Lesson 7 – Create the Posts Page Template

Map Out the Posts Page – Watch the Video

• Posts Page faux heading
• Display format
  • Excerpt style
    • No full posts on posts page
    • No teasers on posts page
  • This same thing will happen on archive pages
• Post Heading
• Headline meta
  • Category with link
  • Date
• Excerpt ending
• Closing meta
• Closing links

Setup Thesis Design Options – Watch the Video

• Display Options
  • Bylines
  • Posts
  • Archives
• Home Page Display Options
• Post Image and Thumbnails

Exclude Categories from Posts Page – Watch the Video

• Objective – exclude the “un-categorized” category from the posts page
• The problem – Pagination
• The pre_get_posts() filter – http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/pre_get_posts
• WP_Query syntax
  • set
  • named parameter
  • value

Restructure the Headline Area – Watch the Video

• Use default behavior for Pages, change for all others
• thesis_show_headline_area() filter
• Construct a new headline area
  • Create the HTML structure
  • Add the typical hooks
• Single posts vs all other views
• The template tags
  • the_permalink()
  • the_title()
  • get_category_list()
  • get_the_time()
  • date/time formats – http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.date.php

Modify the Excerpt – Watch the Video

• Default “More” display
• The excerpt_more() filter

Setup Ending Post Meta – Watch the Video

• The default “after post” content
• Remove the Thesis comment link – thesis_comments_link()
• Create the HTML
  • Wrapping div
  • Button wrapping div
  • clearing div
• the_tags() syntax
  • before
  • separation
  • after
• Custom “read more” link
  • Exclude from single

Add Custom Body Class – Watch the Video

• thesis_body_classes() filter
• add posts_page class

Add the Faux Page Title to the Posts Page – Watch the Video

• Create the HTML
• Hook to the appropriate hook

Add Posts Page CSS – Watch the Video

• Get the Images
• Faux Page Title
• Post Box
• Headline
• Headline meta
• After Posts