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I am attempting to setup an events section of a website that has more depth. I need several events to appear in the menu. Each event has multiple sub pages. Here is a sample structure (I’ve attached a screen cap of the navigation):

Events
- Auction
—Feed The Need
—Sponsors
—Register
—Photos
- Golf Tournament
—In With Kids
—Sponsors
—Photos

The main events page needs to display a summary of each event and future events. The events will be sorted by date. The event dates also populate a calendar (which is a separate task).

SETUP

So far, the events section is a weblog. I’ve created categories for each event (Auction, Golf Tournament, etc.) I can get the menu to work ok, and the events page.

My problem is when I try to create the sub-pages for each event. They are treated the same as the event itself.

Here is a link to the staging site. FYI, this is in development so some of the stuff is incomplete and/or out of place. http://lbg.pannoswinzeler.com/index.php/events/

Can this be handled with categories? Or should there be another weblog for the subpages of each event.

My client needs to be able to update information for each event such as date, photos and information each year, for each event. Long term, we want to allow registrations, but that is another phase of the project. Also, we have an RSS feed of the events and two other weblogs feeding to Facebook.

I know there are several ways to tackle this. I need to be pointed in the right direction. Any help would be very much appreciated. If I forgot to add something to this, please let me know.

Thanks!

Well, I’ve been thinking some more about this and have another idea. My previous attempt was to include the dynamic date based content with the static content for each event. Getting the navigation setup correctly is where I needed direction.

I’m think now it might be easier to separate the calendar functionality from the event section. It actually solves some other problems I would have had. However, I could still use some guidance with the best way to setup the navigation.

I’ve read the tutorials over at Train-ee, read the user guide and been all over the these forums. It seems using categories is going to be required. Would you agree that this is true? Do you have a preferred method for accomplishing this?

Thanks