Bravo, Dgold, that is just what I was going to suggest.
I had it enabled on my blog for awhile but then decided to declutter. Read about it here:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Custom_Fields
You will need to add this piece of code to your index.php template, likely in the “feedback” division where the comment info is. Just insert a <br /> and then add this code:
<?php the_meta(); ?>
This will allow the index.php page to grab whatever you put in your custom field code. To set up a custom field, go to the “Writing” tab of the WP console. In the dropdown box, create a new custom field. You can call it whatever you like, e.g., listening.
Then when you want to make a new post and show your readers what you are listening to (reading, watching, whatever), you will find your new custom field in the dropdown box and add the relevant information there.
You will want to style the output so it looks nice on your blog.
These are the two items you’ll want to add to your stylesheet:
/* Currently Listening Reading Watching Styles */
.post-meta {
color: #000;
font-size: 95%;
font-style: italic;
margin-left: 0px;
padding-left: 1px;
background-color: transparent;
}
.post-meta-key {
color: #000;
font-size: 95%;
font-weight: bold;
}
Now, if you only ever want to show what you are listening to, you can find a cute music note icon or something and use it as a background-image in the above style. But I found out the hard way that other plugins (e.g., Votio) make calls to “the_meta” too and they all run off that one piece of code in the index.php. So unless you are very sure about it, don’t use the background-image styling!
HTH.
