(wordpress) Comiceasel – How to override default post?

[Spearfrost]

Hey guys,

On an off note first (I am really liking the new look of the site. Very posh.) ^^

Now on to the gritty stuff. I am trying to figure out how to override the plugin, ‘comic easel’ post which uses the default single.php and implement my own simple restructure to it. I am not well versed in php as yet and I am learning. Learning ALOT since I started messing around with wordpress. I know the answer is right in front of me… but for a blind noob, I am MISSING it.

global $post;
if ( post_password_required() ) {
return __(‘This information is password protected.’,’comiceasel’);
}
$output = ”;
if (ceo_the_above_html()) $output .= html_entity_decode(ceo_the_above_html()).”rn”;
$post_image_id = get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID);
if ($post_image_id) {
$thumbnail = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $post_image_id, $size, false);
if (is_array($thumbnail)) {
$thumbnail = reset($thumbnail);
$hovertext = ceo_the_hovertext();
if (ceo_pluginfo(‘navigate_only_chapters’)) {
$next_comic = ceo_get_next_comic_in_chapter_permalink();
} else {
$next_comic = ceo_get_next_comic_permalink();
}
if (ceo_pluginfo(‘click_comic_next’) && !empty($next_comic)) {
$output .= ‘‘;
}
$output .= ‘‘;
if (ceo_pluginfo(‘click_comic_next’) && !empty($next_comic)) {
$output .= ‘‘;
}
}
}
if (ceo_the_below_html()) $output .= html_entity_decode(ceo_the_below_html()).”rn”;
$comic_galleries = get_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘comic-gallery’, true );
if (!empty($comic_galleries)) {
$columns = get_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘comic-gallery-columns’, true );
if (empty($columns)) $columns = 5;
$args = array(
‘id’ => $post->ID,
‘columns’ => $columns,
‘exclude’ => $post_image_id
);
$output .= gallery_shortcode($args);
}
if ($output) {
return apply_filters(‘ceo_comics_display_comic’, $output);
} else
return __(‘No HTML, Gallery or featured image Found.’, ‘comiceasel’);
}

function ceo_the_hovertext($override_post = null) {
global $post;
$post_to_use = !is_null($override_post) ? $override_post : $post;
$hovertext = esc_attr( get_post_meta( $post_to_use->ID, ‘comic-hovertext’, true ) );
if (empty($hovertext)) $hovertext = esc_attr( get_post_meta($post_to_use->ID, ‘hovertext’, true) ); // check if using old hovertext
return (empty($hovertext)) ? get_the_title($post_to_use->ID) : $hovertext;
}

function ceo_the_above_html($override_post = null) {
global $post;
$post_to_use = !is_null($override_post) ? $override_post : $post;
$html_to_use = get_post_meta( $post_to_use->ID, ‘comic-html-above’, true);
return $html_to_use;
}

function ceo_the_below_html($override_post = null) {
global $post;
$post_to_use = !is_null($override_post) ? $override_post : $post;
$html_to_use = get_post_meta( $post_to_use->ID, ‘comic-html-below’, true);
return $html_to_use;
}

// We use this type of query so that $post is set, it’s already set with is_single – but needs to be set on the home page
function ceo_display_comic_area() {
global $wp_query, $post;
if (is_single()) {
ceo_display_comic_wrapper();
} else {
if ((is_home() || is_front_page()) && !is_paged() && !ceo_pluginfo(‘disable_comic_on_home_page’)) {
ceo_Protect();
$comic_args = array(
‘showposts’ => 1,
‘posts_per_page’ => 1,
‘post_type’ => ‘comic’
);
$wp_query->in_the_loop = true; $comicFrontpage = new WP_Query(); $comicFrontpage->query($comic_args);
while ($comicFrontpage->have_posts()) : $comicFrontpage->the_post();
ceo_display_comic_wrapper();
break;
endwhile;
ceo_UnProtect();
}
}
}

// Do the thumbnail display functions here.
function ceo_display_comic_thumbnail($thumbnail_size = ‘thumbnail’, $override_post = null) {
global $post;
$thumbnail = $output = ”;
$post_to_use = !empty($override_post) ? $override_post : $post;

if ( has_post_thumbnail($post_to_use->ID) ) {
$output = ‘ID).'” rel=”bookmark” title=”‘.get_the_title().'”>’.get_the_post_thumbnail($post_to_use->ID, $thumbnail_size).’‘.”rn”;
} else {
// $output = “No Thumbnail Found.”;
}
return apply_filters(‘easel_display_comic_thumbnail’, $output);
}

Now 2 questions:

1) Should I create an individual php file? OR
2) Can I just edit this code and implement my own custom post style?

[Spearfrost]

This is my custom post structure:

/*
Template Name: Comic Post
/*
?>

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