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Register custom taxonomy

function rmcc_register_taxonomy() {

  $labels = array(
		'name'              => __( 'Weebles' ),
		'singular_name'     => __( 'Weeble' ),
		'search_items'      => __( 'Search Weebles' ),
		'all_items'         => __( 'All Weebles' ),
		'edit_item'         => __( 'Edit Weebles' ),
		'update_item'       => __( 'Update Weebles' ),
		'add_new_item'      => __( 'Add New Weebles' ),
		'new_item_name'     => __( 'New Weeble Name' ),
		'menu_name'         => __( 'Weeble' ),
	);
	
	$args = array(
		'labels' => $labels,
		'hierarchical' => true,
		'sort' => true,
		'args' => array( 'orderby' => 'term_order' ),
		'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'weebles' ),
		'show_admin_column' => true
	);
	
	register_taxonomy( 'weeble', 'posttype', $args);
	
}
add_action( 'init', 'rmcc_register_taxonomy' );

Register post type

function rmmc_create_post_type() {
	$labels = array( 
		'name' => __( 'Weebles' ),
		'singular_name' => __( 'Weeble' ),
		'add_new' => __( 'New weeble' ),
		'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New weeble' ),
		'edit_item' => __( 'Edit weeble' ),
		'new_item' => __( 'New weeble' ),
		'view_item' => __( 'View weeble' ),
		'search_items' => __( 'Search weebles' ),
		'not_found' =>  __( 'No weebles Found' ),
		'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No weebles found in Trash' ),
	);
	$args = array(
		'labels' => $labels,
		'has_archive' => true,
		'public' => true,
		'hierarchical' => false,
		'supports' => array(
			'title', 
			'editor', 
			'excerpt', 
			'custom-fields', 
			'thumbnail',
			'page-attributes'
		),
		'taxonomies' => array( 'post_tag', 'category'), 
	);
	register_post_type( 'name', $args );
} 
add_action( 'init', 'rmmc_create_post_type' );

WP_Query

$args = array(
);
$query = new WP_query ( $args );
if ( $query->have_posts() ) { ?>
	<h3>Heading</h3>
	<?php while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); /* start the loop */ ?>

	<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
		<h3 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php printf( esc_attr__( 'Permalink to %s', 'compass' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>

		<?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { ?>
			<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
				<?php the_post_thumbnail( 'medium', array(
					'class' => 'alignleft',
					'alt'	=> trim(strip_tags( $wp_postmeta->_wp_attachment_image_alt ))
				) ); ?>
			</a>
		<?php } ?>
		
		<section class="entry-summary">
			<?php the_excerpt(); ?><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Further information</a>.
		</section><!-- .entry-summary -->
		
		OR
		
		<section class="entry-content">
			<?php the_content(); ?>
		</section><!-- .entry-content -->
		
	</article>

	<?php endwhile; /* end the loop*/ ?>

	<?php rewind_posts();
}