Hi,
When I developed hidden link, the goal was to display one issue at a time. Now, as issue two is being published, the client want to have each issue available from the main menu.
I duplicated my pages views and templates to display the Spring 2019 issue, and hope that you can give me a hint on how to proceed. If I link to the previous issue's homepage, hidden link, I can view its content. However, once I use the main navbar to go "home" or view "inside" items, I am taken to the new issue.
Short of putting each issue at its own unique URL, is there a better way to select issues and then be in that issue's navigational environment?
Please note that I am using the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's license to build this site, not my personal license. I hope that will not create a problem in you helping me.
Aloha,
Lars
Hi, there's not one simple solution here, it really depends on what defines an issue and how much content changes from issue to issue. You could use a multisite installation to create a different site for each issue, at a different subdomain, URL, or subdirectory. Then each issue's navigation structure would be contained within its own site, so the home link would point to that issue's home page and /the-scoop/ would point to that issue's the-scoop page and so on. This is probably the most straightforward approach, but it requires maintenance of content in multiple locations, for example, if a phone number changes from one issue to the next, it must be updated in all issues. It also affects SEO, so it's probably a better solution when most content is different per issue.
It also kind of depends on how you want to navigate between issues and what the "Home" link does on each site. Is Home the current issue's Home, or the Home page of the issue you're currently browsing?
Hi Chris,
Thank you for your prompt response!
I suspected that having each issue on its own site would be the solution, and I am cool with that. Thank you for verifying this. Much obliged, man =)
Aloha,
Lars
My issue is resolved now. Thank you!
