Category Link vs Multiple Blogs

  • dukeslo

    (@dukeslo)


    19 years ago

    Greetings! I am new to WordPress and it’s products. I am developing a website that has “groups”. These groups identify a particular demographic. Therefore, I would like to set up the site blog in 4 places. One for the facilitator/teacher and the others directly within the group page. The requirement is that each forum is specific to that group without containing the posts from the other groups. Am I able to link a category page to each respective group, or am I completely off base here? Can I accomplish this using one blog, or will I need individual applications for each group?

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  • moshu

    (@moshu)

    The requirement is that each forum is specific to that group

    WP isn’t really a “forum” software…
    Anyway, you can probably achieve it by using 4 different categories (and, eventually, Category_Templates to make them look different; plus a “static” home.php template file that would prevent posts to show up on the main page).

    Having 4 different installs in their own subfolder would also work.

    moka

    (@moka)

    I just looked up the Category_Templates link and I kinda understand …

    If i created another install, how would the posts on the second instal display on the archives page of the first?

    Thread Starter dukeslo

    (@dukeslo)

    Great Thank you Moshu. If I chose to use the 4 different installs, the subfolder would reside directly within the WP folder, using an appropriate naming convention?

    moshu

    (@moshu)

    @dukeslo,
    no, there should be 4 WP folders: wp1, wp2, wp3, wp4 – presumably all under the root.

    moshu

    (@moshu)

    @moka,
    If i created another install, how would the posts on the second instal display on the archives page of the first?

    They wouldn’t. Both installs would have their own archives.

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