[wp-testers] Custom Post Types single.php not working

[Michael Van Winkle]

I've been troubleshooting this on my own sites and have found there are at
least two different erros that can cause the problem.

First, make sure the "rewrite" parameter in the register_post_type()
function is set up properly. It should be 'rewrite' => array('slug' = 'YOUR
POST TYPE'). I found that using the custom post type UI plugin to set up
your post type can be buggy regarding the rewrite setup. In one instance it
kept setting the rewrite to "false" even though I was setting the plugin
controls to true. I'm finding that registering the post type manually via
functions.php is a much more reliable method right now.

Second, if the slug for your post type is being used by a category (or maybe
even a page) you'll get a 404 when you go to your single.php page. You'll
need to change the slug for your category and the REBUILD your permalinks.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Mike Van Winkle

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Jimmy Roy <jimmy.roy at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi guys,
> I haven't any answer for this problem but I'm interesting to know if you
> know a tutorial about how to use custom type, I already know how to create
> it, now it's the second step, how to display it.
>
> thanks for your help
>
> Jimmy
>
>
> 2010/4/11 Brad Williams <brad at webdevstudios.com>
>
> > Mike - I would love to hear exactly what you did that caused an issue w/
> > Custom Post Type UI.  Any info you can provide will help me track down
> bugs
> > if they exist.  Feel free to email me directly, thanks!
> >
> > -Brad
> > @williamsba
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wp-testers-bounces at lists.automattic.com
> > [mailto:wp-testers-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Michael
> Van
> > Winkle
> > Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 4:51 PM
> > To: wp-testers at lists.automattic.com
> > Subject: Re: [wp-testers] Custom Post Types single.php not working
> >
> > I encountered a similar problem but it turned out to be the Custom Post
> > Type
> > UI plugin (which is stil BETA of course). Once I abandoned the plugin and
> > registered manually using my functions.php I didn't seem to have any
> > problems. Just FYI.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 10:29 AM, scribu <scribu at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I think it might be a problem with your theme. Are you calling
> > > query_posts()
> > > or doing something with $post?
> > >
> > > Try disabling all plugins and using the default theme.
> > >
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