WahLiao Site Architecture | The Hubs, the Map and the Layout of wahliao.com

This page is the map of wahliao.com and the registry of who owns what. One address owns each search intent. Hubs are pages, curated and canonical. Verdicts are posts, dated and categorised by desk. Recurring instruments are pages rebuilt in place at one address. The existing How Shopping Works hub is the Mechanics layer and keeps its address. The 2013 archive stays exactly where it is. Built 26 September 2026 from the White Paper and the Masterplan.

Sitemap

wahliao.com/
├── /home/                  static front page: masthead, this week, the desks, latest, start here
├── /week/                  The WahLiao Week: subscribe + archive (posts in category The Week)
├── /diary/                 HUB The Diary            instruments: /weekend/ /events/ /public-holidays/
├── /table/                 HUB The Table            instrument:  /new-restaurants/
├── /ledger/                HUB The Ledger           instrument:  /rates/
├── /big-buy/               HUB The Big Buy          instrument:  /price-index/
├── /address/               HUB The Address
├── /escape/                HUB The Escape
├── /eye/                   HUB The Eye
├── /memory/                HUB The Memory           child category: Singapore History
├── /how-shopping-works-singapore-big-picture/   HUB How It Works (54 pages, canonical, unchanged)
├── /how-we-judge/          trust page
├── /about/  /masterplan/  /white-paper/  /site-architecture/   governance and registry
└── /store/ + Oakley categories                                archive, untouched

Posts carry one desk category: The Diary · The Table · The Ledger · The Big Buy · The Address · The Escape · The Eye · The Memory · The Week
A sub-hub lives as a section on its hub page and becomes its own page at eight or more live pieces.

The hubs

HubAddressCategory archiveSub-hubsInstrument
The Diary/diary//category/the-diary/This weekend · Events · Free · At night · Rainy day · With kids · Long weekends/weekend/ weekly, /events/ monthly, /public-holidays/ annual
The Table/table//category/the-table/Restaurants · Hawker · Cafés and brunch · Bars · Omakase · Buffets and high tea · Supper/new-restaurants/ monthly
The Ledger/ledger//category/the-ledger/Cards · Accounts and rates · CPF · Bonds and T-bills · Tax · Insurance · Retirement/rates/ monthly
The Big Buy/big-buy//category/the-big-buy/Cost of living · Cars and COE · Renovation · Weddings · Helpers · Phones · When to buy · How to shop wisely/price-index/ quarterly
The Address/address//category/the-address/Districts D1 to D28 · Neighbourhood guides · Renting · Resale · New MRT linesnone
The Escape/escape//category/the-escape/Johor Bahru · Bintan and Batam · KL · Flights and miles · Cruises · Changinone
The Eye/eye//category/the-eye/Hype · Fashion · Shopping Singapore · Watches · Tailoring · Museums and bookshops · Giftsseasonal gift guides
The Memory/memory//category/the-memory/Before · How Singapore learned to shop · Streets and enclaves · Malls town by town · Lost placesnone
How It WorksexistingpagesShopping · Buying · Spending · Selling · Farming and supermarkets · The Wahliao Waynone

Templates

Home: masthead line, one sentence, subscribe form; this week (the five instruments); the eight desks in two columns; latest six posts; three from The Memory; start here (How It Works); footer links. Hub: standfirst with the keyword in the first line; start here (three anchors); sections as the reader’s questions with read-now and coming-soon lists; the money underneath; how this desk judges; everything on this desk; last updated. Article: byline and last-verified line; direct answer in the first lines; quick facts; body as real questions; the WahLiao Verdict; FAQ; sources; two or three sibling links and one to the desk; one quiet line inviting the reader to the Week.

Menus and settings

Primary menu: Diary · Table · Ledger · Big Buy · Address · Escape · Eye · Memory · How It Works. Secondary: The Week · Price Index · How We Judge · About · Masterplan · White Paper · Archive (Store and the Oakley categories, preserved). Front page: the static Home page; the posts feed remains reachable through every category archive. Tagline: Singapore’s higher-end city guide. What’s worth it, with the bill shown.

Migration of existing content

ExistingCountDeskMethod
What Was X Before X? (category Singapore History)17The MemorySingapore History made a child of The Memory; desk category added to each post
Shopping in Singapore? histories (category shopping)52The MemoryDesk category added to each post; all linked from the hub
Singapore Shopping series and how-to-shop guides15The Big Buy, The EyeDesk category added; linked from the hubs
Hype and fashion posts11The EyeDesk category added; linked from the hub
How-X-Works pages54How It WorksUnchanged
Store, News, Oakley, Review, Celebritiesabout 130ArchiveUnchanged

Registry: build status

DateItemStatus
26 Sep 2026Nine desk categories; Singapore History parented under The MemoryLive verified
26 Sep 2026Eight hub pages: Diary, Table, Ledger, Big Buy, Address, Escape, Eye, MemoryLive verified
26 Sep 2026Seven instruments: Week, Weekend, Events, New Restaurants, Rates, Price Index, Public HolidaysLive as shells; first editions October 2026
26 Sep 2026How We Judge; Home; this pageLive verified
26 Sep 2026Menu, static front page, taglineSee the Masterplan ledger for the outcome
26 Sep 2026Desk categories on existing postsIn progress; recorded here as completed

Last updated 26 September 2026. This page is updated whenever an address is added; no address is ever removed.