How to add a custom post type in child theme? (Wordpress > 3.0)

Question

I'm using Wordpress Magazine Style Theme (http://wordpress.org/themes/magazine-style) which doesn't have any other than default post format set (no galleries, aside, etc.).

I would like to create a child theme that would have custom post types added via register_post_type() function.

In childtheme folder I created files:

• style.css with import rule
• functions.php

According to Codex (http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Types) I've added in functions.php:

<?php
add_action( 'init', 'create_post_type' );
function create_post_type() {
    register_post_type( 'acme_product',
        array(
            'labels' => array(
                'name' => __( 'Products' ),
                'singular_name' => __( 'Product' )
            ),
        'public' => true,
        'has_archive' => true,
        )
    );
}
?>

But I can't see the new Product post type while creating a new post (there is no "Format" menu).

What else I have to do to enable custom post types in child theme?

Answer 1

Creating a new CPT adds a dedicated admin menu for managing posts of that type, not a new post format. Those are two different concepts, post format is used to add some meta information on the content of a single post while CPTs are used to create different classes of posts.