Carrington CMS Theme Framework for WordPress

Carrington The CMS Theme Framework for WordPress Alex King Sunday, March 1, 2009

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Carrington The CMS Theme Framework for WordPress Sunday, March 1, 2009

Comments Sunday, March 1, 2009

comments.php $boring = ‘writing the same conditional code again and again and again and again’; if ($boring) { echo ‘<em>Facepalm!</em>’; } Sunday, March 1, 2009

OK, what was the syntax for getting the comment user ID and the post author ID again? Sunday, March 1, 2009

So the_author_ID() calls get_the_author_ID() which uses global $authordata... HUH? Sunday, March 1, 2009

Comments á la Carrington Sunday, March 1, 2009

Code Sunday, March 1, 2009

Comment Templates • • user-{username}.php comment-default.php • • role-{role}.php ping.php • author.php Sunday, March 1, 2009

Carrington Principles • Convention over code (it’s a framework) • Templates replace code = Designer-friendly • Developer-friendly abstraction levels • Structure for rules hierarchy Sunday, March 1, 2009

Content Featured Columnist Sunday, March 1, 2009

Content Templates Content, Excerpt • • cat-{slug}.php {dir}-default.php • • tag-{slug}.php page.php • • meta-{key}.php parent-{slug}.php • • meta-{key}-{value}.php author-{username}.php • role-{role}.php Sunday, March 1, 2009

General Advice Column Sunday, March 1, 2009

General Templates Header, Sidebar, Footer • • role-{role}.php {dir}-default.php • • category.php home.php • • cat-{slug}.php search.php • • tag.php single.php • • tag-{slug}.php page.php • • single-{content}.php author.php • (cat, tag, author, meta, etc.) author-{username}.php Sunday, March 1, 2009

Context Types • COMMENT = comment & user info (dir: comment) Sunday, March 1, 2009

Context Types • COMMENT = comment & user info (dir: comment) • CONTENT = individual post/page info (dirs: content, excerpt - single) Sunday, March 1, 2009

Context Types • COMMENT = comment & user info (dir: comment) • CONTENT = individual post/page info (dirs: content, excerpt - single) • GENERAL = type of page posts) (dirs: header, sidebar, footer, loop, Sunday, March 1, 2009

Structure Posts Single Page Sunday, March 1, 2009

Structure Posts Single Header Page Sunday, March 1, 2009

Structure Posts Single Loop Header Page Sunday, March 1, 2009

Structure Posts Content/ Single Loop Header Excerpt Page Sunday, March 1, 2009

Structure Posts Content/ Single Loop Header Excerpt Comments Page Sunday, March 1, 2009

Structure Posts Content/ Single Loop Header Sidebar Excerpt Comments Page Sunday, March 1, 2009

Structure Posts Content/ Single Loop Header Sidebar Footer Excerpt Comments Page Sunday, March 1, 2009

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Resources • Carrington Web Site http://carringtontheme.com • SVN http://code.google.com/p/carrington • Documentation http://crowdfavorite.com/wordpress/carrington Sunday, March 1, 2009

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