Wordcamp Phoenix 2012 - Custom Post Types: Now What? By Cody Helgeson

1 Custom Post Types Now What? By Cody Helgeson WordCamp Phoenix 2012 @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

2 Find More Info Who Am I? My Experience with WordPress @codyhelgeson @fallingupmedia fallingupmedia.com cody@fallingupmedia.com @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

3 Topics For The Day • Custom Post Type Best Practices • Custom Taxonomies • Page Templates • Custom Fields • Custom Admin Columns • Custom Queries @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

4 Custom Post Types • Who has or is about to use custom post types? • Why use custom post types • Why not? • For the client • For the developer @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

5 Custom Post Types Examples • Book and Product Reviews • Job and Business Listings • Events and Locations • Portfolios and Case Studies • Combine with BuddyPress for Community Domination! • Anything your Heart Desires.... @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

6 Custom Post Types The Code http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_post_type • Contextual help menus are a nice touch • Permalinks matter! • Flush the rewrite rules, or save permalink settings • /%category%/%postname%/ • www.domain.com/custom-post-type/post-title @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

7 Topics For The Day • Custom Post Type Best Practices • Custom Taxonomies • Page Templates • Custom Fields • Custom Admin Columns • Custom Queries @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

8 Custom Taxonomies http://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies • Categorizes and groups content • Hierarchal or not? I.E. tags or categories • Clean and intuitive for users • Custom slugs argument • Create custom page templates and queries @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

9 Custom Taxonomies The Code http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_taxonomy • Flush rewrite or save permalink settings • There are reserved terms! • register_taxonomy($taxonomy, $object_type, $args); @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

10 Topics For The Day Custom Post Types • Custom Post Type Best Practices • Custom Taxonomies • Page Templates • Custom Fields • Custom Admin Columns • Custom Queries @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

11 Page Templates http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy • WordPress makes it easy! Use them! • single-post_type.php • archive-post_type.php • taxonomy-taxonomy_name-slug.php • taxonomy-taxonomy_name.php @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

13 Custom Fields http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Fields • Purely incredible! Endless possibilities • Remove what you don’t need from editor. Take the time • Create your own or use a plugin • Advanced Custom Fields plugin • Magic Fields plugin • get_post_meta - add_post_meta @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

14 Custom Fields Examples • Real world examples on the web...... @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

16 Custom Admin Columns The Code http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/ manage_posts_custom_column http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/ manage_edit-post_type_columns add_action("manage_posts_custom_column", "your_custom_post_column_function"); add_ﬁlter("manage_edit-$post_type_columns", "your_custom_column_function"); @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

17 http://blog.elliotcondon.com/wordpress/advanced-custom-ﬁelds- admin-custom-columns/ function my_page_columns($columns) { " $columns = array( " " cb" " => <input type="checkbox" />, " " thumbnail" =>"Thumbnail, " " title " => Title, " " featured "=> Featured, " " author" =>"Author, " " date" " =>"Date, " ); " return $columns; } @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

18 function my_custom_columns($column) { " global $post; " if($column == thumbnail) " { " " echo wp_get_attachment_image( get_field(page_image, $post->ID), array(200,200) ); " } " elseif($column == featured) " { " " if(get_field(featured)) " " { " " " echo Yes; " " } " " else " " { " " " echo No; " " } " } } add_action("manage_pages_custom_column", "my_custom_columns"); add_filter("manage_edit-page_columns", "my_page_columns"); @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

19 Custom Admin Columns Examples @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

20 http://www.trymypoolguy.com function my_post_columns_forums($columns) { " $columns = array( " " cb" " => <input type="checkbox" />, " " title " => Listing Title, " " featured" => Featured, " " author => Author, " " comments => <img src="image_path_goes_here" />, " " zips => Zip Code, " " services => Services, " " repairs => Repairs, " " date" " => Date, " ); " return $columns; } @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

21 function my_custom_columns_forums($column) { " global $post; " if($column == featured) " { " " if(get_field(featured)) " " { " " " echo <strong>Yes</strong>; " " } " " else " " { " " " echo ; " " } " } " if($column == zips) " { " " echo get_field(zip_code, $post->ID); " } " if($column == services) " { " $custom_fields = get_post_custom($post->ID); " $my_custom_field = $custom_fields[services]; " foreach ( $my_custom_field as $key => $value ) " echo $value . "<br />"; " } " if($column == repairs) " { " $custom_fields = get_post_custom($post->ID); " $my_custom_field = $custom_fields[repairs]; " foreach ( $my_custom_field as $key => $value ) " echo $value . "<br />"; " }

22 Custom Admin Columns Examples @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

24 Custom Queries http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query • get_posts • does not modify global variables • wp_query • always <?php wp_reset_query(); ?> @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

25 Custom Queries get posts from: custom post type - dogfood and category = brand <?php $args = array( numberposts => 8, orderby => rand, post_type => dogfood, dogfood_category => brand, post_status => publish ); $show_brands = get_posts ( $args ); ?> @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

26 Custom Queries Examples • Real world examples on the web...... @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

27 Thank You! @codyhelgeson @fallingupmedia fallingupmedia.com cody@fallingupmedia.com @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

28 Custom Post Types Now What? By Cody Helgeson WordCamp Phoenix 2012 @codyhelgeson | @fallingupmedia | #wcphx

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