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STAY CALMCustom Post Types Smell Your Fear
WHO AM I?“Christine the designer, coder, and WordPress Specialist” doesn’t sound as good.
Yes! This presentation is available online at www.christinethedesigner.com.
You can also email me questions at [email protected].
WHAT IS A POST?
Wait a second…
WHAT IS A POST?
types of posts
posts
post page attachment
Your content!
TECHNICALLY…
CONCEPTUALLY…
Probably more useful.
TYPES OF POSTS
TYPES OF POSTS
TYPES OF CONTENT(blog) posts pages
• chronological
• excerpts• shows up in blog & feed
• orderable
• have parents• shows up in menus
WHAT IS A TAXONOMY?
A labeling system that helps you make sense of all your chunks of content.
READY TAXONOMIEScategorieshave parents
tagsdon’t
why can’t we apply either of them to pages?
registrationcategory
new category forms are created in post screens
posts
TIME TO GET BLOGGING!
FASHION!
TRAINING UPDATES
TRAINING UPDATES
AFFLIATE MARKETING
Should go to an external urlneeds to mention seller
AFFILIATE MARKETING
AFFILIATE MARKETING
WHAT’S WRONG?I’m trying to make the built in post types and taxonomies work in ways they weren’t meant to.
Every time I make a change, I open up more things that need changing.My blog will grow harder and harder to maintain.
I CAN MAKE MY OWN POST TYPES???Yes, I can and you can! And our own taxonomies too! With custom post types, everything can be just right for your blog.
All you have to do is…
OR USE PLUGINSCustom Post Type UI: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/
Easy Post Types: http://www.wpeasyposttypes.com/
Ultimate Post Type Manager: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ultimate-post-type-manager/
MP-Former Custom Post Type Manager: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mp-former/
CUSTOM POST OPTIONS
CUSTOM POST OPTIONS
PUBLICLY QUERYABLE
Do you want a single post view of your custom posts?
What about an archive for them?
HIERARCHICALShould it have parents?
SUPPORTSDo you want a title? Do you want people to comment on your custom posts?
SHOW UI, IN MENU
WHERE’D IT GO?
POST FORMATS
POST FORMATS
CUSTOM TAXNOMIES
HIERARCHICALTrue: False:
DISPLAYING CUSTOM POSTSPlugins:Advanced Recent Posts Widget: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-recent-posts-widget/
Menus:
Modifying the loop:
EXAMPLES
THANK YOU!Ampersand Duck on Flickr Elizabeth/
Table4Five on Flickr
Skooksieon flickr
Mek22on Flickr
Marjan Krebeljon Flickr
