Blog layout and design

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  ciilver · Member · May 24, 2008 at 2:12 am

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  Newbie here and trying to decide how I will lay out and design my blog. Been reading and need some ideas or links to learn what I want to accomplish. This is what I am thinking of what I would like to do. I am going to write a book and each chapter was going to be a category. I thought that each category page (chapter) would be a static page and then I would have a column beside the post where I could make additional blog entries. But then I read that a static page is a “Page” and treated (by the search engines) differently than a regular blog page. I would rather not have that…

  So if I want my category page static (or sticky)…and then a column to contain additional blog posts related to that category…can I do that with out going the Page route?

  As an aside, I was looking at themes that had a right sidebar, can I have my blog post either wrap around the sidebar or show up below the side bar?

  Any links or ideas would be very appreciative.

  Thank you!
  Ciilver

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  raincoaster · Member · May 24, 2008 at 2:36 am

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  You can’t do the funky sidebar layout thing unless you’ve got a sophisticated understanding of CSS and the paid CSS upgrade.

  You cannot have your entry page be a category page; it just won’t work. You CAN simply do an index page and put all the chapters on there in the order they come up.

  There is also a guide in the FAQ on using a WP.com blog to write a book, so take a look for it there. Right now I’m getting a server error, but it should be fine in a few minutes.

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  raincoaster · Member · May 24, 2008 at 2:40 am

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  You can’t do the funky sidebar layout thing unless you’ve got a sophisticated understanding of CSS and the paid CSS upgrade.

  You cannot have your entry page be a category page; it just won’t work. You CAN simply do an index page and put all the chapters on there in the order they come up.

  There is also a guide in the FAQ on using a WP.com blog to write a book, so take a look for it there. Right now I’m getting a server error, but it should be fine in a few minutes.

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  ciilver · Member · May 24, 2008 at 2:56 am

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  Thank you Raincoaster! Am reading the how to right now!

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  ciilver · Member · May 24, 2008 at 5:43 pm

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  After reading the book faq, it is back to “Pages” and I don’t think that is what I really want to do. It seems to me that once I get a handle on what I need to do, I can accomplish what I want with out making “Pages”… Any other links or ideas to get me going down that road?

  Thank you,

  Ciilver