wordpress and custom fields

Hi guys,

I am simply copying and pasting the script into the right place and it works a treat. It is to create extra custom field panels in the admin area of wordpress

<?php 
/** 
Made with the help of a tutorial at WPShout.com => http://wpshout.com. 

Courtesy of the Hybrid theme - themehybrid.com 

 * Adds the Hybrid Settings meta box on the Write Post/Page screeens 
 * 
 * @package Hybrid 
 * @subpackage Admin 
 */ 

/* Add a new meta box to the admin menu. */ 
    add_action( 'admin_menu', 'hybrid_create_meta_box' ); 

/* Saves the meta box data. */ 
    add_action( 'save_post', 'hybrid_save_meta_data' ); 

/** 
 * Function for adding meta boxes to the admin. 
 * Separate the post and page meta boxes. 
 * 
 * @since 0.3 
 */ 
function hybrid_create_meta_box() { 
    global $theme_name; 

    add_meta_box( 'post-meta-boxes', __('Post options'), 'post_meta_boxes', 'post', 'normal', 'high' ); 
    add_meta_box( 'page-meta-boxes', __('Post options'), 'page_meta_boxes', 'page', 'normal', 'high' ); 
} 

/** 
 * Array of variables for post meta boxes.  Make the  
 * function filterable to add options through child themes. 
 * 
 * @since 0.3 
 * @return array $meta_boxes 
 */ 
function hybrid_post_meta_boxes() { 

    /* Array of the meta box options. */ 
    $meta_boxes = array( 
        'title' => array( 'name' => 'Title', 'title' => __('Title', 'hybrid'), 'type' => 'text' ), 
        'description' => array( 'name' => 'Description', 'title' => __('Description', 'hybrid'), 'type' => 'textarea' ), 
        'image' => array( 'name' => 'Image', 'title' => __('Image:', 'hybrid'), 'type' => 'text' ), 
        'featured' => array( 'name' => 'Featured', 'title' => __('Featured img:', 'hybrid'), 'type' => 'text' ), 
         

    ); 

    return apply_filters( 'hybrid_post_meta_boxes', $meta_boxes ); 
} 

/** 
 * Array of variables for page meta boxes.  Make the  
 * function filterable to add options through child themes. 
 * 
 * @since 0.3 
 * @return array $meta_boxes 
 */ 
function hybrid_page_meta_boxes() { 

    /* Array of the meta box options. */ 
    $meta_boxes = array( 
        'title' => array( 'name' => 'Title', 'title' => __('Title', 'hybrid'), 'type' => 'text' ), 
        'description' => array( 'name' => 'Description', 'title' => __('Description', 'hybrid'), 'type' => 'textarea' ), 

    ); 

    return apply_filters( 'hybrid_page_meta_boxes', $meta_boxes ); 
} 

/** 
 * Displays meta boxes on the Write Post panel.  Loops  
 * through each meta box in the $meta_boxes variable. 
 * Gets array from hybrid_post_meta_boxes(). 
 * 
 * @since 0.3 
 */ 
function post_meta_boxes() { 
    global $post; 
    $meta_boxes = hybrid_post_meta_boxes(); ?> 
 
    <table class="form-table"> 
    <?php foreach ( $meta_boxes as $meta ) : 

        $value = get_post_meta( $post->ID, $meta['name'], true ); 

        if ( $meta['type'] == 'text' ) 
            get_meta_text_input( $meta, $value ); 
        elseif ( $meta['type'] == 'textarea' ) 
            get_meta_textarea( $meta, $value ); 
        elseif ( $meta['type'] == 'select' ) 
            get_meta_select( $meta, $value ); 

    endforeach; ?> 
    </table> 
<?php 
} 

/** 
 * Displays meta boxes on the Write Page panel.  Loops  
 * through each meta box in the $meta_boxes variable. 
 * Gets array from hybrid_page_meta_boxes() 
 * 
 * @since 0.3 
 */ 
function page_meta_boxes() { 
    global $post; 
    $meta_boxes = hybrid_page_meta_boxes(); ?> 
 
    <table class="form-table"> 
    <?php foreach ( $meta_boxes as $meta ) : 

        $value = stripslashes( get_post_meta( $post->ID, $meta['name'], true ) ); 

        if ( $meta['type'] == 'text' ) 
            get_meta_text_input( $meta, $value ); 
        elseif ( $meta['type'] == 'textarea' ) 
            get_meta_textarea( $meta, $value ); 
        elseif ( $meta['type'] == 'select' ) 
            get_meta_select( $meta, $value ); 

    endforeach; ?> 
    </table> 
<?php 
} 

/** 
 * Outputs a text input box with arguments from the  
 * parameters.  Used for both the post/page meta boxes. 
 * 
 * @since 0.3 
 * @param array $args 
 * @param array string|bool $value 
 */ 
function get_meta_text_input( $args = array(), $value = false ) { 

    extract( $args ); ?> 
 
    <tr> 
        <th style="width:10%;"> 
            <label for="<?php echo $name; ?>"><?php echo $title; ?></label> 
        </th> 
        <td> 
            <input type="text" name="<?php echo $name; ?>" id="<?php echo $name; ?>" value="<?php echo wp_specialchars( $value, 1 ); ?>" size="30" tabindex="30" style="width: 97%;" /> 
            <input type="hidden" name="<?php echo $name; ?>_noncename" id="<?php echo $name; ?>_noncename" value="<?php echo wp_create_nonce( plugin_basename( __FILE__ ) ); ?>" /> 
        </td> 
    </tr> 
    <?php 
} 

