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I commonly publish stories that relate to several of my topics. I repeatedly get requests from new writers asking how to do it and I keep explaining Geeklog does not have such a feature.

Searching this forum, there are several similar requests and discussions over many years.

Is it worth raising as a request/suggestion or is never likely to happen?

I realise I could hack my version to make it work, but I've already got quite a few hacks that have to be reintegrated every time there's a new release, so I really don't want to go down that path, especially with anything that would affect the database.

One thread mentioned a menu plugin that allowed it. Which one is that?

It is not something easy to hack since a new table would have to be introduce that holds all of the links between stories and topics plus all of the sql statement changes.

When I start work on Geeklog 1.8.1 I plan on allowing other items to be associated to topics besides stories (staticpages, etc.). When I am coding for this I will take a look at what could be done to help admins in your situation.

If it is something you still want to go ahead and code for yourself you may want to consider submitting your hack as a patch to Geeklog. If accepted it would then be applied and it would be one less hack you would have to worry about (that is how I got my start as a Geeklog developer).

Tom

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One of the Geeklog Core Developers.

Thanks. I can't see myself doing the hack as I'm always so pressed for time, actually running the site, working full time and a baby at home to fill up any other time I get these days. When I screw up my site ends up down for days!