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1. hpftech
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   I've just set up a new WP installation, my 3rd using cutline-3-column-split-11, and notice that the Page Order is stuck in alphabetical mode. I have also been having trouble with the about & archive pages using non-default Permalink settings. The Permalink issue is of lesser concern, so this is mainly about the Page Order.

   I have nearly 20 pages, and want them set out in a particular hierarchy, but regardless of what I rank set using the Page Order field in the page editor, the Pages widget (which I have set in the left sidebar) alphabetises the list. What do I do about it? It's frustrating to edit each page to set the Page Order, then see it have no effect.

   The Permalink issue has been intermittent. Initially I set up using the 123 options (as distinct from the default ?p=123 option), but found that I was never seeing the Archive and About pages via the navigation bar.

   I read up on that issue in the Cutline How-To, with the option to change header.php - but couldn't get it to work, so I switched to name/date mode. That didn't work either. BUt when I re-set to default mode, both About and Archive pages worked via the navbar.

   That problem went away yesterday when I switched to default permalink mode. But it's back again today. Using the navbar link for the About page currently gets me this:
   The requested URL /about/ was not found on this server.
   Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered

   The Archives page works fine. I haven't had time to play about with the settings, so maybe it's something simple.

   Posted 4 years ago #

2. thirdeyetc
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   Send link to your page so I can check out your code.

   Not sure about the pages. My list pages function works corresponding to my page order, but this is why I don't use widgets. It sounds like there is code executing in the widget that overrides your page order. I know at the wordpress codex they talk about different ways to order things with the php code. But yeah, it's easier for me not to use widgets, and just code myself because when stuff happens I can examine it and find a solution.

   Posted 4 years ago #

3. hpftech
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   http://www.highburyparkfriends.org.uk/about/

   Thanks for the tip about widgets & page order. There are some other widget issues to be sure. So perhaps there's a more fundamental problem.

   Posted 4 years ago #

4. thirdeyetc
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   My other question would be why did you use so many pages, when it seems like you could have used a category instead? You can always create a category specific template file called category-ID.php (ID being it's ID number) and use that to add static content to appear before any posts in that category.

   But the top links are not working due to your permalink structure. What is yours currently set to? It won't work on default. Make sure when you change the structure you get a message at the top saying the change was successful. Any of the other options should work.

   I can't help you too much due to your use of widgets. If you had hard coded the displaying of pages into your sidebar you could do it in any order your heart desires.

   Here's a plug in that may help give you more control without coding...

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flexi-pages-widget/

   And you read this correct?

   http://cutline.tubetorial.com/why-dont-my-archives-and-about-links-work/

   Posted 4 years ago #

5. hpftech
   Member

   Some of the answers to your questions:

   I haven't learned about categories. Setting up static pages is an intuitively straightforward thing. I haven't tried working with categories, so am not familiar with what can be done. So it's good to get the tip.

   The permalinks are set to default - and one of them was working a couple of days ago. I will change the settings next time I work on the site (next week).

   (Yes, I had read your post about the archive and about links before I posted the question here.)

   I will look at the other tutorial when I get back next week.
   Thank you for the pointers and assistance.

   Posted 4 years ago #

6. thirdeyetc
   Member

   I should say this too. If you'd like to do the category templates like I mentioned above, start with your "archive.php" file, add your static content to the top before you see the code that says the_post. Then save as category-x.

   For more read up on the differences between categories and pages at the wordpress codex.

   It can be sort of confusing at first.

   Here's another good link:

   http://www.transycan.net/blogtest/2007/07/26/pages-and-categories/

   Posted 4 years ago #

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