[wp-hackers] Creating a news site on WordPress - some technical questions

[Aahan Krish]

Anyone?


On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Aahan Krish <krish+wphackers at aahan.me>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm building a (pretty much) full scale news site with multiple editions,
> e.g. US, UK, India, etc. on WordPress, and have a few questions on whether
> I am doing things the right way. It'd be great if I can get some
> advise/feedback from the experienced folks here.
>
> Coming to the point, below are the details of the structure of the site,
> and how I am fixing the hurdles along the way (on which I'd like some
> feedback/advise).
>
> - - -
>
> *(1)* Each category (taxonomy) represents an Edition. To give you an
> idea, they are as follows:
>
> US (main)
> UK (uk)
> India (in)
> International (intl)
>
> NOTE: Permalink structure is
> /%category%/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/, e.g.
> example.com/main/2013/12/11/sample-post/.
>
> PROBLEM #1: But as is the case with any news site, some posts need to be
> shown across all Editions (for example, news on the death of Nelson
> Mandela).
>
> My Solution: I created another category - or Edition, so to speak - called
> 'International (intl)'. Then using [this function](
> https://gist.github.com/anonymous/b216cc899ce94f2fb4f7), I have the posts
> assigned to 'International (intl)' category included in all category
> archives.
>
> PROBLEM #2: Posts belonging to 'International (intl)' category should be
> accessible with any category slug in their permalink.
>
> For example, if the permalink of the post that belongs to 'International
> (intl)' category is `example.com/intl/2013/12/11/sample-post/`<http://example.com/intl/2013/12/11/sample-post/>,
> and it's being displayed in the 'US (main)' category archive, I want the
> post to be accessible via `example.com/main/2013/12/11/sample-post/`<http://example.com/main/2013/12/11/sample-post/>
> .
>
> To do that, I am using [this function](
> https://gist.github.com/anonymous/2c13d98f1330c313550c).
>
> *(2)* Now I have perfect Editions (category archives) for different
> countries; and as I've already used the category taxonomy, I created a
> custom taxonomy called 'Channels' for organizing posts into topics. To give
> you an idea, they are as follows:
>
> Technology (tech) - example.com/channel/tech/
> Science (science) - example.com/channel/science/
> Business (business) - example.com/channel/business/
>
> But since posts are primarily organized into *Editions*, I need archives
> that list posts belonging to an Edition (category) AND Channel (custom
> tax). Public query variables make this easy as I'd simply do something like:
>
> example.com/?category_name=main&channel=tech
>
> That'd be an archive for the 'Tech' Channel for the 'US' Edition. And to
> prettify the links, I have a function with the necessary rewrite rules: <
> https://gist.github.com/anonymous/22160578e145a67bc41a>
>
> I do it similarly for tags as well.
>
> - - -
>
> That's it. Those are the heavy stuff. Am I doing things the right way, or
> is that bad?
>
> I didn't opt for WordPress Multisite, i.e. a sub-site for each Edition,
> because it'd be hell a lot more difficult to have the same post across
> multiple sites (Editions).
>
> I'd very much like to know what you think. Please let me know if anything
> is unclear. Thanks for your time!
>
>