Title: CMS – Beginner Help Request
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# CMS – Beginner Help Request

 *  [tlong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tlong/)
 * (@tlong)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cms-beginner-help-request/)
 * I’m new to WordPress and am using it to build a non-profit site. I don’t completely
   understand how to structure a combination of blog-like and static content and
   am wondering if you can help.
 * Here’s a quick outline:
 *  I. Homepage, containing
    A. Alert B. Description of Organization C. What’s New–
   3 posts listed, then link to posts in category – post is headline permalink &
   excerpt
 *  II. About
    A. Our Board
 * III. Employment, containing
    A. Instruction Blurb B. Job Opportunities – Links
   to all opportunities posted
 *  IV. FAC
    V. Donate Page
 * So, Sections II, IV, and V are PAGES straight-forward, and I can figure them 
   out. But, Sections I and III are combinations of static (IA, IB, IIIA) and blog-
   like (IC, IIIB) content. Could someone walk me through how to structure those?
 * Many Thanks..

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cms-beginner-help-request/#post-349253)
 * Here is what I’d do.
    I. Make a home.php template file in the theme folder (most
   likely saving the index.php as home.php) and edit its code: – use the get_a_post
   plugin to display A and B which would be [Pages](http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages)
   here is the plugin: [http://guff.szub.net/2005/01/27/get-a-post/](http://guff.szub.net/2005/01/27/get-a-post/)–
   edit [The_Loop](http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop) to display only 3 posts’
   excerpt from catgeory XX (where XX is the ID# of the “news” cat)
 * on III.A include a link poiting to the category archive of category YY (where
   YY is the ID# of the “jobs” category)
 * Plus, you can use different Category_Templates]] if you want to style the two
   category listings styled differently.
    The category listings/archives can show
   just the excerpts with a link to the full post (single post view in WP lingo).
 * Post back if you have more questions.

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