<div dir="ltr">Options for defining posts to be included in a slider:<div><br></div><div style>1. Sticky posts</div><div style>2. Category or Tag taxonomy</div><div style>3. Custom Post Meta (e.g. &quot;_themename_featured&quot; or &quot;_themename_slider&quot;)</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>There are probably more; these are just off the top of my head.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Paul Appleyard <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:paul@spacecat.com" target="_blank">paul@spacecat.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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    I&#39;ve actually done what you want to do, but with a private WP theme;
    I&#39;m actually going to be cutting that bit out and releasing it as a
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    But anyway, can&#39;t you do it with standard post taxonomy entries?
    Have em tag it as a slider category. Not as elegant, I know.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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    <div>On 19/04/2013 10:30 PM, Nicolas
      GUILLAUME wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Hi guys, thanks for the answer,
        <div>well, it actually seems to be forbidden... not good news
          for me because my theme includes a simple slider generator
          based on a CPT and a taxonomy =&gt; I think I am gonna have to
          rethink this from scratch!
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            I still keep a tiny hope after reading this sentence from
            Chip Bennett : &quot;<span style><i>Special-case
                Themes that use CPTs can be considered on a case-by-case
                basis</i>.&quot; in this post : </span><a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2013-March/012088.html" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2013-March/012088.html</a></div>

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                             1. Re: Custom post types in a theme?
                          (Srikanth Koneru)<br>
                             2. Re: Custom post types in a theme? (esmi
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                             3. Re: Custom post types in a theme? (Abhik
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                          Message: 1<br>
                          Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:16:21 +0530<br>
                          From: Srikanth Koneru &lt;<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com" target="_blank">tskk79@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
                          Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Custom post
                          types in a theme?<br>
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                          its plugin territory only<br>
                          <a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2013-March/012088.html" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2013-March/012088.html</a><br>
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                          On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Nicolas
                          GUILLAUME &lt;<a href="mailto:nguillaume@gmail.com" target="_blank">nguillaume@gmail.com</a>&gt;wrote:<br>
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                          &gt; Hi,<br>
                          &gt; I am wondering if a theme submited to the
                          community can be validated if it<br>
                          &gt; includes a custom post type (used for a
                          slider for example), or if CPT are<br>
                          &gt; plugin territory only ?<br>
                          &gt;<br>
                          &gt; Thanks for your answer/feedback !<br>
                          &gt;<br>
                          &gt; Nicolas<br>
                          &gt; <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/**profile/nikeo" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/support/**profile/nikeo</a>&lt;<a href="http://wordpress.org/support/profile/nikeo" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/support/profile/nikeo</a>&gt;<br>

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                          Message: 2<br>
                          Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:22:28 +0100<br>
                          From: esmi at quirm dot net &lt;<a href="mailto:esmi@quirm.net" target="_blank">esmi@quirm.net</a>&gt;<br>
                          Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Custom post
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                          on 19/04/2013 11:46 Srikanth Koneru said the
                          following:<br>
                          &gt; its plugin territory only<br>
                          &gt; <a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2013-March/012088.html" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2013-March/012088.html</a><br>
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                          @Nicolas: Sorry for mis-leading you on the
                          forum. :-(<br>
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                          @theme review admins: Can the guidelines be
                          updated to reflect this, please?<br>
                          <br>
                          Mel<br>
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                          Message: 3<br>
                          Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:00:57 +0530<br>
                          From: Abhik Biswas &lt;<a href="mailto:abhik@itsabhik.com" target="_blank">abhik@itsabhik.com</a>&gt;<br>
                          Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Custom post
                          types in a theme?<br>
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                          Anything that gets off upon deactivating (or,
                          on changing) a theme is<br>
                          plugin territory.<br>
                          Just my thoughts.<br>
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                          On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 4:52 PM, esmi at quirm
                          dot net &lt;<a href="mailto:esmi@quirm.net" target="_blank">esmi@quirm.net</a>&gt;wrote:<br>
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                          &gt; on 19/04/2013 11:46 Srikanth Koneru said
                          the following:<br>
                          &gt;<br>
                          &gt;  its plugin territory only<br>
                          &gt;&gt; <a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/**pipermail/theme-reviewers/**" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/**pipermail/theme-reviewers/**</a><br>
                          &gt;&gt; 2013-March/012088.html&lt;<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2013-March/012088.html" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2013-March/012088.html</a>&gt;<br>

                          &gt;&gt;<br>
                          &gt;<br>
                          &gt; @Nicolas: Sorry for mis-leading you on
                          the forum. :-(<br>
                          &gt;<br>
                          &gt; @theme review admins: Can the guidelines
                          be updated to reflect this,<br>
                          &gt; please?<br>
                          &gt;<br>
                          &gt; Mel<br>
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