wordbear

1. I thought that thread had died.

2. I’m asking a different question here. Rather than once again diving into a black hole, I’m specifically asking if there are any forum members who already have a database/PHP script/mod_rewrite sytem like I describe set up, and, if so, if they’d mind sharing.

“Make them Pages. Make a page with a stub of stacks and then children pages with stubs of Animalia, mammals, etc.

Judging by your content though, IMO it’d be easier to write a custom PHP/MySQL backend. . . .

“With a custom backend script, you could just have a single template and then content that was put into it.”

Right now, I have just ONE page – https://www.geozoo.org/stacks/index.php It simply uses a CMS script and Apache mod_rewrite to display articles at https://www.geozoo.org/stacks/Animalia, https://www.geozoo.org/stacks/mammsl, etc. Is this what you mean by a “backend”?

Thanks.

Stack and topic are just the names of two pages I’m going to use to preview my articles. For example, articles about animals can be viewed at…

https://www.geozoo.org/stacks/Mammalia
https://www.geozoo.org/stacks/Carnivora
https://www.geozoo.org/stacks/Homo_sapiens

Articles about various animal-related topics will be viewed at…

https://www.geozoo.org/topics/Tropical_Rainforests
https://www.geozoo.org/topics/Tundra_Predators

Hierarchical categories is exactly what I need. I’m presently using the “adjacency” model with a database table listing animals in a child-parent relationship, though I’d also like to try to learn how to use the MPTT (mofified preorder tree traverse, or something like that).

I guess I should just install WordPress and start playing with it. One reason it appeals to me is that my host already has it installed online in a “Fantastico” feature.

Thanks for the tips.