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Categories, Pages, and Posts

By Bradley Charbonneau | Filed under FAQ, Help, WordPress

Both WordPress (WP) and Drupal (DP) use databases to sort the content of a site. Here’s a summary of how it works.

:: Pages ::

Drupal says, “If you want to add a static page, like a Contact page or an About Us page, use a page.” You can add to and edit this page, of course, but it’s not a list of things, it’s just a document, a page. You probably won’t be using/adding too many of these often.

:: Posts/Stories ::

(WP: Posts, DP: Stories) Posts/Stories are entries that are part of a collection of entries, all organized under a category. For example, “Reading at Borders” would be a post/story and should be under a category called Events (or under Readings, a sub-category of Events). You’ll probably be using this most often as updates should be posts.

:: Categories ::

Categories keep the posts organized into sections. In WP, you can create new categories by going to Manage –> Category –> Create new. In Drupal, go to Administer –> Categories and create a new “vocabulary” (their term for category). You can also create sub-categories (Drupal calls them terms). An entry (post/story) can have more than one category, for example, I made this post under the categories WordPress, Drupal, and FAQ.


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