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Question

I'm working on the custom post-types. Once i added the post types i can able to post the data. Custom post types are done by using the CMS-PRESS. After i posted the particular custom post - type post i'm not able to see the post in the wordpress post list in front-end. And same like it's not coming under the buddypress too. How i can make this affect in all the places same like the normal post ?? and is it possible to make a theme based on the post type?? Could any one can help me on this??

Answer 1

I think you might have misunderstood the purpose of custom post types.

It's probably more helpful to think of them as custom 'entities' rather than custom 'posts'. Examples of custom entities could be 'Cars', 'Courses', 'Locations' or almost anything else you could put on a web site.

Once you start thinking that way, you see how WordPress needs some help knowing how to display those entities. Some custom entities may be added regularly; others may remain unchanged for months or years. Some may be small in number; other may need to be displayed in a complex hierarchy or through a search.

That's why they are kept separate from your blog, in the same way that pages are.

However, if custom 'posts' are the right thing for you to use, there are some great resources on the wordpress site for developing or modifying your theme to design them in. There is also a neat shortcut, in the 'Get Posts' plugin. You can find it in the normal add-ons directory.

Hope this sets you in the right direction :-)