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Hi. I love the theme!
I want to use the blog layout but for custom posts in their own directory. I can’t get the html in the loop to load.
I have created a child theme and have done the following:
• I’ve copied the Index.php and labeled it cases.php
» Added a template label to cases.php
» Changed “get_template_part( ‘includes/loop’, ‘index’ );” to “get_template_part( ‘includes/loop’, cases’ );”
• Copied single.php and created a single-case.php
• Copied loop-index and created a loop-cases.php
» Added post query for cases to loop-cases.php
What am I missing something? If this it too much trouble, how much would I need to pay for an answer?
Thank you some much for your time!
Bethany
Hi Bethany,
A page template in wordpress is what would be selected from the templates dropdown when creating a page. So adding the template label inside your cases.php would give you that file showing in that dropdown.
If you have not already, this is a good overview of templates http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates and http://codex.wordpress.org/Page_Templates
Generally, I’m not sure you’ll be able to do what you are looking for just because a custom post type isn’t a post but actually a page (a weird wordpress naming scheme). Blog posts specifically are the only thing in worpdress that gets treated like actual blog posts with the ability to use archives by date and things like that.
If its just the style of the page however, you may find this tutorial by Nick helpful: https://vimeo.com/channels/aviathemes/64996057
Regards,
Devin
Thank Devin for your help.
I have managed to get custom posts to feed into the blog and almost look like regular blog post but is missing some of the html. The custom posts have the small meta box picture to the left but the content is flowing over into the left margin because it is missing or because the css classes for the blog are not being applied. What can I do? Thank you so much. I seriously google a ton before asking question and I feel I understand more.
Bethany
Hey!
Please post a link – I need to investigate the html code to find the missing classes.
Regards,
Peter
http://bethanywalter.com/advocateswest/cases/
Thank you Peter!
Actually, go this this one instead.
Never mind. I am have php issues on the other site.
Hi,
This seems to be working. Please add this on your custom.css
.cases .entry-content.clearfix.standard-content {
padding-left: 131px;
}Regards,
Ismael
Thanks for helping Ismael.
I am still confused. I took another close look at the page source differences between a regular blog post and a custom post and the I see all the same divs with exception of <div class=”status”> and some of the <div class=”post-10 cases type-cases status-publish hentry category-idaho tag-air tag-land tag-water tag-wildlife post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-10 post-loop-1 post-parity-odd post-entry-last single-small with-slider”>, where cases would normally be posts. On the single custom post for cases, the sidebar even gets floated to the bottom of the page. I’m not sure why the css isn’t being applied.
Hi BWIdaho,
I’m not really sure what the issue is but if you apply the css above (from Ismael) the single page for the individual case looks correct with the sidebar and layout all positioned as it should be.
Regards,
Devin
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