[wp-hackers] changing the category base and then removing it all together and doing this back and forth

[James Laws]

Technically, yes to all of your questions. They can all be done. To remove
category as the base can be done but requires a little more code by by
adding BrowseBy as your category base you can achieve what you are asking.

James

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Haluk Karamete <halukkaramete at gmail.com>wrote:

> I appreciate your feedback but I rather work with the built-in category
> taxonomy for the theme support.
>
> Are there any impossibiles to what I was asking? cause I'm not seeking an
> *easier* route at this time.
> I repeat the 2 questions I have for convenience purposes;
>
> Can I use the built-in category taxonomy as follows
>
> ___Media
> ______Audio
> ______Pictures
> ______Videos
> ______Articles
> ______Apps
> ___Audience
> ______Beginners
> ______Intermediate
> ______Advanced
> __Featured
> ______Main Headline
> ______Slides
> ______Flagship
> ______Worth a look
> ______Not to miss
>
>  and then I have the following url options
>
>  mysite.com/browseBy/media
>  mySite.com/browseBy/media/audio
>
>  or
>
>  mysite.com/media
>  mySite.com/media/audio
>
> Can I achieve these URLs by simply changing category base to "BrowseBy"
> for the first two URL examples
>
> and then some time later totally removing the base for the last two URL
> examples?
>
>
> Are there any technical issues with such changes?
>
>
> Yes. I'm aware of the SEO implications of such changes but we are not at
> launch phase.
> Once we launch, we will obviously stick to the launch state.
>
>
> And on a second note...
>
> When I change the "category" base or remove it all together, what happens
> to the register_taxonomy function. does get_taxonomies('','names') still
> return "category" or does it return "browseBy"?
>
>
>
> But Eric, In the future, surely I will keep your advise though. I'm in
> prototyping phase now.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Eric Mann <eric at eam.me> wrote:
>
> > A simpler solution might be to register a separate custom taxonomy called
> > "browseby" and then just remove the regular category base.
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Haluk Karamete <halukkaramete at gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > In addition to this question, I'd like to add the following too.
> > >
> > > When I change the "category" base or remove it all together, what
> happens
> > > to the register_taxonomy function. does get_taxonomies('','names')
> still
> > > return "category" or does it return "browseBy"?
> > >
> > > does register_taxonomy and and a taxonomy base name is related?
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Haluk Karamete <
> halukkaramete at gmail.com
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > Can I use the built-in category taxonomy as follows
> > > >  Media
> > > >  Audio
> > > > Pictures
> > > > Videos
> > > >  Articles
> > > > Apps
> > > > Audience
> > > >  Beginners
> > > > Intermediate
> > > > Advanced
> > > >  Featured
> > > > Main Headline
> > > > Slides
> > > >   Flagship
> > > >   Worth a look
> > > >   Not to miss
> > > >
> > > > and then I have the following url options
> > > >  mysite.com/browseBy/media
> > > > mySite.com/browseBy/media/audio
> > > >  or
> > > >  mysite.com/media
> > > > mySite.com/media/audio
> > > >  Can I achieve these URLs by simply changing category base to
> > "BrowseBy"
> > > > (for the first two URL example) and then some time later totally
> > removing
> > > > the base ( for the last two URL examples).
> > > >  Are there any technical issues with such changes?
> > > >  Yes. I'm aware of the SEO implications of such changes but we are
> not
> > at
> > > > launch phase. Once we launch, we will obviously stick to the launch
> > > state.
> > > >
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