Post Type Archive Page problem

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    mcleodchris · Member ·

    I’m trying to organise my content using post types, so I can later integrate each type into my workflow in different ways. For example:

    • Standard for “full” blog posts
    • Image for single images
    • Status for short tweet-like posts

    and so on.

    When I look at the archive page for a particular type (i.e. http://chrismcleod.me/type/image/), it works correctly for every type except “Standard,” which returns no results. It’s the same for the post type RSS feeds (which is what I’m mainly interested in), so I’m not certain it is theme related – I’m using Eighties, btw.

    What I’m guessing is happening is that setting post type = standard in the editor is actually setting post type to an empty value in the database, which doesn’t map to a valid URL.

    Is it possible for me to retrieve a list of only standard-type posts in any other way? Or is it a problem with my setup?

    Thanks for any help! :-)

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    freakingid · Member ·

    Hi Chris,
    There’s no problem with your setup. You’re correct that “Standard” post type really just means “we’re not applying any special post type to this post.”

    To group your “Standard” posts together, you could use an appropriate category or tag.

    I hope this helps!

    Organize Posts with Categories

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    mcleodchris · Member ·

    Thanks for confirming! I guess what threw me off is you can add a Custom Menu item supposedly for “standard” post types. Only it won’t return anything…

    I’ll see what I can do with categories or tags. I was hoping to avoid using these, so I could keep them solely for grouping by subjects, but it’s looking like it’s unavoidable.

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