static or post pages?

  • I am engineer and in my site i will make a big section about introduction to (an engineering subject). it will be a lot of information, i mean if it was in a book, it would be as much as 150-200 pages. It will have 5 main branches, and then each branch will have between 1-3 sub branches. should i make this in post format or page format?

    post format such as a category, and then 5 sub categories in it, and under each category many posts.
    or
    like a page format, where i make the start page and then below it sub pages and sub sub pages

    which one is better ?

    does it make a difference for search engines?

    does it make a difference for google adsense approval?

    both post and page format is dynamic page, none is static page as none is html right? but would html format be better for this? if so is it possible to do in wordpress?

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  • That sounds like a lot of pages for an introduction.
    I think you should list what the user will need, instead of thinking only of the search engines. That is the search engine’s main focus anyway.

    Will the content be changing? (updates? anything fresh? does it need dates?)
    The user likes to know how old the info is, if it has the latest developments taken into account, the credentials of the author… (can I trust this info?)

    The user needs a way to navigate between pages in an orderly way, so they don’t get lost.

    The user can sometimes want to ask questions: will the comment form be available?

    Now you can look at the two built-in post types: Page and Post.
    Pages don’t show dates or author.
    Pages don’t have any taxonomies, although they can be added.
    Pages don’t have any navigation between them except for a menu, which would be unwieldy for 150.
    Posts have date and author and taxonomies for organization.
    Posts are presented by date, although this can be changed.
    Posts have navigation between them based on the query (usually date).

    It is likely that you will need some additional pages on your site in addition to the engineering intro. These should be Pages, like Contact, or About, or Mission.
    There is a plugin for organizing a Series, so it uses Posts.
    You might be best using a custom post type so it can be tweaked to provide the user with everything needed.

    Static HTML can be faster and less prone to hacks, but it just depends on how much interaction you want on your pages, with comments and any other dynamic content. There is a plugin called WP2Static that you might be interested in.

    Thread Starter ketanco

    (@ketanco)

    The information will not get or need frequent updates, this is basically information in text books since decades mostly, I am only presenting it in an easy to follow format, so that even a person who is not an engineer can undrestand it.

    The total quantitity may add up to 200 pages, but it doesnt mean i need 200 pages or posts. These will be under about 25-30 topics of few pages each.

    So here is what I will do. I will make it as posts. I will title each post as post#1,2,3,4,.. for each section. And then, i will open a single page, i will list the index of titles, and each title will link to the particular post. As i said there will be 25-30 posts.

    So this way they will both be categorized under the regular posts format and in addition 1 page that will serve as an index.
    Seems logical?

    Also, a general question… having a post in more than one category in wordpress has no negative effect for SEO or google ad approval right?

    Your plan sounds pretty good, although you will still have URLs that will list posts by date and category and search terms and author, unless you do something (plugin) to change that.

    Posts in more than one category are listed in each category page, There is something about the first category you assign that makes it more important, but it’s been awhile, and I”m not remembering what that is.
    If you want to know SEO stuff, you need to ask in a SEO forum. (but having a single URL to a piece of content is best or you get the duplicate content penalty)

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