[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14746: Post Kinds/Styles/Types

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#14746: Post Kinds/Styles/Types
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 Reporter:  ryan         |       Owner:                 
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new            
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Template     |     Version:                 
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:                 
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Comment(by demetris):

 Is there a specific scenario that gave rise to this idea?

 One advantage I can see to it over what we can already do (by using
 in_category() or has_tag(), for example) is that the “flag” will not be
 exposed on the front-end.

 The language problem is indeed an issue, but it is easy to overcome.  For
 example, I publish a theme and say:

   If you want a post to be styled with the built-in Super Duper style, add
 the tag ''style-super-duper'' to it, or enter below another tag slug or
 tag name for the Super Duper style.

 The main disadvantage I see to this trick is, as I said above, that the
 ''style-super-duper'' tag, while it is only for internal use and not
 useful to visitors, it will be visible to visitors.

 Then, again, styling can be applied based on existing taxonomy terms.  For
 example, applying a specific style to all posts of the Aside category or
 to all the posts of the News category.  Then, nothing redundant is exposed
 to visitors.

 I am not persuaded we need the extra complexity of an additional device
 here.  (That said, I vote for the post-meta-field alternative if the idea
 is going to be implemented.)

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