Q:

Merge page with custom post type

This may be a weird scenario, but...I have a custom post type called Resources. When visiting /resources/ I get the archive as expected. What I want is a text describing this post type. Therefore I've made a page with the exact name and path. If I now go to /resources/ I still get the archive page, which is good. So, I created a custom template (archive-resources.php) and from there I searched pages with the same path and then I find my page and is able to write out the text before listing the archive.
What I want to know is that, is this a good way to solve my problem? if not, how can I make it better?

A:

I don't see anything wrong with using archive-$cpt_name.php as your default archive page for the custom post type. That would be the correct way to go about doing it. Although there are many different methods to do it, I think you are on the right track to the best way.

