custom fields get_post_meta question

  • Resolved gerrycircus

    (@gerrycircus)


    16 years, 8 months ago

    I am creating a post template in my wordpress.

    I need to have:
    1/ a dynamic src inside an image – so I can place “artist-image” as custom field and the path. This works.
    2/ I need to a link underneath that contains a website link
    3/ pretty much the same as number 2

    Here’s my PHP – 2 and 3 aren’t working – but number 1 is. What am I doing wrong? Any ideas?

    <!– I NEED TO POST AN IMAGE FROM THE IMG and THEN TWO SEPERATE LINKS BELOW – 1/ WEBSITE 2/ MYSPACE URL –>

    <div class=”artist-details”>
    <?php
    $artistimageCode = get_post_meta ($post ->ID, ‘artist-image’, true);
    $websiteCode = get_post_meta ($post ->ID, ‘website-address’, true);
    $myspaceCode = get_post_meta ($post ->ID, ‘myspace’, true);
    ?>

    <img src=”<?php echo $artistimageCode; ?>” width=”200″ height=”250″ alt=”music box for life artist” />
    <p>Website: ” target=”_blank”></p>
    <p>Myspace: ” target=”_blank”></p>
    </div>
    <!– artist details close –>

    <!– ARTIST CLOSE –>

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  • MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    16 years, 8 months ago

    From my notes from a thread I can’t find now:

    <?php
//if custom field is present, formulate and display link from meta value
$link = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'link_url', true);
$text = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'link_text', true);
if ($link){
echo 'Credit: <a href="'.$link .'">'.$text.'</a>';
}
?>
    Thread Starter gerrycircus

    (@gerrycircus)

    16 years, 8 months ago

    I tried that and it’s still not working. Here’s my latest effort:

    <!– I NEED TO POST AN IMAGE FROM THE IMG and THEN
    TWO SEPERATE LINKS BELOW –

    1/ IMAGE
    2/ WEBSITE
    3/ MYSPACE URL

    THE IMAGE PART IS WORKING AND THE BACKEND OF WORDPRESS REGISTERS THE FACT THAT ARTIST-IMAGE IS THERE
    –>

    <div class=”artist-details”>
    <?php
    $artistimageCode = get_post_meta ($post ->ID, ‘artist-image’, true);
    $websiteCode = get_post_meta ($post ->ID, ‘website-address’, true);
    $myspaceCode = get_post_meta ($post ->ID, ‘myspace’, true);
    ?>

    <img src=”<?php echo $artistimageCode; ?>” width=”200″ height=”250″ alt=”music box for life artist” />
    ” target=”_blank” />
    ” target=”_blank” />
    </div>
    <!– artist details close –>

    <!– ARTIST CLOSE –>

    The forum is not displaying my code properly

    I am essentially placing the php echo where the href path would be. Not sure why it doesnt display here.

    Thread Starter gerrycircus

    (@gerrycircus)

    16 years, 8 months ago

    <!-- I NEED TO POST AN IMAGE FROM THE IMG and THEN
TWO SEPERATE LINKS BELOW - 

1/ IMAGE
2/ WEBSITE
3/ MYSPACE URL 

THE IMAGE PART IS WORKING AND THE BACKEND OF WORDPRESS REGISTERS THE FACT THAT ARTIST-IMAGE IS THERE
-->

<div class="artist-details">
	<?php
    $artistimageCode = get_post_meta ($post ->ID, 'artist-image', true);
    $websiteCode = get_post_meta ($post ->ID, 'website-address', true);
    $myspaceCode = get_post_meta ($post ->ID, 'myspace', true);
    ?>

    <img src="<?php echo $artistimageCode; ?>" width="200" height="250" alt="music box for life artist" />
    <?php echo $websiteCode; ?>" />
    <?php echo $myspaceCode; ?>" />
</div>
<!-- artist details close -->

<!-- ARTIST CLOSE -->
    Peter Boosten

    (@pboosten)

    16 years, 8 months ago

    What’s the value of both custom fields? Show an example.

    Peter

    Thread Starter gerrycircus

    (@gerrycircus)

    16 years, 8 months ago

    Hi Pboosten! Thanks for taking the time out of your day to help me.

    the custom field entries from the back-end are called:

    “artist-image” (this is working)
    “website-address” (this throws an error)
    “myspace” (this throws an error)

    The problem is when I try to ADD a custom field in the backend of WP it says “An unidentified error has occured”.

    Peter Boosten

    (@pboosten)

    16 years, 8 months ago

    But what do you put in as value for those custom fields?

    Peter

    Thread Starter gerrycircus

    (@gerrycircus)

    16 years, 8 months ago

    hey peter

    you got me thinking! i was focussing on the scripting. I updated my version of WP to the latest (just in case) and deleted all my previous entries for custom fields. I re-inputted them and it’s working!

    Thanks for that!

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