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1. ccmovies
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello,
   I have a custom field that displays a youtube video. In the value of the field, I am just entering part of the url. I want it so that if the key "yt-vid" exists, then it will display or include (using php) a div that has the youtube video with an old-style TV as the background. I already know how to display the youtube video in front of the TV however for some reason I cannot figure out how to show to custom field if it exists. This is my first wordpress theme I am making and I am intermediate when it comes to php, HMTL, css, etc.

   Thanks,
   Connor

2. ccmovies
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   By the way, I am doing this on my local server so I cannot share a url with anyone. And I reply fast.

3. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   general:

   <?php if( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'yt-vid', true) ) { ?>
   
   <!-- htmlcode to show the div and the video -->
   
   <?php } ?>

   if you need to switch between html and php in that code, make sure to close and open the php tags and html tags in proper order.

4. ccmovies
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Okay, will try it, thanks!

5. ccmovies
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Yeah it worked! Thanks so much, that helps me a lot!

6. ccmovies
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Now how can I make it so if it is a certain category, such as Tutorials, that it displays tutorial information that I enter with custom fields?

   Thanks!

7. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   conditional template tags:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags

   in_category()

   php if else
   http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_if_else.asp

8. ccmovies
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Okay, thanks! I will try it out.

9. ccmovies
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   For some reason it is not working:

   
   <?php if ( in_category( array( 'tutorials', 'photoshop', 'illustrator', 'dvd studio pro', 'final cut pro', 'motion', 'after effects' ) )) {
   <? include('tutorials.php') ?>
   }
   ?>

10. ccmovies
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    All it shows is a blank page

11. alchymyth
    The Sweeper
    Posted 1 year ago #

    no error messages?

    what if you put any echo 'test'; code instead of the include(..)?

    what if you try include(TEMPLATEPATH .'/tutorials.php');

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Include_Tags#Including_Any_Template

    also check if php short tags <? are working on your server.

12. ccmovies
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I decided to go with something else:

    <?php if (in_category('tutorials')) : ?>
    <div id="tutorials">
    <h4>Tutorial Information</h4>
    <ul>
    <li><strong>You Will Need:</strong> <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'tut_you-will-need', true); ?></li>
    <li><strong>Optional:</strong> <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'tut_optional', true); ?></li>
    <li><strong>Difficulty:</strong> <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'tut_difficulty', true); ?></li>
    <li><strong>Est. Length of Time:</strong> <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'tut_time', true); ?></li>
    </ul>
    
    </div>
    <?php endif; ?>

    Thank you so much for the help!

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