Different Post Types within WordPress

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  neotoxic · Member · Aug 12, 2008 at 7:50 pm

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  I would like to create a magazine style website using the wordpress platform.

  I want to create content under one or more different categories (eg DVD, Books, games, gadgets).

  I want to be able to create different ‘types’ of content content that can be posted to these categories (eg News, reviews, articles).

  Depending on the type of post I would like to collect specific information trough the post creation interface. For example for reviews I want to capture a score, and a link to go and buy the item, for news I would like to be able to cite the source of the news.

  I would like to be able to identify the ‘type’ of post that has been made in the loop, and apply ‘type’ specific formatting, as well as control the display the ‘type’ specific fields / make decisions on the values in those fields.

  I would like to be able to filter for content based on category, type, and both category and type together. Eg dvd content, news content, and DVD related news content.

  I have had a look at Flutter (http://freshout.us/goodies/fresh-post-for-wordpress-wordpress-cms/), and this is very close to what I am looking for but there are a few key issues, there seems to be no managed way to control the content shown or formatting (css) based on type. Also if you edit a post you have to manage the post tpye fields though the custom fields settings. This sound a little petty but I need to give access to this blog to users that won’t understand that they need to manage the editing of a post in a different way to its creation.

  My Questions are: –

  Is there something available that more closely matches my needs?

  Is this a reasonable thing to pay to be developed as a plug-in, or would its implementation fundamental break the core wordpress trunk?

  Any thoughts on this matter would be very much appreciated.

  – Will

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 12, 2008 at 7:59 pm

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  Please read this thread at the head of the forum:

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/please-read-me-first-before-posting?replies=1