[theme-reviewers] Custom post types in a theme?

Josh Pollock jpollock412 at gmail.com
Fri Apr 19 22:38:32 UTC 2013 

Another option is to use the theme customizer to set options for the slider
like which category to use, how many slides to show and if the slider
should be used at all.


On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Nicolas GUILLAUME <nguillaume at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> @Srikanth : thanks for the link
>
> @Abhik : thanks for the tought which was actually right,
>
> @chipbennett  : thanks for your answer, I will stick to this rule :
> *Themes must not be used to *define the generation of user content*, or to
>
> define Theme-independent site options or functionality.
> *
> *
> *
> @mel : no problems for "mis leading", you helped me get an answer with
> this awesome reviewers maling list! :-D
>
> @Paul Appleyard : I am actually thinking about an alternative solution
> using custom post metas for attachment post types + a bit of ajax.
>
> Thanks,
> Nicolas
>
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>> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:05:12 -0400
>> From: Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
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>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Custom post types in a theme?
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>> Options for defining posts to be included in a slider:
>>
>> 1. Sticky posts
>> 2. Category or Tag taxonomy
>> 3. Custom Post Meta (e.g. "_themename_featured" or "_themename_slider")
>>
>> There are probably more; these are just off the top of my head.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Paul Appleyard <paul at spacecat.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >  I've actually done what you want to do, but with a private WP theme;
>> I'm
>> > actually going to be cutting that bit out and releasing it as a plugin.
>> >
>> > But anyway, can't you do it with standard post taxonomy entries? Have em
>> > tag it as a slider category. Not as elegant, I know.
>> >
>> > Paul Appleyard
>> >
>> >
>> > On 19/04/2013 10:30 PM, Nicolas GUILLAUME wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi guys, thanks for the answer,
>> > 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
>> => I
>> > think I am gonna have to rethink this from scratch!
>> > I still keep a tiny hope after reading this sentence from Chip Bennett
>> : "
>> > *Special-case Themes that use CPTs can be considered on a case-by-case
>> > basis*." in this post :
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>> >> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:16:21 +0530
>> >> From: Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>
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>> >> its plugin territory only
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>> >> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Nicolas GUILLAUME <
>> nguillaume at gmail.com
>> >> >wrote:
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>> >> > Hi,
>> >> > I am wondering if a theme submited to the community can be validated
>> if
>> >> it
>> >> > includes a custom post type (used for a slider for example), or if
>> CPT
>> >> are
>> >> > plugin territory only ?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks for your answer/feedback !
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>> >> on 19/04/2013 11:46 Srikanth Koneru said the following:
>> >> > its plugin territory only
>> >> >
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>> http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2013-March/012088.html
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>> >> @Nicolas: Sorry for mis-leading you on the forum. :-(
>> >>
>> >> @theme review admins: Can the guidelines be updated to reflect this,
>> >> please?
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>> >> Mel
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>> >> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:00:57 +0530
>> >> From: Abhik Biswas <abhik at itsabhik.com>
>> >> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Custom post types in a theme?
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>> >> Anything that gets off upon deactivating (or, on changing) a theme is
>> >> plugin territory.
>> >> Just my thoughts.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 4:52 PM, esmi at quirm dot net <esmi at quirm.net
>> >> >wrote:
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>> >> > on 19/04/2013 11:46 Srikanth Koneru said the following:
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>> >> >  its plugin territory only
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>> >> > @theme review admins: Can the guidelines be updated to reflect this,
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>> From: esmi at quirm dot net <esmi at quirm.net>
>> Subject: [theme-reviewers] Issue with theme unit test data file?
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>> Got the same errors as the OP using
>> <https://wpcom-themes.svn.automattic.com/demo/theme-unit-test-data.xml >
>> which I downloaded yesterday. Plus I got the following:
>>
>> ===
>> Failed to import Media ?dsc20040724_152504_532?
>> Failed to import Media ?dsc20050604_133440_3421?
>> Menu item skipped due to invalid menu slug: short (7 rpts)
>> Menu item skipped due to invalid menu slug: all-pages (9 rpts)
>> =========
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>> I'm also running with debug on and had multiple instances of:
>>
>> Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in
>>
>> E:\data\data3\server\test2\wp-content\plugins\wordpress-importer\parsers.php
>> on line 430
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>> running latest (Version 0.6.1) of WordPress Importer.
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>> Mel
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>> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:47:26 -0400
>> From: Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Issue with theme unit test data file?
>> To: "[theme-reviewers]" <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
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>> Pardon the dust. I've been working on changes/updates to the Theme Unit
>> Test data. The current XML export is out of sync with the current data.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 12:45 PM, esmi at quirm dot net <esmi at quirm.net
>> >wrote:
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>> > <http://wordpress.org/support/**topic/theme-unit-test-failing<
>> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-unit-test-failing>
>> > >
>> >
>> > Got the same errors as the OP using <https://wpcom-themes.svn.**
>> > automattic.com/demo/theme-**unit-test-data.xml<
>> https://wpcom-themes.svn.automattic.com/demo/theme-unit-test-data.xml>>
>> which I downloaded yesterday. Plus I got the following:
>> >
>> > ===
>> > Failed to import Media ?dsc20040724_152504_532?
>> > Failed to import Media ?dsc20050604_133440_3421?
>> > Menu item skipped due to invalid menu slug: short (7 rpts)
>> > Menu item skipped due to invalid menu slug: all-pages (9 rpts)
>> > =========
>> >
>> > I'm also running with debug on and had multiple instances of:
>> >
>> > Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in E:\data\data3\server\test2\wp-**
>> > content\plugins\wordpress-**importer\parsers.php on line 430
>> >
>> > running latest (Version 0.6.1) of WordPress Importer.
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>> >
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