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1. ulterior
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi,

   So I'm using the bookmarks section of WP as a kind of pseudo CMS for entering small data. Each item has a title (the name) a text field (the bookmark's note) and a category (the bookmarks category).

   I've been trying for ages, but cant seem to write a function that does the following.

   - Lists all my bookmarks by category
   - Lists each of these bookmarks in a way that displays both the title and the 'notes' field (ie echo $bookmark->link_name; and echo $bookmark->link_notes; )

   ie

   CAT1
   BOOMARKTITLE1
   BOOKMARKNOTE1
   BOOMARKTITLE2
   BOOKMARKNOTE2
   BOOMARKTITLE3
   BOOKMARKNOTE3

   CAT2
   BOOMARKTITLE1
   BOOKMARKNOTE1
   BOOMARKTITLE2
   BOOKMARKNOTE2
   CAT3
   ....

   Anybody have any thoughts? Would be much appreciated

2. doodlebee
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   <?php wp_list_bookmarks('categorize=1&show_name=1&show_description=1'); ?>

   That doesn't work for you?

3. ulterior
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   No it doesnt, I need to display the notes field of each link, not the description

4. doodlebee
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Ah - I see. Well, looking at the bookmark.php file (in includes) there's a function you might be able to use:

   get_bookmark_field( $field, $bookmark, $context = 'display' );

   Nothing in the codex on it that I can find. But there's also get_bookmark( $bookmark, $output, $filter );, and that might be more helpful. I'd say you could write a function that creates its own loop, and uses the above to output the bookmarks in array format, and pull the contents of the link_notes field.

   So, for example (and this is totally untested and off the top of my head, but it might be a start):

   function custom_bookmarks() {
     global $wpdb;
     $bookmarks = get_bookmarks();
   
     if($bookmarks) {
       foreach($bookmarks as $bm) {
         $id = $bm->link_id;
         $add = get_bookmark($id);
         $notes = $add->link_notes;
   
         $link .= '<li><a href="' . $bm->link_url . '">' . $bm->link_name . '</a><br />' . $notes . '</li>';
       }
     }
     echo $links;
   }

   Maybe that would do it?

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