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• How to Add Theme Support for Post Formats (to your
functions.php file)
add_theme_support(	
  'post-­‐formats',	
  array(	
  'aside',	
  'gallery',	
  'link',	
  quote,	
  
status,	
  video,	
  audio,	
  chat,	
  image	
  )	
  );

Check out Lisa Sabin Wilson’s
WordPress 3.1 Post Formats Reference
post for how
ways to include them in your theme
http://lisasabin-wilson.com/wordpress-3-1-post-formats-reference/
Options for creating Custom Post Types
• Don’t... just use Posts/Categories
• Build them into your Theme (generally by putting the code into
functions.php)
http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Post_Types

• Use a pre-built Plugin to Create them...
http://wordpress.org/plugins/cpt-onomies/
http://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/
http://masterpressplugin.com/ (premium)

• Create your own plugin
Sources
• Kristarella’s Posts v Pages Infographic
http://www.kristarella.com/2013/09/wordpress-posts-vs-pages/

• Post Formats vs. Custom Post Types
http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/post-formats-vs-custom-post-types/

• Post Formats Reference
http://lisasabin-wilson.com/wordpress-3-1-post-formats-reference/

• Codex

http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Formats - http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Post_Types

• Custom Posts Types

http://justintadlock.com/archives/2010/04/29/custom-post-types-in-wordpress (awesome reference)
http://blog.matthill.co/2013/custom-post-types-wordpress-themes-best-practice/

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