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WordPress WordPress Theme Development Custom Post Type Templates in WordPress The Portfolio Homepage

caroline
caroline
6,974 Points

Has anyone actually got images to display using only the instructions in this video and the previous ones?

I've followed the video instructions, but my images aren't displaying. I've noticed that many others have had the same problem. I'm not sure if the problem is that I've made a typo and I need to correct it, or that the instructions in the video are wrong. Normally I wouldn't assume the video instructions are wrong; however, someone here https://teamtreehouse.com/community/solution-for-portfolio-page-not-displaying-portfolio-type-posts-and-featured-images has posted a possible solution (which seems to be endorsed by Zac), which seems to imply that the code he's given in the video just isn't going to work, and the solution is to add code in from another file.

I'm reluctant to spend hours going through my code looking for typos if it turns out that's not the problem, so I'd be really interested to know if anyone has got this to work simply by following what Zac says in the videos up until this point.

Thanks! Caroline

4 Answers

Michael Hazani
Michael Hazani
1,043 Points

Can confirm, video instructions mostly work (And in the small cases they don't there are tons of helpful comments from people who experienced this before.)

A lot of people here seem to think the instructions are broken or outdated - personally I haven't seen a single case where that was true, except one minor omission on Treehouse's part (that I commented on).

caroline
caroline
6,974 Points

OK - to answer my own question - following the instructions thus far DOES work! At least as far as 07:04 in the video, where the pink star shows up on the page (I haven't progressed further than that as yet). My mistake was that I hadn't set the featured image properly in a previous video. I hope that helps anyone who's wondering whether it's their mistake or there's something else going on.

Andreas Foltyn
Andreas Foltyn
1,828 Points

The code does indeed work. BUT I have to check all the checkboxes in the Custom Posttype Plugin support settings - not only 'title' and 'featured images' like some users mentioned. Otherwise I get an infinite loop and the browser crashes.

suyash patankar
suyash patankar
2,310 Points

I had to change add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' , array('portfolio'));

to add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );

to make featured image work