Developing a Custom Post Type and a Custom Taxonomy in Genesis with Custom Pages, Part 2

Travis Smith

13 years ago

In the previous tutorial, Developing a Custom Post Type and a Custom Taxonomy in Genesis with Custom Pages, Part 1, we covered the following:

Register your Custom Post Type
Register your Custom Taxonomy
Create my Metaboxes
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Now that we have registered our custom post type and taxonomy and created our custom metabox, we will work on displaying them using a custom page template. In this tutorial, we will walk through how to Create the Single Page Template for the Custom Post Type. Note that this will be different from custom post type to custom post type. This is how a single post inside the custom post type will appear. However, I will walk you through a basic setup.

A. File Setup

First, create the file as single-{cpt_registered_name}.php (WordPress Codex). So in our case, it will be single-wps_discbrakes.php.

B. Menu Move

Now, for this example, I want to use a menu system. So I will be using the secondary menu system to accomplish this, and I want this to appear below the title.

[php]<?php
// Place the secondary navigation menu below the title
remove_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'genesis_do_subnav' );
add_action( 'genesis_after_post_title', 'genesis_do_subnav' );

// Enable the secondary navigation menu for single post type
add_filter( 'genesis_options', 'wps_define_genesis_setting' , 10, 2 );
function wps_define_genesis_setting( $options, $setting ) {
if( $setting == GENESIS_SETTINGS_FIELD ) {
$options['subnav'] = 1;
}
return $options;
}
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If you notice, I have programmatically turn on the secondary menu. However, in Genesis > Theme Settings, sitewide, I have the secondary navigation system turned off. Now, for this page template, I have selectively turned it on.

If you use the secondary navigation for your site, simply register a new navigation system and then add it. First, you will need to add this code to functions.php:
[php]<?php
register_nav_menu( 'tertiary', 'Tertiary Navigation Menu' );
function wps_do_subsubnav() {
if ( has_nav_menu( 'tertiary' ) ) {

$args = array(
'theme_location' => 'tertiary',
'container' => '',
'menu_class' => genesis_get_option('subnav_superfish') ? 'nav superfish' : 'nav',
'echo' => 0
);

$subsubnav = wp_nav_menu( $args );

}
$subsubnav_output = sprintf( '<div id="subsubnav">%2$s%1$s%3$s</div>', $subsubnav , genesis_structural_wrap( 'subsubnav', '<div class="wrap">', 0 ) , genesis_structural_wrap( 'subsubnav', '</div>' , 0 ) );
echo apply_filters( 'wps_do_subsubnav', $subsubnav_output , $subsubnav , $args );
}[/php]

Since Genesis structural wraps do not natively extend beyond nav and subnav, you can use genesis_structural_wrap( 'subnav', '<div class="wrap">', 0 ) if you prefer. You should now see the third menu location in Appearance > Menus.

Now you may or may not (most likely not), see your new custom post types and custom taxonomies list on the left under pages and custom links.

To have your new custom post types and custom taxonomies lists appear click on screen options at the top right and select (check) the custom post type and custom taxonomy.

Then you would add the following to the single template:
[php]<?php
remove_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'genesis_do_subnav' );
add_action( 'genesis_after_post_title', 'wps_do_subsubnav' );
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C. POST META/POST INFO

Now, I would like to remove the post meta and post info.
[php]<?php
// Remove the post info function
remove_action( 'genesis_before_post_content', 'genesis_post_info' );

// Remove the post meta function
remove_action( 'genesis_after_post_content', 'genesis_post_meta' );
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D. Custom Content **VERY IMPORTANT

Finally, I want to create my custom display of the content. This section will dramatically change from custom post type to custom post type based on what type of information you'd like to display and how you'd like to display it.

[php]<?php
remove_action( 'genesis_post_content', 'genesis_do_post_content' );
add_action( 'genesis_post_content', 'wps_do_diskbrakes_content' );
function wps_do_diskbrakes_content() {
global $post;

//setup thumbnail image args to be used with genesis_get_image();
$size = 'full'; // Change this to whatever add_image_size you want
$default_attr = array(
'class' => "aligncenter attachment-$size",
'alt' => $post->post_title,
'title' => $post->post_title,
);

// check if the post has a Post Thumbnail assigned to it. You can delete the if conditional if you want and assume that there will always be a thumbnail
if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
echo '<div class="clear"></div>';
printf( '<a href="%s" title="%s">%s</a>', get_permalink(), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ), genesis_get_image( array( 'size' => $size, 'attr' => $default_attr ) ) );
}
//else {} // you can add a default thumbnail conditional here if you want.

// display features from the metabox and custom fields
echo "<div class='discbrakes-features'>";
echo "<h3>Features</h3>";
echo "<ul>";
echo "<li><span class='feature-title'>Part Number:</span> <span class='feature'>" . genesis_get_custom_field( '_wps_part_number' ) . "</span></li>";
echo "<li><span class='feature-title'>Rotor:</span> <span class='feature'>" . genesis_get_custom_field( '_wps_rotor' ) . "</span></li>";
echo "<li><span class='feature-title'>Caliper:</span> <span class='feature'>" . genesis_get_custom_field( '_wps_caliper' ) . "</span></li>";
echo "<li><span class='feature-title'>Mounting Brake:</span> <span class='feature'>" . genesis_get_custom_field( '_wps_mounting_bracket' ) . "</span></li>";
echo "<li><span class='feature-title'>Weight/Axle Set:</span> <span class='feature'>" . genesis_get_custom_field( '_wps_weight_per_axle_set' ) . "</span></li>";
echo "</ul>";
echo "</div>";

// Display the content, if the content editor has content
if( $post->post_content != "" ) {
echo "<div class='discbrakes-description'>";
echo "<h3>Description</h3>";
the_content( __( '[Read more...]' , 'genesis' ) );
echo "</div>";
}
}
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E. Include the Genesis Framework **VERY IMPORTANT

[php]<?php
genesis();
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The next step would be to style the single page template accordingly and as needed.

So our finished product is this: single-wps_axlesizes.php
[php]
<?php

/**
* Single CPT Template: wps_axlesizes
*
* This file is responsible for the display of
* single posts of the custom post type wps_axlesizes.
*
* @author Travis Smith <travis@wpsmith.net>
* @copyright Copyright (c) 2011, Travis Smith
* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU Public License
*
*/

// Place the secondary navigation menu below the title
remove_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'genesis_do_subnav' );
add_action( 'genesis_after_post_title', 'genesis_do_subnav' );

// Enable the secondary navigation menu for single post type
add_filter('genesis_options', 'wps_define_genesis_setting' , 10, 2);
function wps_define_genesis_setting( $options, $setting ) {
if( $setting == GENESIS_SETTINGS_FIELD ) {
$options['subnav'] = 1;
}
return $options;
}

// Remove the post info function
remove_action( 'genesis_before_post_content', 'genesis_post_info' );

// Remove the post meta function
remove_action( 'genesis_after_post_content', 'genesis_post_meta' );

remove_action( 'genesis_post_content', 'genesis_do_post_content' );
add_action( 'genesis_post_content', 'wps_do_diskbrakes_content' );
function wps_do_diskbrakes_content() {
global $post;

genesis();
[/php]