A brief overview of the Carrington CMS theme framework for WordPress - including its purpose and example usage. From WordCamp Denver 2009.

1. Carrington
The CMS Theme Framework for WordPress
Alex King
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2. I’m Kind of a Big Deal
• Original WordPress
Contributor
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3. I’m Kind of a Big Deal
• Original WordPress
Contributor
• Founder of Crowd Favorite
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4. I’m Kind of a Big Deal
• Original WordPress
Contributor
• Founder of Crowd Favorite
• That guy in the sweater
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5. Sunday, March 1, 2009

6. Sunday, March 1, 2009

7. Carrington
The CMS Theme Framework
for WordPress
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8. Sunday, March 1, 2009

9. Comments
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10. comments.php
$boring = ‘writing the same conditional code
again and again and again and again’;
if ($boring) {
echo ‘<em>Facepalm!</em>’;
}
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11. OK, what was the syntax
for getting the comment
user ID and the post
author ID again?
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12. So the_author_ID() calls
get_the_author_ID()
which uses global
$authordata... HUH?
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13. Comments
á la Carrington
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14. Code
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15. Comment Templates
• • user-{username}.php
comment-default.php
• • role-{role}.php
ping.php
• author.php
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16. 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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17. Content
Featured Columnist
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18. Code
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19. Content Templates
Content, Excerpt
• • cat-{slug}.php
{dir}-default.php
• • tag-{slug}.php
page.php
• • meta-{key}.php
parent-{slug}.php
• • meta-{key}-{value}.php
author-{username}.php
• role-{role}.php
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20. General
Advice Column
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21. Code
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22. General Templates
Header, Sidebar, Footer
• • role-{role}.php
{dir}-default.php
• • category.php
home.php
• • cat-{slug}.php
search.php
• • tag.php
single.php
• • tag-{slug}.php
page.php
• • single-{content}.php
author.php
• (cat, tag, author, meta, etc.)
author-{username}.php
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23. Context Types
• COMMENT = comment & user info
(dir: comment)
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24. Context Types
• COMMENT = comment & user info
(dir: comment)
• CONTENT = individual post/page info
(dirs: content, excerpt - single)
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25. Context Types
• COMMENT = comment & user info
(dir: comment)
• CONTENT = individual post/page info
(dirs: content, excerpt - single)
• GENERAL = type of page posts)
(dirs: header, sidebar, footer, loop,
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26. Structure
Posts
Single
Page
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27. Structure
Posts
Single Header
Page
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28. Structure
Posts
Single Loop
Header
Page
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29. Structure
Posts
Content/
Single Loop
Header
Excerpt
Page
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30. Structure
Posts
Content/
Single Loop
Header
Excerpt
Comments
Page
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31. Structure
Posts
Content/
Single Loop
Header Sidebar
Excerpt
Comments
Page
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32. Structure
Posts
Content/
Single Loop
Header Sidebar Footer
Excerpt
Comments
Page
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33. League night at The
Denverer was fantastic!
I always check with – Alex King
The Denverer for
which REI to shop at.
– Alexander K.
The Denverer always
knows the best places
The Denverer has to buy sweaters.
great prime rib.
– A. Thomas King
– A. King
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35. Resources
• Carrington Web Site
http://carringtontheme.com
• SVN
http://code.google.com/p/carrington
• Documentation
http://crowdfavorite.com/wordpress/carrington
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36. Moderator
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37. Q &A
we specialize in
WordPress Development, Design & Consulting
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