Please let me start by saying, I is not a coder! I am not that smart. Plus, I'm an old, tired and ugly pensioner.
What I am showing below is the results of copy, paste and play around until I get something close to what I want.
I have created a dashboard widget. I include a php file that has the following code. So far, I've gotten everything to work the way I want, except the image uploaded for the "thumb" is not being placed in the existing thumb custom field, and the thumb custom field is not being updated.
I am creating a new custom field named 'thumb,' but it is empty.
What I done wrong?
<!-- New Post Form --><div id="postbox">
<form id="new_post" name="new_post" method="post" action="">
<p><label for="title">Your Name</label><br /> <input type="text" id="title" value="" tabindex="1" size="20" name="title" /> </p>
<p><label for="description">Your Bio</label><br /> <textarea id="description" tabindex="3" name="description" cols="50" rows="6"></textarea> </p>
<p><label for="async-upload">Your Picture</label><br />
<input type="file" id="async-upload" value="" tabindex="1" size="20" name="async-upload" />
</p>
<p align="right"><input type="submit" value="Update" tabindex="6" id="submit" name="submit" /></p>
<input type="hidden" name="post_type" id="post_type" value="post" />
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="post" /> <?php wp_nonce_field( 'new-post' ); ?>
</form> </div> <!--// New Post Form -->
<?php
$post_slug = "featured-post" ;
$url = "/featured/featured-post" ;
$postid = url_to_postid( $url );
// Entering the text between the quotes
echo "$postid" ;
?>
<br />
<?php
$cat_name = "featured" ;
$kw_cat_id = get_cat_ID( $cat_name );
echo "$kw_cat_id" ;
$postdate = date('2010-02-23 18:57:33');
if( 'POST' == $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] && !empty( $_POST['action'] )) {
// Do some minor form validation to make sure there is content
if (isset ($_POST['title'])) {
$title = $_POST['title'];
} else {
echo 'Please enter a title';
}
if (isset ($_POST['description'])) {
$description = $_POST['description'];
} else {
echo 'Please enter the content';
}
// Add the content of the form to $post as an array
$post = array(
'ID' => $postid,
'post_title' => $title,
'post_name' => $post_slug,
'post_content' => $description,
'post_category' =>array( $kw_cat_id ), // Usable for custom taxonomies too
'post_date' => $postdate,
'post_status' => 'publish' // Choose: publish, preview, future, etc.
);
// Pass the value of $post to WordPress the insert function
// http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_insert_post
$newPost = wp_insert_post($post);
//insert image
require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/admin.php');
$attachmentId = media_handle_upload('async-upload'); //post id of Client Files page
add_post_meta($newPost, 'thumb', wp_get_attachment_url($attachmentId));
wp_redirect( home_url() ); // redirect to home page after submit
// Do the wp_insert_post action to insert it
do_action('wp_insert_post', 'wp_insert_post');
} // end IF
?>
