how to create special series on blog?!

  • I want to do a special series on my blog, that will last the next 3-4 months. I suspect I will have 8 posts at minimum in this series.

    I am not a full-fledged WP developer. But I know how to do basic PHP functions and get stuff working the way I want. I am also a fan of not using plugins whenever possible. (I see there are a few special series plugins.)

    With the series, I would like the posts to appear in my typical index.php blog reel. However, I would like them to be different from my single.php in that they

    • have their own custom pagination (so people can click to the next article in series)
    • perhaps have their own custom side navigation / breadcrumbs
    • Have a special title or some kind of indication saying that it is “Part __ in Series”

    What would be the best way to go about this?

    I considered custom post types, but I don’t think that it’s appropriate for this scenario. (Or maybe it is.)

    I also thought about creating a custom page for the series. And then just pull these pages into the blog reel.

    Or maybe keep it as a normal single.php, give it it’s own category, and then somehow incorporate a hook so that unique pagination will appear on only the post types in the series.

    Any help on how to go about this would be greatly valued! Thanks.

    (BTW – my site url is learntocodewith.me)

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  • Since your project is of limited duration and scope, you will be able to sustain the effort and attention to detail to be able to create and maintain customised menus, custom widgets etc.

    Use shortcodes to create your custom title text, custom links, custom pagination.
    The shortcodes could be registered in several places:
    -the functions.php of your child theme.
    -a plugin
    -your custom page template

    Details on shortcodes here:
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Shortcode_API

    If you want custom side navigation, then a custom page template is your baby.

    Thread Starter Laurence Bradford

    (@laurence-bradford)

    Hey — thanks. I will keep this in mind.

    Since I posted this, I gave in and tried the Organize Series plugin. It’s bulky as hell, but it does work. (It creates a custom taxonomy and then somehow incorporates a little navigation box.)

    I may try to look into short codes, though. I never created my own before.

    Thanks for your help!!

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