/** 
 * Outputs a select box with arguments from the  
 * parameters.  Used for both the post/page meta boxes. 
 * 
 * @since 0.3 
 * @param array $args 
 * @param array string|bool $value 
 */ 
function get_meta_select( $args = array(), $value = false ) { 

    extract( $args ); ?> 
 
    <tr> 
        <th style="width:10%;"> 
            <label for="<?php echo $name; ?>"><?php echo $title; ?></label> 
        </th> 
        <td> 
            <select name="<?php echo $name; ?>" id="<?php echo $name; ?>"> 
            <?php foreach ( $options as $option ) : ?> 
                <option <?php if ( htmlentities( $value, ENT_QUOTES ) == $option ) echo ' selected="selected"'; ?>> 
                    <?php echo $option; ?> 
                </option> 
            <?php endforeach; ?> 
            </select> 
            <input type="hidden" name="<?php echo $name; ?>_noncename" id="<?php echo $name; ?>_noncename" value="<?php echo wp_create_nonce( plugin_basename( __FILE__ ) ); ?>" /> 
        </td> 
    </tr> 
    <?php 
} 

/** 
 * Outputs a textarea with arguments from the  
 * parameters.  Used for both the post/page meta boxes. 
 * 
 * @since 0.3 
 * @param array $args 
 * @param array string|bool $value 
 */ 
function get_meta_textarea( $args = array(), $value = false ) { 

    extract( $args ); ?> 
 
    <tr> 
        <th style="width:10%;"> 
            <label for="<?php echo $name; ?>"><?php echo $title; ?></label> 
        </th> 
        <td> 
            <textarea name="<?php echo $name; ?>" id="<?php echo $name; ?>" cols="60" rows="4" tabindex="30" style="width: 97%;"><?php echo wp_specialchars( $value, 1 ); ?></textarea> 
            <input type="hidden" name="<?php echo $name; ?>_noncename" id="<?php echo $name; ?>_noncename" value="<?php echo wp_create_nonce( plugin_basename( __FILE__ ) ); ?>" /> 
        </td> 
    </tr> 
    <?php 
} 

/** 
 * Loops through each meta box's set of variables. 
 * Saves them to the database as custom fields. 
 * 
 * @since 0.3 
 * @param int $post_id 
 */ 
function hybrid_save_meta_data( $post_id ) { 
    global $post; 

    if ( 'page' == $_POST['post_type'] ) 
        $meta_boxes = array_merge( hybrid_page_meta_boxes() ); 
    else 
        $meta_boxes = array_merge( hybrid_post_meta_boxes() ); 

    foreach ( $meta_boxes as $meta_box ) : 

        if ( !wp_verify_nonce( $_POST[$meta_box['name'] . '_noncename'], plugin_basename( __FILE__ ) ) ) 
            return $post_id; 

        if ( 'page' == $_POST['post_type'] && !current_user_can( 'edit_page', $post_id ) ) 
            return $post_id; 

        elseif ( 'post' == $_POST['post_type'] && !current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post_id ) ) 
            return $post_id; 

        $data = stripslashes( $_POST[$meta_box['name']] ); 

        if ( get_post_meta( $post_id, $meta_box['name'] ) == '' ) 
            add_post_meta( $post_id, $meta_box['name'], $data, true ); 

        elseif ( $data != get_post_meta( $post_id, $meta_box['name'], true ) ) 
            update_post_meta( $post_id, $meta_box['name'], $data ); 

        elseif ( $data == '' ) 
            delete_post_meta( $post_id, $meta_box['name'], get_post_meta( $post_id, $meta_box['name'], true ) ); 

    endforeach; 
} 
?>

PHP:

However, when I change the name of the meta boxes they still appear in the admin area of wordpress but the data isn't saved as a custom field.

Here is what I type in..

'header paragraph' => array( 'name' => 'Header Paragraph', 'title' => __('Header Paragraph', 'hybrid'), 'type' => 'text' ), 
'location' => array( 'name' => 'Location', 'title' => __('Loation', 'hybrid'), 'type' => 'textarea' ),  

PHP:

I have tried everything. The script is from a tutorial on this site - WPShout

Thanks for any help.

DB

 

What I read from your problem is that 'title', 'description', 'image' and 'featured' are default fields, so they exist in the database already. But the once you add, 'header paragraph' & 'location' are a part of ONLY THE SCRIPT, so although you are shown text boxes to input their values, they don't have a field for themself in the database to be stored.

To solve this, in the table of your database which contains the default fields, make additional fields for whatever you require (header paragraph, location etc.) and try it again, it should work

And... I would like you to update this thread once you're done.

 

Hi ProDom,

The solution you suggested wasn't quite right. The database entries are only created once the Wordpress post/page is saved.

If you visit the link to the article where i got the script from you can follow my discussion further with the creator. he is looking into it further as other people have similar problems.

Thanks anyway.

DB

(I have now gone with a different tutorial/approach to making extra write panels in Wordpress admin, this method worked, here is the link if you are interested http://wefunction.com/2008/10/tutorial-creating-custom-write-panels-in-wordpress/ )

 

hai,
i ever make website that show 4 custom field in POST , then output it on THEME .. i dont create script, but i use this wonderful FLUTTER plugin [http://flutter.freshout.us/] ..
just install it, then setting for custom field that you want to show on POST, than you can take the variabel to show on your Template. Or you can take a look of their script ..

hope help

 

Hi anest.baik,

Thank you for the reply.

I have tried Flutter but the plugin clashed with another I have and I had to remove it. I also tried More Fields and Custom Field Template as well.

But the other plugin I have Cforms is more important and already set up after a lot of hard work.

Take care.

DB