Should I use 'posts and categories' or 'custom post types'?

[joshstauffer]

I will be building a travel site for a city that will include hotels, attractions, events, restaurants, articles, etc. I am having a hard time deciding which direction to go: 'posts and categories' or 'custom post types'. If I didn't know otherwise, I would immediately assume to go the direction of custom post types but after reading this post by Otto I feel it would be better to use posts with categories. Plus I am more comfortable with the latter.

I can't help but think of the way AgentPress is currently structured but I thought I read how they are switching listings over to custom post types (please correct me if this is wrong).

Right now I lean toward using posts and categories but would like some input from others.

Thanks,
Josh

[Rebecca Diamond]

I think Otto makes some excellent points in that article - I would tend to start out with posts and categories (you can always rework that if you need to later...)

[joshstauffer]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Rebecca! Otto was kind of enough to create some dialogue with me on the subject.

Any more thoughts?

[Rebecca Diamond]

so you don't want to have your hotel listings, etc feed into your RSS/content stream?

[joshstauffer]

so you don't want to have your hotel listings, etc feed into your RSS/content stream?

No, I don't think so. Not 100% sure though.

I think what I am trying to accomplish is similar in concept to AgentPress. However, will the next version of AgentPress use custom post types or stick with using posts?

On another note, I just noticed that the 'Genesis SEO Options and Settings' and 'Genesis Layout Options' meta boxes do not show up on my custom post type edit screen.

[GaryJ]

You'll need to add support for them when you register your custom post type: genesis-seo and genesis-layouts are the two names you'll need.

[joshstauffer]

'supports' => array('title','editor','author','thumbnail','excer pt','custom-fields','comments','genesis-seo','genesis-layouts')

Gary, You're awesome. Thanks for the head up. It worked like a charm.

-Josh

[GaryJ]

Since this issue is resolved I will close this thread to new posts. If you have a related or additional question please start a new thread.