[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12974: Add support to get_archive_template() for custom content types

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#12974: Add support to get_archive_template() for custom content types
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 Reporter:  johnonolan   |       Owner:            
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new       
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Unassigned
Component:  Post Types   |     Version:            
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:            
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 Relevant to #12105[[BR]]
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 It would be great if custom content types could have their own category
 page templates.[[BR]]
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 Why? Primarily because if I have a custom content type, then I want people
 to be able to browse that content type, and I don't want them to browse
 the content type with the same styling and format as normal blog
 entries.[[BR]]
 [[BR]]
 For example if I have a custom content type of "books", then I want a
 category page for books with a loop that returns all of my "books" in a
 custom format.[[BR]]
 [[BR]]
 Continuing with this example, if I write a post called "A Book" then the
 slug becomes example.com/books/a-book/ however /example.com/books/ returns
 a 404. This is where I'd like to see archive-post_type.php kick in.[[BR]]
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 The new approach:[[BR]]
 * archive-post_type-slug.php[[BR]]
 * archive-post_type-id.php[[BR]]
 * archive-post_type.php[[BR]]
 * archive.php[[BR]]
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 This seems like a fairly obvious one to me (in place of hacking around
 with pages and custom-page-templates)

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