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1. DDT
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   hi,

   How do i make a post template?

   I like to make 3 simple post templates like

   Template A/
   title
   img-L | img-R
   date
   content

   Template B/
   title
   img-Center
   date
   content

   Template C/
   title
   date
   content

   I know how to make the html and then........

   any tips, suggestions??

   regards

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Review
   Stepping Into Templates
   Template Hierarchy

   Unless you decide to categorize your posts, and use Category Templates or tags and Tag Templates you will need a plugin to use a different template with each post:

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-template/
   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/single-post-template/

3. DDT
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   yes tx

   i have got 3 templates a with the template dropdown i am able to choose one of 4.

   But i don't get it how i can make sure an image has a fixed place inside the post template.

   something like replace [%img-L%] with img source x

4. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm not sure -- maybe someone else can address that.

5. mike62
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I use custom fields for this kind of work. You can create custom fields for each of the different types of content in your posts, and have your basic template check for them. So if you have posted an image path to the "imageRight" field, then it inserts the required code for displaying that image on the right. If that custom field is empty, it doesn't show that at all.

   Most of what I know about Custom Fields I learned from Chris Coyier at CSS Tricks. Here's an awesome video tutorial on the subject: http://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/65-advanced-uses-for-custom-fields-in-wordpress/

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