Category to Portfolio?

Hey,
I’m trying to understand, not sure I do. Post categories are not the same or interchangeable with portfolio types. There isn’t a relationship between the two. So I think the answer is you can’t.

Kadence Themes

you do. I was just hoping for video post gallery via portfolio. anyway, thanks a lot!

Sorry to add to a resolved thread…

>Post categories are not the same or interchangeable with portfolio types

For a novice (like me) there seems to be similarities, though. And I wonder if you could elaborate when one could/should use post categories vs. when one should use portfolio types.

For example, say I have list of sail races I want to present. I could create a post for each sail race and use a category “sail race”. And then have a page showing just the posts in the “sail race” category.
Or, I could create a portfolio item for each sail race and use a portfolio item type “sail race”. And then have a page (using page template Portfolio Grid) showing the “sail race” portfolio items.

When would one use one or the other? It would be great if you could give some recommendations…

@fastfasterfastest –

Please don’t add to a resolved thread – start your own here:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/theme/virtue#postform

These forums work much better that way.

One main thing would be if sail races are time sensitive.

A portfolio isn’t something where a date is an important part, especially an posted date. Where as a post is something that is date sensitive. And a posted date could be important.

For example with your sail race, one of the important things would be when was this posted, when is the race. vs a portfolio post of an illustration that you created. it’s more about showing past work and you can have a project date in the details but it’s not front and center.

Some other things to consider, portfolios don’t have a sidebar option for the post. They also don’t show an author info unless you manually add in the description. And general layout, portfolios and posts are laid out differently.

All this isn’t really what Dddt was talking about though, his had to do with showing portfolio posts and blog posts together I think.

Kadence Themes