Posted 4 years ago #
Hi, I have seen what the custom field can do, but I am bit novice. I need to add a custom piece of text to each post. This is the format:
Contact: bearman@domainname.com or phone 555 555 5555
or
Contact: doggirl@domainname.com or phone 444 444 4444
How do I do this?
With custom fields I have to add the number and url each time as I can't leave the value empty.
Please help
Maybe this plugin will help:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-field-template/
Posted 4 years ago #
Thanks, it looks great but sofar but I cannot get the entries to display in the front end.
It's what I wanted in the sense that I can define two options:
- email 1
- email 2
and I can just select either one in the backend and post it. This is great because I need to have such an option, where with custom fields one has to re-enter each value everytime, as a key cannot be without the value.
But as I said I am having a hard time getting the entry to actually display, am I missing something ?
Yes I am still novice ..
You will want to explore Using_Custom_Fields to learn to put code such as in your theme's appropriate template(typically wp-content/themes/your-theme/index.php) to display custom fields.
Other related:
Stepping Into Template Tags
Stepping Into Templates
Template Hierarchy
Posted 4 years ago #
This is an example by use of the custom field template plugin.
TEMPLATE #0
[Contact]
type = text
size = 35
[Phone]
type = text
size = 35[cft] Shortcode Format
FORMAT #0
Contact: [Contact]
phone: [Phone]In the post, you have to add this:
[cft format=0]
That's it:)
Very slick. Didn't notice that you could do that with your plugin, Hiroaki Miyashita.
Posted 4 years ago #
Holy smoke this works perfect, wow thanks guys. As soon as I added <?php the_meta(); ?> it finally displayed in the front end. I realise now that this plugin is related to the custom fields plugin, and thus you need to add the php code in your index.php
Posted 4 years ago #
is there any way I can make the values actual email links WITHOUT the shortcode option? I am building this for somebody and he will struggle with adding variables in the post itself. I liked the idea that with this plugin you can just tick the option you want in the post, and it will display in the front end.
Posted 4 years ago #
or can [cft format=0] somehow be embedded in the index.php instead of manually adding it to each post?
I believe, if you want the custom fields displayed for every post then you will want to read my comments above about Using_Custom_Fields etc.
If you are wanting to display a custom field as a link:
http://selfconclusion.co.uk/2008/12/wp-custom-fields/
Posted 4 years ago #
The shortcode method, I believe, is for displaying the value inside the post (in the post content).
The more traditional way is to use WordPress codes - such as the_meta - to call in your custom fields within your theme's templates, but outside the body of the post. Doing this, no one does anything special to "display" the fields when you write a post. Just fill in the custom fields (fill in the email box of Custom Fields Templates), and it will appear where-ever you have placed the_meta
Note that the_meta displays all Key-Value combinations.
Email -
Phone -
Thumbnail image -
etc.
If you just want to display a particular one, then consult the specific codes in the links MichaelH gave, or try another plugin: Get Custom Fields plugin.
Posted 4 years ago #
Sorry to put this in the thread, not sure what else to do.
Dgold, could you contact me? http://www.johnathanandersendesign.com/contact/ I'd like to see if you have discovered any work-arounds to the Checkbox List custom field. I read your comments at ImpressLab.com and I'm looking for the same thing. I found an update to rc_custom_field_gui, but the checkbox functionality is broken. See: http://www.seoclear.com/2007/09/24/add-permanent-custom-fields-to-your-wordpress-write-page/
Thanks
Posted 4 years ago #
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-field-template/
it has the checkbox list feature now
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