Sections, Categories and my slow, painful demise

Donovan: I think you've got it a little backwards. Sections = virtual directories of your site. One section cannot run an entire site (unless the site is only a blog). However, one "page" template can be used to run an entire site. Think of it this way...

Example.com/section/

On Godbit, we have these sections:

- about
- archive_dates
- archive_topics
- article
- contact
- desktops
- featured
- help
- purpose

In Textpattern, a "page" is the template which sections use. Many of the above sections run off the same page template, named "static," for sections that do not often change. Here is a listing of what page templates on Godbit are used by which sections.

(Page Template :: Section Names)

- archive :: archive_dates, archive_topics
- default :: "front page," article
- error_default :: 404 error
- featured :: featured
- search :: search
- static :: about, contact, desktops, help, purpose

Technically, the forum is a "section," but it runs on different software, independent of Textpattern. Categories are simply a way to keep track of your articles, and really serve no other purpose. You can have a Textpattern site that works fine with 0 categories. I have set up categories simply to be able to sort the archives, and pull article titles into the sidebars. An added bonus is that Technorati treats your categories as "tags." I hope that brief writeup helps you out.

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As requested, here are some gentle words: butterflies, kittens, puppies.

Nathan:  You're hilarious ... and, thankfully, very helpful.  I originally understood the program to work the way you explained it.  Either I read something wrong somewhere or I'd just been staring at it for too long.  Anyway - thanks for uncrossing my eyes!

ryenski: You, my friend, are very kind.  In turn - I remembered the Covina Vineyard site right away from CSS Beauty.  Outstanding.  I look forward to reading more on Art of Mission later.