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--- docs:theme_development:custom_post_types [2025/10/07 20:03] – created - external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ docs:theme_development:custom_post_types [2026/04/12 11:12] (current) – [Practical Example] alice
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 Custom Post Types can be used in conjunction with the META post option to create advanced features on your basalt-ng website.
-=== Custom Post Type objects ===
+===== Custom Post Type objects =====
 Each custom post type object in the site.json file has three properties.
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 The "archive_name" property is used for the friendly, human readable name for the archive page.
-=== Example site.json post types list ===
+===== Example site.json post types list =====
 <code>
 "custom_post_types": [
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 </code>
-=== Using Custom Post Types ===
+===== Using Custom Post Types =====
 To make use of custom post types for advanced features, a theme can use the "ssg_post_type" variable to determine if a custom post type is in use, and then using, for example, information stored in the post meta, render a different template that is more useful for the kind of information being displayed.
-==== Practical Example ====
+===== Practical Example =====
 Lets say you want to store cooking recipes on your website. All recipes you store may have several things in common, lets say they all have: time to cook, a picture of the result, servings count and a flag saying if it's vegan or not.