brettlewisI have created a custom post type in my functions.php file but need there to be some sort of category option for it for post filtering of the custom post type.
This is what I have:
<?php
add_theme_support('post-thumbnails');
set_post_thumbnail_size( 300, 300, true ); // Normal post thumbnails
add_image_size( 'featured-post-tumbnail', 800, 460 ); // Permalink thumbnail size
//-----------register custom post type
register_post_type( 'portfolio',
array(
'labels' => array(
'name' => __( 'Portfolio' ), //this name will be used when will will call the portfolio in our theme
'singular_name' => __( 'Portfolio' ),
'add_new' => _x('Add New', 'portfolio'),
'add_new_item' => __('Add New Project'), //custom name to show up instead of Add New Post. Same for the following
'edit_item' => __('Edit Project'),
'new_item' => __('New Project'),
'view_item' => __('View Projects'),
),
'public' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'hierarchical' => false, //it means we cannot have parent and sub pages
'capability_type' => 'post', //will act like a normal post
'rewrite' => 'portfolio', //this is used for rewriting the permalinks
'query_var' => false,
'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail', 'excerpts', 'revisions', 'custom-fields') //the editing regions that will support
)
);
//------enable post thumbnail preview for custom columns
if ( !function_exists('fb_AddThumbColumn') && function_exists('add_theme_support') ) {
// for post and portfolio
function fb_AddThumbColumn($cols) {
$cols['thumbnail'] = __('Thumbnail');
return $cols;
}
function fb_AddThumbValue($column_name, $post_id) {
$width = (int) 200;
$height = (int) 125;
if ( 'thumbnail' == $column_name ) {
// thumbnail of WP 2.9
$thumbnail_id = get_post_meta( $post_id, '_thumbnail_id', true );
// image from gallery
$attachments = get_children( array('post_parent' => $post_id, 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_mime_type' => 'image') );
if ($thumbnail_id)
$thumb = wp_get_attachment_image( $thumbnail_id, array($width, $height), true );
elseif ($attachments) {
foreach ( $attachments as $attachment_id => $attachment ) {
$thumb = wp_get_attachment_image( $attachment_id, array($width, $height), true );
}
}
if ( isset($thumb) && $thumb ) {
echo $thumb;
} else {
echo __('None');
}
}
}
// for posts
add_filter( 'manage_posts_columns', 'fb_AddThumbColumn' );
add_action( 'manage_posts_custom_column', 'fb_AddThumbValue', 10, 2 );
// for portfolio
add_filter( 'manage_portfolio_columns', 'fb_AddThumbColumn' );
add_action( 'manage_portfolio_custom_column', 'fb_AddThumbValue', 10, 2 );
}
//----------------edit custom columns display for back-end
add_action("manage_posts_custom_column", "my_custom_columns");
add_filter("manage_edit-portfolio_columns", "my_portfolio_columns");
function my_portfolio_columns($columns) //this function display the columns headings
{
$columns = array(
"cb" => "<input type=\"checkbox\" />",
"title" => "Work Title",
"description" => "Description",
"thumbnail" => "Thumbnail"
);
return $columns;
}
function my_custom_columns($column)
{
global $post;
if ("ID" == $column) echo $post->ID; //displays title
elseif ("description" == $column) echo $post->post_content; //displays the content excerpt
elseif ("thumbnail" == $column) echo $post->post_thumbnail; //shows up our post thumbnail that we previously created.
}
?>Pretty much it creates a post type for portfolio items. Porblem is in the template I have created for the portoflio page I am trying to create a filter for different type of portfolio items (websites, logos, etc..) There didn't seem to be any kind of "supports" array type for categories, so is there something I can do to add some sort of custom drop down in the custom fields section for a category and featured image (for the homepage, not for the portfolio gallery thumbnail) separate from the thumbnail or something?
Most importantly I want to have the code be easily capable of adding more custom post types if need be.
