Topic: [Resolved] Page structure redirect to the page

[Resolved] Page structure redirect to the page

jishi
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@jishi

12 years, 3 months ago

[i’m sorry, previous topic is broken – i can not open it]

I’d like to develop a directory, which uses my site category structure, using either a page template, or a kind of BP Skeleton template.

The directory shall have URLs like /page/parentcat/cat/ , /page/parentcat/ , etc (200+ categories).
I can not set up a redirect from /page/parentcat/cat/ to /page/ with mod_rewrite without loosing the URL structure, otherwise I won’t get the category slug.

If there’s a way to make a redirect like that, or I’d better use some skeleton to complete the task? If the second option is preferrable – what’s worth reading about it?

I’ve got WP 332 and BP 156, using classic WP .htaccess for permalinks.

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@mercime
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@mercime

12 years, 3 months ago

== I’d like to develop a directory, which uses my site category structure, ==

@jishi this is more of a WordPress issue rather than a BP one. Create a Page Template and replace the_content with wp_list_categories or just search for and use one of the list categories plugin to generate what you want in the Page https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/categories

jishi
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@jishi

12 years, 3 months ago

@mercime, thanks for the reply, but the cat list is not the issue.

Here’s the beginning of the story: I have a common WP structure with 200+ categories, which are used for regular WP posts. I want to have additional functionality (like custom post type), but without cloning that tree – using the same cat structure.

So URL for a post in WP look like /parentcat/subcat/
And that additional “post type” URL shall be like /page/parentcat/subcat/
I would parse the URL and show the content for that subcat.

But when you try to get non-existent URL (I don’t want to recreate the whole tree, it’s really big), you get 404.

What can I use to make that /page/ template work, not 404 template?

@mercime
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@mercime

12 years, 3 months ago

@jishi and custom post types looks like the way to go for your project. BP is not involved at this juncture so at this point I suggest that you post this at https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting and do include the information you just posted so all’s clear with the volunteers.

jishi
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@jishi

12 years, 3 months ago

@mercime On WP support I found a post by Otto, and he says the issue can be easily resolved.
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-an-extra-parameter-in-an-url?replies=11

To my regret, this solution was not working for my WP+BP stand, thus people say it works for them on WP 341. I found another solution in Codex, here’s the link https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Rewrite

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