Executive Pro – Page Attribute Template Drop Down Missing from Custom Post Type

[ilkweb]

Hi everyone,

I'm having a puzzling issue with Executive Pro, specifically that when I create custom post types, the page attribute template drop down refuses to show.

I've been using a plugin called Custom Post Type UI in combination with a plugin called Advanced Custom Fields.

I've checked out the support forums for those plugins and cannot find an answer as to why I am unable to select a template. It's important that I do because I want to display the custom fields on the front end, and wrap in HTML and then style with CSS.

Others have had similar issues and the developer of Custom Post Type UI has tried to help the others who raised the issue, even though some of those people were not using Genesis.
Here are some of those discussions:

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-template-attribute?replies=4
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/layouttemplate-option-missing?replies=9

I am wondering if this problem is specific to my theme. I've spent about 16 hours Googling and reading various tutorials and trying to find videos on the subject.

Information about the two plugins I've used in combination with a Genesis theme seem hard to find.

I've even recorded an unlisted YouTube video at the end of this post in which I show my dashboard and explain what I believe the issue may be. You'll be able to pause it if that helps.

Just to rule out any conflicting code, here's a print out of my functions.php code:

<?php
//* Start the engine
require_once( get_template_directory() . '/lib/init.php' );

//* Setup Theme
include_once( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/lib/theme-defaults.php' );

//* Set Localization (do not remove)
load_child_theme_textdomain( 'executive', apply_filters( 'child_theme_textdomain', get_stylesheet_directory() . '/languages', 'executive' ) );

//* Child theme (do not remove)
define( 'CHILD_THEME_NAME', __( 'CoLaw Theme', 'colaw' ) );
define( 'CHILD_THEME_URL', 'http://www.domain.com' );
define( 'CHILD_THEME_VERSION', '1.0' );

//* Add HTML5 markup structure
add_theme_support( 'html5', array( 'search-form', 'comment-form', 'comment-list', 'gallery', 'caption' ) );

//* Add viewport meta tag for mobile browsers
add_theme_support( 'genesis-responsive-viewport' );

//* Enqueue Scripts
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'executive_load_scripts' );
function executive_load_scripts() {

	wp_enqueue_script( 'executive-responsive-menu', get_bloginfo( 'stylesheet_directory' ) . '/js/responsive-menu.js', array( 'jquery' ), '1.0.0' );
	
	wp_enqueue_style( 'dashicons' );
	
	wp_enqueue_style( 'google-font', '//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700', array(), CHILD_THEME_VERSION );

}

// Enable shortcodes in widgets
add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');

// Add seperator shortcode
function SeperatorShortcode() {
	return '<div class="seperator-line"></div>';
}
add_shortcode('seperator', 'SeperatorShortcode');

//* Add new image sizes
add_image_size( 'featured', 300, 100, TRUE );
add_image_size( 'portfolio', 300, 200, TRUE );
add_image_size( 'slider', 1140, 445, TRUE );

//* Add support for custom background
add_theme_support( 'custom-background' );

//* Add support for custom header
add_theme_support( 'custom-header', array(
	'width'           => 260,
	'height'          => 100,
	'header-selector' => '.site-title a',
	'header-text'     => false
) );

//* Add support for additional color style options
add_theme_support( 'genesis-style-selector', array(
	'executive-pro-brown'  => __( 'Executive Pro Brown', 'executive' ),
	'executive-pro-green'  => __( 'Executive Pro Green', 'executive' ),
	'executive-pro-orange' => __( 'Executive Pro Orange', 'executive' ),
	'executive-pro-purple' => __( 'Executive Pro Purple', 'executive' ),
	'executive-pro-red'    => __( 'Executive Pro Red', 'executive' ),
	'executive-pro-teal'   => __( 'Executive Pro Teal', 'executive' ),
) );

//* Unregister layout settings
genesis_unregister_layout( 'content-sidebar-sidebar' );
genesis_unregister_layout( 'sidebar-content-sidebar' );
genesis_unregister_layout( 'sidebar-sidebar-content' );

//* Unregister secondary sidebar
unregister_sidebar( 'sidebar-alt' );

//* Load Admin Stylesheet
add_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', 'executive_load_admin_styles' );
function executive_load_admin_styles() {

	wp_register_style( 'custom_wp_admin_css', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/lib/admin-style.css', false, '1.0.0' );
	wp_enqueue_style( 'custom_wp_admin_css' );

}

//* Remove the site description
remove_action( 'genesis_site_description', 'genesis_seo_site_description' );

//* Reposition the secondary navigation menu
remove_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'genesis_do_subnav' );
add_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_do_subnav', 7 );

//* Reduce the secondary navigation menu to one level depth
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_args', 'executive_secondary_menu_args' );
function executive_secondary_menu_args( $args ){

	if( 'secondary' != $args['theme_location'] )
	return $args;

	$args['depth'] = 1;
	return $args;

}

//* Relocate the post info
remove_action( 'genesis_entry_header', 'genesis_post_info', 12 );
add_action( 'genesis_entry_header', 'genesis_post_info', 5 );

//* Remove comment form allowed tags
add_filter( 'comment_form_defaults', 'executive_remove_comment_form_allowed_tags' );
function executive_remove_comment_form_allowed_tags( $defaults ) {
	
	$defaults['comment_notes_after'] = '';
	return $defaults;

}

/**
 * Add SVG capabilities
 */
function colaw_svg_mime_type( $mimes = array() ) {
  $mimes['svg']  = 'image/svg+xml';
  $mimes['svgz'] = 'image/svg+xml';
  return $mimes;
}
add_filter( 'upload_mimes', 'colaw_svg_mime_type' );

//* Add support for 3-column footer widgets
add_theme_support( 'genesis-footer-widgets', 3 );

//* Add support for after entry widget
add_theme_support( 'genesis-after-entry-widget-area' );

//* Relocate after entry widget
remove_action( 'genesis_after_entry', 'genesis_after_entry_widget_area' );
add_action( 'genesis_after_entry', 'genesis_after_entry_widget_area', 5 );

//* Register widget areas
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'home-slider',
	'name'        => __( 'Home - Slider', 'executive' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the slider section on the home page.', 'executive' ),
) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'home-below-slider',
	'name'        => __( 'Home - Below Slider', 'executive' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the slider below section on the home page.', 'executive' ),
) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'home-top',
	'name'        => __( 'Home - Top', 'executive' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the top section of the home page.', 'executive' ),
) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'home-cta',
	'name'        => __( 'Home - Call To Action', 'executive' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the call to action section on the home page.', 'executive' ),
) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'content-cta',
	'name'        => __( 'Home - Content Section', 'executive' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the full width content section on the home page.', 'executive' ),
) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'home-middle',
	'name'        => __( 'Home - Middle', 'executive' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the middle section of the home page.', 'executive' ),
) );

Here's the video I recorded demoing my dashboard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_syq5Nl_5_c

[Victor Font]

When you create your CPT using Custom Post Type UI, you need to add genesis-layouts in the Custom "Supports" field. If you prefer to do this in functions.php instead of using the Custom Post Type UI interface, you could add the following to your functions:

add_action('init', 'my_custom_pt');
function my_custom_pt() {
	add_post_type_support( 'mycustompt', 'genesis-seo' );
	add_post_type_support( 'mycustompt', 'genesis-layouts' );
	add_post_type_support( 'mycustompt', 'genesis-cpt-archives-settings' );
}

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Regards,

Victor
https://victorfont.com/
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