Title: Multiple Editable Regions
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Multiple Editable Regions

 *  Resolved [David Calhoun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpcalhoun/)
 * (@dpcalhoun)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-editable-regions/)
 * Hi guys. I am still fairly new to WordPress, but I’m quickly falling in love 
   with it’s capabilities and community.
 * I’m wanting to use WordPress as a CMS, and I am wondering how to make a single
   page, with multiple editable regions.
 * I had seen some posts on other sites about using custom functions, the <!–nextpage–
   > tag, and some other things, but is there an easier way to make a page have 
   different editable regions. And can they be formatted with CSS differently?
 * I don’t have a link to give you an example right now, but hopefully you can understand
   what I’m trying to accomplish. If not, I can try to find an example to use.
 * Thanks.

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 *  [imaginedesignex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imaginedesignex/)
 * (@imaginedesignex)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-editable-regions/#post-1223555)
 * One way I accomplish this is by using custom queries on the page. Essentially
   you create categories and posts for the extra areas of content that you are trying
   to manage, and then you run a separate query within the page to pull in the content.
 * Something like this:
 * <?php $test = new WP_Query(‘category_name=main&showposts=1’);
    while ($test->
   have_posts()) : $test->the_post(); ?> <div id=”title”> <h2>“><?php the_title();?
   ></h2> </div>
 * <?php the_content(__(‘Read more’));?>
 * <?php endwhile;?>
 * Make sure to replace the category_name with your category name (actually its 
   the category slug so make sure to double check that) and change the $test variable
   to whatever you need it to be throughout the query.
 * Good luck
 *  Thread Starter [David Calhoun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpcalhoun/)
 * (@dpcalhoun)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-editable-regions/#post-1223749)
 * I’m not quite sure I’m understanding this. Are you saying using “posts” as the
   different regions on a single page? Assigning different categories to the posts
   and only calling that specific category?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-editable-regions/#post-1223750)
 * That’s pretty much it in a nutshell, yes. I suppose it all boils down to how 
   much content you want to be able to add to these additional regions and how much
   flexibility you want. If it’s just short snippets of text, another option might
   be to add a number of widget-capable areas to a template. Either way, you’re 
   likely to need at least 1 custom template -assuming you do mean a Pages and not
   a single post.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Your_Own_Page_Templates](http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Your_Own_Page_Templates)
 *  Thread Starter [David Calhoun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpcalhoun/)
 * (@dpcalhoun)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-editable-regions/#post-1223751)
 * Well, yeah. I’m making custom templates.
 * I’m using WordPress as a CMS, so I’ve created several different templates for
   several different page layouts. But the thing I’m trying to get around is having
   a templated page that has more than one “content” box.
 * So that I can have two _different_ <div>’s, that are both pulling dynamic information
   that can be edited in the WordPress Admin panel, and that are styled differently.
 * So, when the page is generated, something like:
 *     ```
       <div1  class=first>
       Content 1
       </div1>
       <div2 class=second>
       Content 2
       </div2>
       ```
   
 * And then either in a CSS file, or in-line code on the page template:
 *     ```
       .first {
            background-color: black;
       }
   
       .second {
            background-color: white;
       }
       ```
   
 *  [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * (@apljdi)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-editable-regions/#post-1223752)
 * Then ImagineDesignEx’s comment about creating multiple queries/Loops seem to 
   be the thing.
 *  [brockangelo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brockangelo/)
 * (@brockangelo)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-editable-regions/#post-1223757)
 * Custom taxonomies may be what you are looking for.
 * [http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/05/06/custom-taxonomies-in-wordpress-28](http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/05/06/custom-taxonomies-in-wordpress-28)
 *  Thread Starter [David Calhoun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpcalhoun/)
 * (@dpcalhoun)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-editable-regions/#post-1223762)
 * So, it seems like the only way to accomplish this is through use of posts, and
   not actual “page” content.
 *  [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * (@apljdi)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-editable-regions/#post-1223763)
 * The trick is populating the ‘content boxes’ you’ve created. If you want to create
   that content without writing a whole new ‘MySpecialPosts’ management page, you’ve
   basically got posts or pages. I think ‘posts’ are the best fit. You can use pages
   to do it, but a number WP core functions and plugins generate navigation links
   from the pages, so you’ve got that to deal with if you use pages.
 *  [Jess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jessn/)
 * (@jessn)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-editable-regions/#post-1223764)
 * There’s always Flutter to create custom write panels too if you’re up for it 
   [http://flutter.freshout.us/](http://flutter.freshout.us/)
 *  Thread Starter [David Calhoun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpcalhoun/)
 * (@dpcalhoun)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-editable-regions/#post-1223766)
 * Flutter looks interesting. It might be what I’m looking for, but I don’t know.
   I’ll have to dive into deeper and see.
 * Thanks for the link!
 *  Thread Starter [David Calhoun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpcalhoun/)
 * (@dpcalhoun)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-editable-regions/#post-1223776)
 * Thank you guys for all the helpful information. I decided the best/easiest way
   to accomplish the “multiple editable regions on a page” was with the posts category
   idea or something similar.
 * I created a new posts category called “Home Sub Sections.” And whenever I need
   to bring in that information on the home page, I used:
 * `<?php query_posts('category_name=Home Sub Sections); ?>`
 * or I will call that specific post number with:
 * `<?php query_posts('p=61') ?>`
 * So, now I have my multiple editable regions, and for my “News” page that uses
   the normal post timeline, I just removed all posts in the category “Home Sub 
   Sections” from being queued into the timeline on that page with:
 * `<?php query_posts('cat=-3'); ?>`
 * Once again, thanks for all the help. And if anyone ever runs into this problem,
   the link below is also helpful with dealing with this:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts)
 *  Thread Starter [David Calhoun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpcalhoun/)
 * (@dpcalhoun)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-editable-regions/#post-1223837)
 * I’ve now moved to using Magic Fields. The guys developing this plugin are awesome,
   and extremely helpful.
 * Their plugin allows you to create all kinds of Write Panels with custom fields.
   Just what I needed.
 * [http://magicfields.org/](http://magicfields.org/)

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