Handling custom post types

[sharmstr]

@abe: Short question – Is there a hook to inject information between article-media and article-content?

If not, then Long question –

I’m looking for advice on handling custom post types.

Basically I have a few custom post types. From a templates standpoint, the only real difference between my cpt and posts are that I need to inject some information between the article-media and article-content divs (or just at the top of the article-content div).

When I first did this, I created copies of all the content-* files and added a check for the cpt, then loaded my own template part if my cpt was found. Sorta like this…

COPY CODE

if (get_post_type() == 'mycpt') {
	get_template_part('mycpt/mycpt-templatefile');
} else {
	the_content( __( 'Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span>', 'kleo_framework' ) ); 
}

That was all fine and good when I had one cpt, but now I have a few and I’d like to streamline this a bit. So instead of adding more conditions to load the correct template (remember I’d have to add this to all of the content-* files), I’d rather have a hook within those files and only have to update my functions.php file to add more conditions.

Something like in each content-* file just above the_content__

COPY CODE

do_action( 'kleo_before_article_content' );

Then in my functions file I can do something like

COPY CODE

function add_cpt_info() {
	if (get_post_type() == 'mystories') {
		get_template_part('stories/story');
	} else if (get_post_type() == 'mychapter') {
		get_template_part('stories/chapter');
	}	
}
add_action('kleo_before_article_content', 'add_cpt_info');

Is there a better way of doing this? If not, is this something you would consider adding so I dont have to maintain child versions of the content-* files or is this something only I would find useful?

(I’m willing to bet that I’ve overlooked something really simple)

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[Abe]

Hi, I can add the do_action( ‘kleo_before_article_content’ ); just before the content so you can easily add that there.
Another way you could do it is to hook at the the_content filter and prepend your content to the existing content like:

COPY CODE

function add_cpt_info($content) {
    if (get_post_type() == 'mystories') {
        $content = "content before here " . $content;
    } else if (get_post_type() == 'mychapter') {
        $content = "content before here " . $content;
    }    
    return $content;
}
add_filter('the_content', 'add_cpt_info');

but the first one is more logic so I will update theme files and send them to you later today.

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[sharmstr]

ooo. I didnt think about hooking into the content. Man, I have so much to learn still. That might be better abe. Then you dont have to alter kleo if its something only a few will use.

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[Abe]

if that works for you then I won’t alter it. Let me know if you prefer the action hook

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[sharmstr]

Dont alter it. I’ll take care of it on my end. Thank you though 😀

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