How to Create Custom Post Types
OSTraining
Course Summary
Sometimes you need much more than just a blog or a page when you're building your site in WordPress. Custom post types is how WordPress allows you to create rich, detailed content.
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Course Description
Sometimes you need much more than just a blog or a page when you're building your site in WordPress. Custom post types is how WordPress allows you to create rich, detailed content.In this class, you'll learn how to build meta boxes, meta fields and taxonomies in WordPress.
You'll also learn how to build template files for post types, single posts, archives and much more.
Christopher DeRosia (Topher) has been "doing the web" since 1994. With the advent of PHP in 1998, his web sites became much more dynamic and exciting.
He is an accomplished programmer, having written his own content management systems and managed some very large websites. He loves to help people enjoy their websites and believes, "playing with WordPress is fun!". He has built over 30 sites with custom themes and plugins.
Topher lives in Michigan, USA.
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Course Syllabus
Introduction
Introduction to Custom Post Types
Installing Easy Content Types Plugin
Post Type Options
What Features Do Post Types Support?
Post Type Advanced Options
Meta Boxes and Meta Fields
Creating Meta Boxes
Creating Meta Fields in a Meta Box
Populating Meta Fields
Taxonomy
Introduction to Taxonomy
Using Taxonomies
Creating Templates
Easy Content Types Settings
Creating a Post Type Template
Creating an Archive Template
Editing the Archive Content Template
Adding Thumbnail Images to an Archive Template
Editing the Single Template
Print Meta Information to a Single Template
Print Single Terms to a Single Template
Creating a Taxonomy Archive Template
Summary
Custom Post Types Quiz
