Carrington CMS Theme Framework for WordPress

CarringtonThe CMS Theme Framework for WordPress

Alex King

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I’m Kind of a Big Deal

• Original WordPress Contributor

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I’m Kind of a Big Deal

• Original WordPress Contributor

• Founder of Crowd Favorite

Sunday, March 1, 2009

I’m Kind of a Big Deal

• Original WordPress Contributor

• Founder of Crowd Favorite

• That guy in the sweater

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CarringtonThe CMS Theme Framework

for WordPress

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Comments

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$boring = ‘writing the same conditional code again and again and again and again’;

if ($boring) {

echo ‘<em>Facepalm!</em>’;

}

comments.php

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OK, what was the syntax for getting the comment

user ID and the post author ID again?

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So the_author_ID() calls get_the_author_ID()

which uses global $authordata... HUH?

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Commentsá la Carrington

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Code

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Comment Templates

• comment-default.php

• ping.php

• author.php

• user-{username}.php

• role-{role}.php

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Carrington Principles

• Convention over code (it’s a framework)

• Templates replace code = Designer-friendly

• Developer-friendly abstraction levels

• Structure for rules hierarchy

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ContentFeatured Columnist

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Code

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Content TemplatesContent, Excerpt

• {dir}-default.php

• page.php

• parent-{slug}.php

• author-{username}.php

• role-{role}.php

• cat-{slug}.php

• tag-{slug}.php

• meta-{key}.php

• meta-{key}-{value}.php

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GeneralAdvice Column

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Code

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General TemplatesHeader, Sidebar, Footer

• {dir}-default.php

• home.php

• search.php

• single.php

• page.php

• author.php

• author-{username}.php

• role-{role}.php

• category.php

• cat-{slug}.php

• tag.php

• tag-{slug}.php

• single-{content}.php(cat, tag, author, meta, etc.)

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Context Types

• COMMENT = comment & user info(dir: comment)

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Context Types

• COMMENT = comment & user info(dir: comment)

• CONTENT = individual post/page info(dirs: content, excerpt - single)

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Context Types

• COMMENT = comment & user info(dir: comment)

• CONTENT = individual post/page info(dirs: content, excerpt - single)

• GENERAL = type of page(dirs: header, sidebar, footer, loop, posts)

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Structure

Posts

Single

Page

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Structure

Posts

Single

Page

Header

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Structure

Posts

Single

Page

Header Loop

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Structure

Posts

Single

Page

HeaderContent/Excerpt

Loop

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Structure

Posts

Single

Page

HeaderContent/Excerpt

Loop

Comments

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Structure

Posts

Single

Page

HeaderContent/Excerpt

SidebarLoop

Comments

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Structure

Posts

Single

Page

HeaderContent/Excerpt

Sidebar FooterLoop

Comments

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League night at The Denverer was fantastic!

– Alex KingI always check with The Denverer for which REI to shop at.

– Alexander K.

The Denverer has great prime rib.

– A. King

The Denverer always knows the best places to buy sweaters.

– A. Thomas King

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Resources

• Carrington Web Sitehttp://carringtontheme.com

• SVNhttp://code.google.com/p/carrington

• Documentationhttp://crowdfavorite.com/wordpress/carrington

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