Subcategories in Ryan's blog profile

[jiloml]

Any help on how to create subcategories in Ryan's blog profile would be much appreciated.

I am creating a site for my phone repair business using the blog profile, this is my first time using the blog concept. In the past have had good SEO success using a three tier approach with keywords / content. I am intrigued with the blog concept because as I do more repairs I can just create new posts under the category it would fall into & use tags for the specific type of repair. 

When organizing the categories the top level would be the manufacturer. The need for subcategories would be for the specific manufacturer’s device.

A category example would be...  Apple -> iPhone -> 4s

A tags example for this would be... cracked screen, charge port, button, water damage, ect.

I am fairly new with processwire & PHP but have a heart’s desire to be proficient at both not just for this site but because I love web programming I just don't know much of it. I have been able to create a basic site for my business with processwire that is online now I just haven't done much with it since I decided to go with the blog concept. kccracked.com

[ryan]

There are plenty of ways you could implement subcategories. I think the most logical way might just be to make them subpages of the existing category pages. As for how to make them selectable, this method works nicely since it ties the available subcategories to the selected categories. 

[jiloml]

Thank you I'll see if I can make that work for me.

I hope this doesn’t sound too cheesy but can I say it's an honor to me that you replied to this post. I know my question must have seemed trivial to a great programming mind such as yours and the other veterans on these forums of this great skill.

Could I ask what you would suggest to someone such as myself who wants to gain a firm foundation of PHP & Processwire? I've checked out the php manual and the processwire api but can't seem to make enough logical sense of it to break free of the copy and paste method that makes me feel unoriginal & unqualified.

Thanks again

[kongondo]

HI jiloml,

Welcome to PW and the forums..

Regarding your "learning PHP" question:

https://processwire.com/talk/topic/2994-learning-php/

https://processwire.com/talk/topic/6030-learning-php-where-to-learn-just-enough-to-make-living-w-pw-easier/

[jiloml]

Thank you very much konondo.