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1. mrsheedy
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hello

   I've tried posting a few times about this now as well as bashing my head against a wall and I'm still getting absolutely nowhere.
   Can you have the style of a post vary depending on the posts custom value entered in the custom field. Like this:

   If the custom value is "front" output this HTML...
   or else...
   If the custom value is "back" output this HTML...

   I would ask if this can even be done but given the rest of the things that you can do with wordpress I'm sure it can. I'm not a programmer but it really doesn't seem all that complicated.

   Does anyone have any suggestions. Even just some pointers on using an if statement properly and retrieving a custom field's value would give me something to work with.

   Thank you.

2. ifelse
   Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Just use something like the following in The_Loop:
   <?php
//get custom value
$custom_option = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'your_custom_field', true);
//if conditions
if ($custom_option == 'SOME_VALUE'){
?>
<!-- HTML STUFF -->
<?php } else { ?>
<!-- Alternative HTML STUFF -->
<?php } ?>

   I use a simple form of this for changing the 'add a comment' text.

3. mrsheedy
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Mate you are a LEGEND!
   Works like a charm. Thank you so much.

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