Posts
3
Questions
4
Got a question. i got 30 or more ideas for my site. been doing alot of research. But i don't know how to decide what should be pages and what should be posts. any suggestions?</
Mark Tait makes an important point that in terms of ranking it does not matter. In my experience, it is easier to build the site around pages, I think, then add content in the form of posts. But you have to experiment, and you can take the contents of a post and turn it into a page, or the other way around. Craig
I use pages for static content. I also use "hidden" pages where I make the titles not appear in the menu, for such things as my autoresponder's thank you and confirmation pages, lead capture pages, sales pages.
I suggest you visit some popular sites and check out how they do it. After a while,
you will "get it". ~ Jude
Hi Scott - I use pages for specific items I want to be constant in my website. Anything else should be a post. Also you can only fit as much pages to your navigation menu. Just my two cents. Hope it helps.
I spend all day yesturday trying to copy and paste wealthy affiliate post on my website don't work..thank you for the information ...am learning as I go...you guy are great help...
Good question Scott! Pages are static content and can be thought of as part of your site structure which also factors into your menus. For instance, your About Me, and Privacy Policy are pages since those stay the same and will be accessible from a menu. Posts on the other hand are your articles, or content, that you post on a regular basis. Those show up in your blog roll which is the main page of your site by default.
This training might help explain it a little more -- https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/pages-or-posts-when-how-to-use
Kyle also talks about it in the Level 1 training, I think lesson 8 maybe.
No problem. I struggled with this a bit myself. My site is primarily for reviews of a certain type of product that has a few different styles or categories. Here's what I decided to do....
I created a static page for each style/category I will be reviewing. Each one of those pages has a short blurb explaining that particular category. Now, as I write reviews. those will be posts (not pages). Each time I post a review, I will then go update the major category page and post a link to the review. Eventually, as I write more and more reviews, the category pages will basically become master index pages to all the reviews I've written in that category.
Make sense? Of course, that's just how I decided to do it for now. We'll see how it works out, and I may change my strategy later. :)
Something that has been itching me too!
I suppose the difference is more in structure than anything else. If you wish to write it as a blog, I'd suggest using posts. If you want it to be a typical website, use pages. I believe there is very little difference regarding SEO.
Hi Scott - in terms of ranking, it doesn't matter if it's a post or a page. It's content.
As long as you have the recommended privacy policy and about me pages - every other post can be a blog post if you like - I would add categories though, so that people can click on a specific category, and get a list of posts relating to that.
Or you can opt to make every one a page - and create a menu that lets you navigate to every page.
But it doesn't make a difference in terms of ranking - so do what you think looks best for your site.
I hope this helps?
All the best, Mark
Thanks Mart i appreciate it. Im just trying to find some kind of guideline to decide what goes where but if it don't matter Ill just make what i think is most important pages and the rest posts. Thanks again .
No problem Scott - the link Dave provided to Kyle's view is probably the best to follow. It essentially says either or :)
All the best, Mark
See more comments
Got a question. i got 30 or more ideas for my site. been doing alot of research. But i don't know how to decide what should be pages and what should be posts. any suggestions?</
lol keep tabs im sure i will post more questions. I can write a program but cant figure out which i should make my content lmao
Mark Tait makes an important point that in terms of ranking it does not matter. In my experience, it is easier to build the site around pages, I think, then add content in the form of posts. But you have to experiment, and you can take the contents of a post and turn it into a page, or the other way around. Craig
I use pages for static content. I also use "hidden" pages where I make the titles not appear in the menu, for such things as my autoresponder's thank you and confirmation pages, lead capture pages, sales pages.
I suggest you visit some popular sites and check out how they do it. After a while,
you will "get it". ~ Jude
Hi Scott - I use pages for specific items I want to be constant in my website. Anything else should be a post. Also you can only fit as much pages to your navigation menu. Just my two cents. Hope it helps.
I spend all day yesturday trying to copy and paste wealthy affiliate post on my website don't work..thank you for the information ...am learning as I go...you guy are great help...
Good question Scott! Pages are static content and can be thought of as part of your site structure which also factors into your menus. For instance, your About Me, and Privacy Policy are pages since those stay the same and will be accessible from a menu. Posts on the other hand are your articles, or content, that you post on a regular basis. Those show up in your blog roll which is the main page of your site by default.
This training might help explain it a little more -- https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/pages-or-posts-when-how-to-use
Kyle also talks about it in the Level 1 training, I think lesson 8 maybe.
No problem. I struggled with this a bit myself. My site is primarily for reviews of a certain type of product that has a few different styles or categories. Here's what I decided to do....
I created a static page for each style/category I will be reviewing. Each one of those pages has a short blurb explaining that particular category. Now, as I write reviews. those will be posts (not pages). Each time I post a review, I will then go update the major category page and post a link to the review. Eventually, as I write more and more reviews, the category pages will basically become master index pages to all the reviews I've written in that category.
Make sense? Of course, that's just how I decided to do it for now. We'll see how it works out, and I may change my strategy later. :)
Something that has been itching me too!
I suppose the difference is more in structure than anything else. If you wish to write it as a blog, I'd suggest using posts. If you want it to be a typical website, use pages. I believe there is very little difference regarding SEO.
Hi Scott - in terms of ranking, it doesn't matter if it's a post or a page. It's content.
As long as you have the recommended privacy policy and about me pages - every other post can be a blog post if you like - I would add categories though, so that people can click on a specific category, and get a list of posts relating to that.
Or you can opt to make every one a page - and create a menu that lets you navigate to every page.
But it doesn't make a difference in terms of ranking - so do what you think looks best for your site.
I hope this helps?
All the best, Mark
Thanks Mart i appreciate it. Im just trying to find some kind of guideline to decide what goes where but if it don't matter Ill just make what i think is most important pages and the rest posts. Thanks again .
No problem Scott - the link Dave provided to Kyle's view is probably the best to follow. It essentially says either or :)
All the best, Mark
See more comments
Aside from daily posts i want to add a chat blog to my site to drive people to use my site to talk about there questions and experiences gaming. how do i do this? what do i need
Hi Scott - are you talking about a live chat window (like that on the right) or a forum, where people can post, and have replies posted?
All the best, Mark
Here's a live chat plug-in: http://wordpress.org/plugins/my-live-chat-for-wp/screenshots/
And a forum plug-in: http://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/
Many others are available too.
Cheers, Mark
See more comments
Want to add page to chat on but dont know how to set that up.
Aside from daily posts i want to add a chat blog to my site to drive people to use my site to talk about there questions and experiences gaming. how do i do this? what do i need
Hi Scott - are you talking about a live chat window (like that on the right) or a forum, where people can post, and have replies posted?
All the best, Mark
Here's a live chat plug-in: http://wordpress.org/plugins/my-live-chat-for-wp/screenshots/
And a forum plug-in: http://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/
Many others are available too.
Cheers, Mark
See more comments
Glad I saw this because Iwas wondering the same thing so thanks for raising it Scott x
lol keep tabs im sure i will post more questions. I can write a program but cant figure out which i should make my content lmao