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How would I link to a page like this,

something/category/nameofcategory

Instead of the default way ,

something/category/C4

Head to Admin -> Weblog Administration -> Global Weblog Preferences and turn on the use of category names in the URL.

Hey thanks for quick response! I am also wondering on how to create a template for each category type. I imagine it could be one file with if/else ?

Here is what i use for listing categories:

{exp:weblog:categories weblog="talkaboutdesign" dynamic="off" class="fix"} 
<a href="http://{path=">{category_name} </a>
{/exp:weblog:categories}

site is a default folder and then the rest of the url is made up. In the end my urls look like this:

<a href="http://www.thnort.com/index.php/site/category/advertising/">http://www.thnort.com/index.php/site/category/advertising/</a>

I am in the middle of moving all my stuff from wordpress to ee. Original site talkaboutdesign and working ee copy thnort

What you think so far?

Could you expand upon what you mean by “category type”?  Generally speaking, if you need a different look/feel, you’ll be best off using a separate weblog, custom field, or status for that data.

For example, I have a post and it’s filed under a category “ads”. When I click on the category link “ads” i want to have a page for that. (Good example is archives with all the posts from that category)

Yes, that is fine, but you don’t need separate templates.  Have a read of this article =)

You know there is even that tab under categories for category description. Or even image for that category. Basically what i am looking for is an archive view for each category.

Thanks for the link, I get it now. However its using the same template from the homepage. And i want to create a new template that displays archives. So from my understanding i would need to create a new template group, such as archives, and then use the index template in that file to style my page. And in my category list url use archive/ instead of site/ . Am I correct?

Nope, you do not need to create a new template group.  Just create a new template in your existing template group and point your path statements to that.  You should read up on path variables =)

Nope, you do not need to create a new template group.  Just create a new template in your existing template group and point your path statements to that.  You should read up on path variables =)

Yea but I want the url to be simple http://www.site.com/archive/category/ads

If I make a template inside a current folder my url will look like this

http://www.site.com/site/archive/category/ads

I personally think that the latter URL looks fine, and is highly informative and SEO friendly. But yes, if you want to shorten the URL, the safest thing is to make a template group for it and just omit the “index” template - EE will assume you are using the index in that case.

I agree with you about the first url. I am rethinking how I will structure my site. Question, is there a way to remove that default directory from the url? So that even if I have a site group I can hide it?

I’m not quite sure I’m following, if you use path= statements always then they will point to the template_group/template_name that you specify. You can keep “site” and never use it if you prefer.

Or if you build your URLs in some other way, just point to the appropriate location, of course. =)

I’m not quite sure I’m following, if you use path= statements always then they will point to the template_group/template_name that you specify. You can keep “site” and never use it if you prefer.

Or if you build your URLs in some other way, just point to the appropriate location, of course. =)

What I mean is can I keep the template_group/template_name but not show template_group in the url structure.