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

Chip Bennett chip at chipbennett.net
Fri Apr 19 22:49:09 UTC 2013 

The Customizer, though, just provides real-time preview of settings
changes. The Theme hooks into the Customize API, with its pre-defined
options, using either the Settings API or the Theme Mods API.


On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Josh Pollock <jpollock412 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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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 :
>>>
>>> >
>>> http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2013-March/012088.html
>>> >
>>> >
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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
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2013-March/012088.html
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>>> >>
>>> >> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Nicolas GUILLAUME <
>>> nguillaume at gmail.com
>>> >> >wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> > 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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>>> >> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:22:28 +0100
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>>> >> on 19/04/2013 11:46 Srikanth Koneru said the following:
>>> >> > its plugin territory only
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> 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?
>>> >>
>>> >> 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:
>>> >>
>>> >> > on 19/04/2013 11:46 Srikanth Koneru said the following:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >  its plugin territory only
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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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>>> 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)
>>> =========
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mel
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>>> Message: 3
>>> 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:
>>>
>>> > <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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