MatthewSchenker Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Greetings, Yes, this is exactly it. How liberating. For years, I've been quietly thinking along these lines. ProcessWire allows us to really open up the whole idea of pages, fields, categories... Not just fractals, but everything in nature. Has anyone here read "On Growth and Form" by D'Arcy Thompson? Thanks, Matthew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joss Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 Fractal Wire? You may have missed a trick here Ryan! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soma Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Or LegoWire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Has anyone here read "On Growth and Form" by D'Arcy Thompson? No, but I looked it up and read some info about it -- sounds like a great one. I need to check it out sometime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewSchenker Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Greetings, OK, while we're at it... Another idea is to read Jorge Luis Borges. I'm not just throwing out random authors. These works are linked to the whole idea of categories. Yes, that's right -- ProcessWire seems connected to these literary works. There is a lot to say about this, but I will save it for another discussion so Joss's original concept is not completely covered over. Now I know I am in the right crowd when I can talk about D'Arcy Thompson and Borges. Thanks, Matthew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganizedFellow Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I'm still trippin on this hippy stuff, hahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formulate Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 At the risk of bringing this "hippy" conversation back down to the ground, I have the following question: So, let's say I set up a bunch of pages as categories as per Ryan and other's recommendations for using Page Field Reference. How do I go about allowing an article to have more than one category? I presume a repeater field? Or a new fangled page table thingie in 2.5? I think I'm missing how someone selects more than one category when adding / editing an article? Thanks. Solved. Lesson: actually try stuff before posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kongondo Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 At the risk of bringing this "hippy" conversation back down to the ground, I have the following question: So, let's say I set up a bunch of pages as categories as per Ryan and other's recommendations for using Page Field Reference. How do I go about allowing an article to have more than one category? I presume a repeater field? Or a new fangled page table thingie in 2.5? I think I'm missing how someone selects more than one category when adding / editing an article? Thanks. https://processwire.com/talk/topic/3579-tutorial-approaches-to-categorising-site-content/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostKobrakai Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 PageFields can accept more than one page. Maybe just create one and have a look at the settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formulate Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 PageFields can accept more than one page. Maybe just create one and have a look at the settings. Ugh, yes sorry. I should have actually tried it before posting. Sorry, new to PW and still wrapping my head around how everything works. I'm amazed at the functionality of the page field. I'm so used to other CMS variables that are basic and need all sorts of functionality built on top to do simple things like allow multiple selection, etc. PW is amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jds43 Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 If you need one-time toggles, individual checkboxes are a fine way to go. But for multiple related items like categories, the Page reference field is the way to go. You can create a structure of pages representing any amount of flat or nested categories. If you use nested categories, choose the "Page List Select Multiple" as your input type, and set the root level of your categories structure as the "Parent". This was a big help on my current project, Ryan. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Parra Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Hi everyone! I haven't read the entire thread since 2013 but here goes a heads up for a SEO tip. Beware of content duplicates when using multiple categories. The posts/articles/pages should have only ONE accessible url. So this is bad: domain.tld/categ/article domain.tld/categ/sub/article This is good SEO: domain.tld/article Or domain.tld/categ/subcateg/article All other possibilities should redirect to the official (canonical) url. Short urls are better... But be sure to include relevant keywords. Hope it helps someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostKobrakai Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 That's only half the truth. It's true that content duplication is bad for seo, but using the meta canonical tag in the head does prevent this. You can have as much entry points to content, only the canonical url in the meta tag needs to be the same on all of them. A redirection is not necessary. As for "relevant keywords". Keywords is the meta tag least important for seo. Google doesn't even evaluate them anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Parra Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Hello LostKobrakai, Thank you for the additional info about canonical meta tags. I'm aware and do not disagree with you. Still my preferred method is ONE url only. No need to redirect, no need to track canonical tags... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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