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

[Aahan Krish]

Jeff,

No issues so far. Wanted to know if I am doing it wrongly, or if there's a
better approach.

(I usually ask questions on http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/ site, but
questions like these aren't allowed there.)


On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Jeff Tchang <jeff.tchang at gmail.com> wrote:

> It sounds like a reasonable approach and seems to work for you. Are you
> running into any specific issues?
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Aahan Krish <krish+wphackers at aahan.me
> >wrote:
>
> > 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/>
> > <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/>
> > <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!
> > >
> > >
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