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Blog Categories vs Sections

Hi,

I'm in the process of setting my blog up. I'm trying to figure out if I should use categories or sections. I've read through the documentation, but I'm confused as to what the difference is between them.

I setup two sections in the blog app-- can I filter and display posts according to what section they are in?

I also setup two categories, but when I make a post, I can't select a category for the post to go into.

Thank you for your help.
Trevor Brandt

Trevor Brandt 0 points

  • 6 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

Use sections for different sets of posts that are always separate and never together. For example, blog and news.

Use categories for categorising posts within a section.
Trevor Brandt

Trevor Brandt 0 points

6 years ago

Okay, thank you for your help. How would I display a list of blog postings by section?

I tried using

<?php perch_blog_sections(array('section' => 'news')); ?>

but with no success. I want to display five recent posts from my news section.
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

perch_blog_sections() lists sections.

Use:

perch_blog_custom(array(
    'section' => 'news'
));