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Looking for Wordpress advice on showing posts in a specific order

by Shai
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I want to set up a Wordpress site that teaches people something. Because of this, will want them to start from the beginning, and progress through them sequentially. I would be doing this in multiple categories. Not all posts will need to be read in order. Once readers have the basics down there will be news and additional information.

I have seen many sites that just use the regular blog function and leave it to the reader to find the initial post, and work backwards through the postings. I don't like this idea.

I always tend to use a static front page, so that I can guide readers a little bit, but I know that can be distracting for return readers, who may want to see the latest stuff, so I'm not sure how to proceed with this type of site.

I really like the look of magazine style themes. I think that type of theme would be a good fit overall, but I don't know if it would work for getting new visitors to the basic information.

Is there some way to present the training posts in order, while allowing the rest of the site to be more dynamic?
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  • Profile picture of the author IronMike
    Very doable. You just need to decide how the posts are queried. For example; create a new page called "Training". The page uses a template(You need to make this template) that lists the training posts in the order you want.

    To make it easier on you, you can copy the archive.php content into a template. Then just adjust the query_posts() function to your liking. E.g;
    Code:
    query_posts('tag=training&orderby=date&order=DESC');
    Would list posts that have the tag "training" and in the reverse order of when they were posted.

    Not exactly a super simple answer but this should get you started on your way. The relevant docs from the codex: query_posts and page templates. Good luck with it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Shai
    Oh, OK, Thanks. That has given me some ideas on how to approach it.

    I'm thinking that I would want to the order to be ascending, not descending, but I may be wrong. Still, I get the gist of it, and will experiment with different settings to see what works best.

    Thanks again.
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  • Profile picture of the author copilu0
    You can make a new widget section on your homepage or even use your existing sidebar and install a plugin to arrange your posts.There are many and here are just a few which maybe can help you:
    Post Types Order
    List Category Posts
    Query Posts , this one is a little too old but still working
    Advanced Recent Posts

    Also making the query into your own template is a very good idea.
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