shopping cart segment of the equation, what is simply the correct way of sorting the material?

   Page: gloves
   Subpage men's gloves
   Subpage: women's gloves

   Or is it
   Page: gloves
   Category: men's gloves
   Category: women's gloves etc.

   I'm thinking the first approach isn't ideal, since each item added means another page, and sorting through more and more items would get tedious. thanks for your reply..

4. ducksoup
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   you should look at custom post types - you can create/manage your content in a customized fashion w/them..

   -from your future self.

5. ducksoup
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   hey thanks, I think I will!

   and who says you never get answers on forums?

6. ducksoup
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   no problem - and fyi you should pass on the enchilada special next saturday - they were disappointing.

   -your future self.

7. Mike Schinkel
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   @ducksoup - Maybe your future self will have learned so much because he(she?) learned about http://wordpress.stackexchange.com and started asking questions over there? 94% answer rate, currently.

   Hope this helps.

   -Mike

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