Front End:Custom Post Types

D o S o m e t h i n g U s e f u l

Staff Member Page

Commonly Requested

Not easy for non-technical users to create

Perfect situation for custom post types

Create a page template

Below the loop run a query something like:

Option One

Build On This

Let’s add a picture of the person:

Let’s set how much of their bio we want on the main listing page:

Conditional Goodness

Display a job title only if it exists.

Looks to see if the custom field has a value. If it does, it displays that value.

Looks to see if the custom field has a value. If it does, it displays that value.

Can have multiple conditions and fallbacks.

Can have multiple conditions and fallbacks.

Now We Can Tie In Our

Fields

A Bit OF Style

Other CPT Display Options

CPT archive is now available with 3.1

Works like category archive

Call it archive-post-type-name.php

Also single-post-type-name.php

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