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WordPress Custom ContentDee Teal - The Web Princess

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Posts

TimelyDynamic

TaxonomiesFormats

Syndication

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Pages

TimelessStatic

HierarchicalTemplated

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Built inMenusPrivacy

SchedulingEditorsMedia

Posts AND Pages

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Attachment

Revision

Navigation Menu

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The Post Table

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Custom Post Types

ChronologicalTaxonomiesTemplates

Syndication

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Formats

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LinkImageQuoteStatusVideoAudioChat

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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 howways to include them in your theme

http://lisasabin-wilson.com/wordpress-3-1-post-formats-reference/

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• 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

Options for creating Custom Post Types

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• Kristarella’s Posts v Pages Infographichttp://www.kristarella.com/2013/09/wordpress-posts-vs-pages/

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

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

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

• Custom Posts Typeshttp://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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