Title: Best Coding Method For Task
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# Best Coding Method For Task

 *  [TCOG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcog/)
 * (@tcog)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-coding-method-for-task/)
 * Hello All,
 * I am currently building a website for a friend at a winery, and need to develop
   a section to view all the different wines, list of characteristics, etc.
    The
   basic design I have in mind is a photo left with a column of boxes that contain
   data (name, date made, alcohol, notes about it, etc.)
 * Would anybody have any ideas about the best way to code this? It seems extremely
   time consuming to make 18-20 different page templates to create this section.
   Is there any way to develop a template with update able content in each box.
 * Any ideas or suggestion would be greatly appreciated!

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 *  [David G. Johnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haveanepiphany/)
 * (@haveanepiphany)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-coding-method-for-task/#post-4663058)
 * Hi TCOG,
 * The way I understand your question, it seems that a WordPress “Custom Post Type”
   may be the ideal way to get this done.
 * Some theme developers have created themes which allow you to utilize a custom
   post type and display content the way you’re describing.
 * However, you could also use a plugin like [Custom Post Type UI](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/)
   to accomplish this.
 * I don’t have experience with that particular plugin, but there are others. A 
   quick search of the plugin repository using the phrase “custom post type” pulled
   up quite a few.
 * Essentially the idea is this: you create a custom post type called “wines.”
 * Each wine then becomes a “post” (of that custom post type). You could use the“
   featured image” to output a primary image for each wine. The “title” field would
   be for the name of the wine.
 * You could then use taxonomies to handle classifications (much like we use tags
   and categories for WordPress posts now) such as “type” (i.e. I’m thinking cabernet,
   merlot, chardonnay, reisling) or maybe “vineyard” or “vintage” and so on.
 * You could then create a couple of page templates to handle output of the content:
   one for lists of wines (like a simple version of the WordPress loop that only
   queries your new custom post type and outputs them styled the way you want), 
   and perhaps one for a single post (a detail page for a given wine). You could
   potentially modify your theme’s “archive” template to show archives for your 
   custom taxonomies.
 * This is a real quick and dirty attempt to describe the approach. You’ll probably
   run into some additional questions along the way. Custom post types are pretty
   killer once you start dabbling with them though.
 * Cheers!

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