[wp-hackers] Static content plugin

[Jason]

Matt Mullenweg wrote:

> Jason wrote:
>
>> There's all this talk about plugins for static content, but wouldn't 
>> it make more sense to contribute to the conversation about how the 
>> new static post_status should be used as opposed to reinventing the 
>> wheel? I like the idea of making it available on the Advanced Editing 
>> screen. I also think they should be excluded from all normal post 
>> queries unless explicity included, so they would (normally) only be 
>> accessible via their IDs or a (special) mod_rewrite rule. Something 
>> like that would not take too much work at all and could easily be 
>> made available in the next version of WP, if not in the CVS sometime 
>> in the near future. It seems like such a frequent request that it 
>> should be built in, not a plugin.
>
>
> Yes, all of the infrastructure is already in place with 1.2. This is 
> on purpose. I don't think it should be another radio button on the 
> post screen would be ideal though, it really needs its own unique 
> interface, a separate tab even. Sub-pages? Use post_parent. Making a 
> menu of top-level pages? SELECT * FROM wp_posts WHERE post_status = 
> 'static' AND post_parent = 0. Etc etc etc.
>
Sub-pages infrastructure is already in place? I've got to start paying 
more attention to what's going on in my database... :)