wp_query for custom post types

wp_query_cpt.php

// ericB way
// good reference for all wp_query paramaters - http://www.billerickson.net/code/wp_query-arguments/
<?php
$args = array(
	'post_type' => 'press',
	'posts_per_page' => -1,
	
	//////Taxonomy Parameters - Show posts associated with certain taxonomy.
        //Important Note: tax_query takes an array of tax query arguments arrays (it takes an array of arrays)
        //This construct allows you to query multiple taxonomies by using the relation parameter in the first (outer) array to describe the boolean relationship between the taxonomy queries.
    	'tax_query' => array(                     //(array) - use taxonomy parameters (available with Version 3.1).
    	'relation' => 'AND',                      //(string) - Possible values are 'AND' or 'OR' and is the equivalent of ruuning a JOIN for each taxonomy
      array(
        'taxonomy' => 'color',                //(string) - Taxonomy.
        'field' => 'slug',                    //(string) - Select taxonomy term by ('id' or 'slug')
        'terms' => array( 'red', 'blue' ),    //(int/string/array) - Taxonomy term(s).
        'include_children' => true,           //(bool) - Whether or not to include children for hierarchical taxonomies. Defaults to true.
        'operator' => 'IN'                    //(string) - Operator to test. Possible values are 'IN', 'NOT IN', 'AND'.
      ),
      array(
        'taxonomy' => 'actor',
        'field' => 'id',
        'terms' => array( 103, 115, 206 ),
        'include_children' => false,
        'operator' => 'NOT IN'
      )
    ),
    
	'order' => 'DESC',     //(string) - Designates the ascending or descending order of the 'orderby' parameter. Defaultto 'DESC'.
                               //Possible Values:
                               //'ASC' - ascending order from lowest to highest values (1, 2, 3; a, b, c).
                               //'DESC' - descending order from highest to lowest values (3, 2, 1; c, b, a).
                               
        'orderby' => 'date',   //(string) - Sort retrieved posts by parameter. Defaults to 'date'.
                               //Possible Values://
                               //'none' - No order (available with Version 2.8).
                               //'ID' - Order by post id. Note the captialization.
                               //'author' - Order by author.
                               //'title' - Order by title.
                               //'date' - Order by date.
                               //'modified' - Order by last modified date.
                               //'parent' - Order by post/page parent id.
                               //'rand' - Random order.
                               //'comment_count' - Order by number of comments (available with Version 2.9).
                               //'menu_order' - Order by Page Order. Used most often for Pages (Order field in the EdiPage Attributes box) and for Attachments (the integer fields in the Insert / Upload MediGallery dialog), but could be used for any post type with distinct 'menu_order' values (theall default to 0).
                               //'meta_value' - Note that a 'meta_key=keyname' must also be present in the query. Note alsthat the sorting will be alphabetical which is fine for strings (i.e. words), but can bunexpected for numbers (e.g. 1, 3, 34, 4, 56, 6, etc, rather than 1, 3, 4, 6, 34, 56 as yomight naturally expect).
                               //'meta_value_num' - Order by numeric meta value (available with Version 2.8). Also notthat a 'meta_key=keyname' must also be present in the query. This value allows for numericasorting as noted above in 'meta_value'.
                               //'post__in' - Preserve post ID order given in the post__in array (available with Version 3.5).
);

$query = new WP_Query( $args );

while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post();

/* content goes here */

endwhile; wp_reset_query();
?>

standard way via wp codex
<?php
// The Query
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );

// The Loop
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
	echo '<ul>';
	while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
		$the_query->the_post();
		echo '<li>' . get_the_title() . '</li>';
	}
	echo '</ul>';
} else {
	// no posts found
}
/* Restore original Post Data */
wp_reset_postdata(); ?>