General Question about Portfolio Items & Theme Switch

[wattsh]

Hi, I have an existing website that I’m switching over to Dante. It has an extensive portfolio of work linked from here: http://www.heatherwatts.com/paintings/ however, each work of art has it’s own wordpress “page”.

I have Dante installed somewhere else to play with and it appears that a “Portfolio Item” is separate from a “page–it’s not a layout option I can select to apply to content on a page! If I want to use the portfolio-split layout, do I need to rebuild each “page” I have as a “portfolio item” or is there a simpler way? Should I have someone build me a page layout template that mimic’s the portfolio page? What’s my best course of action here.

Secondly, if I were to use portfolio items, what happens to these items if I were to switch themes again in a few years? Would they become “pages” in my new theme or would I have to migrate all the content again?

Thank you! I’m really looking forward to getting started with Dante once I figure this out.

[wattsh]

I just realized from looking at the breadcrumbs as I play around that portfolio items are, I think, a type of post?

Can anyone offer resources on migrating pages to posts for this? Is it possible to do without changing the permalink urls?

[wattsh]

I seem to be solving my own problem, but that’s alright. I can’t find a place to delete or edit the original post, so I have to reply.

The more I read about Posts vs. Pages, the more I think I should keep my existing gallery as pages, rather than migrate them as posts. So I guess what I need to do is to have someone build me a page template that mimics a portfolio item.

[Mohammad – SUPPORT]

Hi,
I am glad that you managed to resolve the issue.
Thanks
Mohammad

[wattsh]

Just an update, I actually subsequently found more information about this and it appears for a small site like mine, custom posts / portfolio items are a better choice. There is no SEO difference, and the user-friendliness of your portfolio design is worth the hassle of switching.

Note, this may not apply to a very large site.

Here’s the thread on google+

https://plus.google.com/116722745935995817937/posts/XfqWgWc886C

[Rui Guerreiro – SUPPORT]

Hi,

Thanks for sharing it.

-Rui