[wp-hackers] Post/Page "Types"?

[Tom Belknap]

If someone's looking for illustration, it seems to me that, prior to 
Twitter burning up the scene, Matt used to use a "Microposts" plugin 
that I also played around with.  If I'm not mistaken, that used a custom 
post taxonomy.

Hope that helps!

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> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 07:46:37 -0400
> From: "Mike Schinkel" <mikeschinkel at gmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [wp-hackers] Post/Page "Types"?
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>>> But its all possible without too much hard effort, If you're aware of the
>>>       
> Internal API thats used.  
>
> Thanks. A quick Google shows that several people have discussed it but
> nobody's mentioned an actual implmentation:
> http://www.google.com/search?q=wordpress+custom+post_type+plugin  If I get
> somewhere with it I might even make it a module.
>
>   
>>> The PHPDoc in 2.7 should really help that..
>>>       
>
> BTW, I use PhpED debugger so if I want to know it bad enough and have the
> time to explore I can usually figure out anything in the internals (I like a
> debugger much better than a doc. :)
>
> That said, how hard-coded is the "post" vs. "page" logic in the core?  For
> example I remember fighting the code in /wp-includes/template-loader.php
> because of the level to which it is hard-coded to assumptions. This would
> need to be changed, no? 
>
> And what about URL routing? I haven't looked at that so don't even know
> where to start (I'm assuming that custom post_types would have their own URL
> template.)
>
> -Mike Schinkel 
> http://mikeschinkel.com
>
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> On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:10:11 +1100, Mike Schinkel <mikeschinkel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>   
>> Currently I think that query_posts() supports a "post_type" query 
>> parameter, right? What else would be needed there?
>>     
>
>   
>> That said, am I really the first to broach this issue?
>>     
>
> Theres a few plugins which use custom post_types i think, Cant think of one
> off the top of my head though.
>
> get_posts() / WP_Query supports the 'post_type' parameter, Thats what
> differentiates it between using post/page/attachment/revision post_type's
>
> Since the Taxonomy system is based on wp_posts.ID there shouldnt need to be
> any changes there, But if you define a new taxonomy (rather than throwing
> them in with the posts cat and tags) you'll probably need to define a few
> new template functions which duplicate WP code..
>
> But its all possible without too much hard effort, If you're aware of the
> Internal API thats used. The PHPDoc in 2.7 should really help that..
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