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Shelly, one more thing, for the SQL export, (husband needs to know) export the wp_posts table?

Oh gosh yes, that’s why I’m undertaking this. It takes just way too long to update it as it stands now.

I really appreciate the input. I’ve been stewing on the “organization” bits for days now while I worked on my theme. *L*

Krishna, yes, I’ve been all over that. And that’s why I’m asking for a bit of help. My site – as it stands now – is more CMS than blog style. Does anyone have suggestions for organizing it? A few of the resources I have read said it’s best to think through the organizational aspect before just jumping in willy-nilly.

WPyogi, thanks for that and the quick response. I have looked at it. And know I’ll need to get the old info all the way over to the new WP site. I know there are tools for helping. At the moment, what I’m really concerned with is getting the bones organization down. I don’t want to have to switch mid-stream because I didn’t think something through.

The stories easily fit into categories as WP defined. But I guess where I’m stumbling is if I click on a category, it takes me to a list of those categorized stories not the page that introduces the story type. Can widgets be used to handle this? As in having the description of story types appear on the side of all posts of a type of story? Would it then be redundant and not worthwhile to have a separate WP page devoted to each story type? Or would it make more sense to lump all the types onto one general page. Then there is the issue of linking those static pages – a custom menu for that?

This is a very different way of thinking about my website than I am accustomed to.