Title: WP-based project –how?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# WP-based project –how?

 *  [serendipity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/serendipity/)
 * (@serendipity)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-based-project-how/)
 * Ok, I’ve had a brainwave this morning in the “novel uses for WP” department. 
   I won’t go into the detail of the project. Suffice it to say that I’ve been looking
   into ways to create a web-based, collaboratively maintained database of a certain
   type of spelling error/slip/lapsus (if you are really interested, google for “
   eggcorn”).
    While my coding skills are improving, I’m not ready yet to do this
   from scratch. That’s where WP comes in. An entry would consist of: the “word”
   in the title, the “correct form” in a custom field, and then fields for a) usage
   examples and b) interpretations would be needed. The body of the post could replace
   b), ie contain an analysis what the particular error means. Categories would 
   be used for languages, subcategories for particular subtypes of lapsi. If I’m
   optimistic, I’d have about a dozen registered users (everyone could register 
   and then post), three or four of whom particularly involved. Static pages (WP
   1.3) would be used for general information, posting rules etc. Problems:
    - Every user needs to be able to edit everyone else’s posts (solved — know how
      to do this).
    - Permalink structure: /%category%/%postname%/ — is this feasible? Better would
      be /%category%/%postname%/%number%/ where number disambiguates posts with 
      identical names (there should be very few of them).
    - Can I define custom fields that are lists of strings? I’d like to have one
      field for each usage example, but it’s impossible to know how many usage example
      would be added in a single entry.
 * Any help is appreciated!

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-based-project-how/#post-114701)
 * Problem 2: Yep, any permalink structure is possible, but we highly HIGHLY recommend
   adding year, month, and day in there. All you have to do is make any post with
   the same exact name of another post in the same exact category and then everything
   gets screwed up. As far as I know, I’ve made a few posts like “New Email Address”
   and “New RSS Feed URL” before, more than once. It’s easy to do without thinking.
 *  Thread Starter [serendipity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/serendipity/)
 * (@serendipity)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-based-project-how/#post-114819)
 * macmanx: Yes, it’s too dangerous. I’m leaning towards using the unique post_ID
   + the name. Not good for a blog, but good for my purposes.

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