Page Hierarchy

bboyle1234 · Member · Jun 25, 2007 at 2:34 pm
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G’day Team,

I know wordpress is not a cms, but I kinda wish it had just a little :-)

Wouldn’t it be great if we could create a “folder hierarchy” with the following concept:

Pages and Posts that we create are assigned to the folders. A page or post can belong to more than one folder. Clicking on any folder in the hierarchy takes the user to a page inside that lists the folders, pages and posts within that folder, like a table of contents.

That way, we could have our blog running along happily, and a single click will take the users into a hierarchical table of contents for organized material.

Eventually, you would be able to give the posts, pages and folders access restriction by general password or by username.

Thanks for thinking about this,
Ben
drmike · Member · Jun 25, 2007 at 5:09 pm
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Best bet would be to open up a trac ticket and make this suggestion. That way teh developers see the suggestion.

http://trac.wordpress.org
atthe404 · Member · Jun 25, 2007 at 6:51 pm
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All of which could be done if you had a WP dot org blog plus a few plugins.
drmike · Member · Jun 25, 2007 at 7:17 pm
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Actually now that I think about it, the folders is pretty much the same as categories.
timethief · Member · Jun 25, 2007 at 7:20 pm
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At this point in time we haven’t a clue as to how our “new” multiple categories widgets can be used. And I sure don’t understand the usefulness that “folders” would have to me as a wordpress.com blogger. I do not even know what “cms” means. Is there anyone out there who would like to try and explain these to me without lapsing into “geek speak”?
drmike · Member · Jun 25, 2007 at 7:24 pm
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cms = content service management. It’s a program to do like a portal site like cnn.com.
tiamatsdisciple · Member · Jun 25, 2007 at 7:25 pm
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cms = content management system atleatr thats how its refered to in this post. It also stands for course management system
timethief · Member · Jun 25, 2007 at 7:26 pm
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Thanks :) Ummmm so now please tell me what usefulness does a “cms” (content management system) have to a blogger like myself?
raincoaster · Member · Jun 25, 2007 at 7:37 pm
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None. But if you wanted to build a corporate or organizational site, it would be helpful.
timethief · Member · Jun 25, 2007 at 7:58 pm
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gottcha – tx
drmike · Member · Jun 25, 2007 at 8:24 pm
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It’s a fancy name for a fancy blog. ;)
timethief · Member · Jun 25, 2007 at 9:31 pm
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Ahhh … yes. And when is a blog not a blog? It seems the definition is rapidly evolving in a commercial sense. In the beginning, a blog was a means of “personal” expression. Then a blog was a frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and web links. Now most contain almost everything but “personal thoughts”.
raincoaster · Member · Jun 25, 2007 at 9:33 pm
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Not at all. According to the Pew Institute, the number of technical and marketing blogs is shrinking relative to the blogosphere as a whole. The average blogger is a 40-something woman who blogs for social and self-expression reasons, and the personal segment of the blogosphere is the most rapidly-expanding.

You just don’t find them in technical forums.
timethief · Member · Jun 25, 2007 at 9:35 pm
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I’m glad to hear that. I see so many that are “business” or “techie” blogs.
raincoaster · Member · Jun 25, 2007 at 9:46 pm
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Those maximize their exposure. Personal blogs don’t. On raincoaster.com, which I pimp out pretty hard, I get between 2500 and 3000 hits a day. On my personal journal, I get an average of two. It is simply a matter of how you promote things and how promotable they are. Business and techie blogs are in your face because they are trying to be. It’s how they’re built.

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