stay calm custom post types smell your fear. who am i? christine the designer, coder, and wordpress...
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STAY CALMCustom Post Types Smell Your Fear
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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].
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WHAT IS A POST?
Wait a second…
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WHAT IS A POST?
types of posts
posts
post page attachment
Your content!
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TECHNICALLY…
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CONCEPTUALLY…
Probably more useful.
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TYPES OF POSTS
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TYPES OF POSTS
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TYPES OF CONTENT(blog) posts pages
• chronological
• excerpts• shows up in blog & feed
• orderable
• have parents• shows up in menus
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WHAT IS A TAXONOMY?
A labeling system that helps you make sense of all your chunks of content.
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READY TAXONOMIEScategorieshave parents
tagsdon’t
why can’t we apply either of them to pages?
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registrationcategory
new category forms are created in post screens
posts
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TIME TO GET BLOGGING!
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FASHION!
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TRAINING UPDATES
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TRAINING UPDATES
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AFFLIATE MARKETING
Should go to an external urlneeds to mention seller
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AFFILIATE MARKETING
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AFFILIATE MARKETING
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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.
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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…
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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/
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CUSTOM POST OPTIONS
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CUSTOM POST OPTIONS
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PUBLICLY QUERYABLE
Do you want a single post view of your custom posts?
What about an archive for them?
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HIERARCHICALShould it have parents?
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SUPPORTSDo you want a title? Do you want people to comment on your custom posts?
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SHOW UI, IN MENU
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WHERE’D IT GO?
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POST FORMATS
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POST FORMATS
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CUSTOM TAXNOMIES
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HIERARCHICALTrue: False:
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DISPLAYING CUSTOM POSTSPlugins:Advanced Recent Posts Widget: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-recent-posts-widget/
Menus:
Modifying the loop:
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EXAMPLES
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THANK YOU!Ampersand Duck on Flickr Elizabeth/
Table4Five on Flickr
Skooksieon flickr
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