difference between "write a blog post" and "write a page"

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kleinma
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By: kleinma
Posted: Tue, Jul 1 2008 3:17 PM

What is the difference between these 2 options under the blog management when I go to make a new blog post?

 

There is no explaination as to what is different, and from looks alone, they seem identical.

 
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Bill Bosacker
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Posted: Wed, Jul 23 2008 12:59 PM In reply to

There are only two differences between a post and a page.  Pages are not included in syndication feeds and the URLs are slightly different, but that's it.  So, the only reason to use them is if you want a post to not be syndicated.  For example, you might use them for pricing sheets as it's a good idea to keep a history and not just overwrite a page with new prices (a very bad idea).

 
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nikkikitty
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Posted: Fri, Jul 11 2008 6:35 PM In reply to

I'm a little foggy on this myself, but if I understood what I read correctly a page doesn't feed to RSS and a post does or something like that.  Other than that I don't know.

 
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jmbledsoe
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Posted: Mon, Jul 14 2008 1:57 PM In reply to

I think that conceptually, posts are for date-driven content, whereas pages are for more "timeless" content.  So news, personal journal entries, bleeding-edge product stuff makes more sense as posts.  Static pages about the blog or author, maybe white papers, and other timeless content makes more sense in pages.

There are a couple more specific differences that I'm aware of:

  1. URLs: Posts have URLs that are date-based.  Pages have URLs that include no date.
  2. Archives: Posts show up in the blog archives whereas pages do not show up in archives.

That's what I could find.  I'm interested to hear if there are other specific differences.

John Bledsoe

Sr. Software Specialist - ATGi

 
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ibn
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By: ibn
Posted: Mon, Jul 14 2008 9:08 PM In reply to

I didnlt know the diff before reading this. thanks, a lot.

 
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Bill Bosacker
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Posted: Wed, Jul 23 2008 12:59 PM In reply to

There are only two differences between a post and a page.  Pages are not included in syndication feeds and the URLs are slightly different, but that's it.  So, the only reason to use them is if you want a post to not be syndicated.  For example, you might use them for pricing sheets as it's a good idea to keep a history and not just overwrite a page with new prices (a very bad idea).

 
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Elizabeth Oreck
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Posted: Fri, Aug 8 2008 8:38 PM In reply to

Thanks for clearing that up.

 
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