One and Done Updates with Custom Post Types

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One and Done Updates with Custom Post

TypesRob DiVincenzo

“Dee-vin-chen-zo”pointtopoint.com – ignitedweb.com

@RobDiVincenzo - #WCNC2014

My background and specialties

pointtopoint.com – ignitedweb.com@RobDiVincenzo - #WCNC2014

Goals for this presentation

1) Empower you to save time (sanity) and

money (or your clients’ money, which can make you more money)

2) Have fun learning

Cool story bro.

Content Management

Systems (CMS)

Custom post types,

taxonomies, and fields oh my!

Examples with increasing complexity

We’re going to get weird.

Resources:1) WordPress codex

2) Types Plugin3) Advanced Custom Fields

Let’s get started!

Centralized website

publishing

WordPress – “pages” and “posts” post

Custom post types

Scenario #1 – Webmaster at University /

College

Creating a custom post

type (and taxonomy)

Boss is impressed and approves your annual raise! *

*Results may vary

Dig a little deeper…

Introducing… Custom fields

(aka post-meta)!

Here’s a good break point to

talk about plugins.

It’s about to get real...

Location, location, location!

Parent / child post type

relationships. One to many

Many-to-Many post types… Children to

children? Wut?

Bookstore new system to “loan”

books to students

Let’s get a little weird…

Short code example:

[gallery id=23]

One and Done Updates with Custom Post

Types (and CMS, taxonomies, fields,

relationships, and short codes)

Rob DiVincenzo“Dee-vin-chen-zo”

One and Done Updates with Custom Post Types

Software