How to mix pages and sub-categories in a url

Question

I have a series of products which are organized into categories like:

• Windows
  • Product Lines
    • Specific Window type post

Initially I created a page (/windows) which links to the individual product lines. Each Product Line (category) has the name and short description.

The problem I discovered is that the post category(also /windows) takes precedence over the page when you click on Windows in a menu. Taking you to the Windows category instead of the Windows page. Is it possible to create a url that consists of a mix of page, category and finally posts?

site.com/windows/serenity/casement
           ^       ^         ^
         Page   Category    Post

Is there a better method here? This is starting to seem sloppy to me. In the end, I'd like to keep the individual products as posts.

Answer 1

I don't think so. Why not try something like this:

1. A permalink structure like this: /%category%/%postname%/

2. Category: Windows

   Sub-Category: Serenity

   Create a post and assign it to "Serenity" (sub-category), and publish it.

The post's URL would now look just the way you want it to: http://site.com/windows/serenity/post-name/ and most importantly it should work the way you want it to as well.