Display custom field value in sidebar

  • jacksometer

    (@jacksometer)


    14 years ago

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    I’ve been struggling with this for a few hours and, being the php newbie that I am, and can’t seem to work it out, so here I am.

    I’m trying to display the last 5 custom field values (thumbnails) associated with a custom post (post type ‘portfolio’) in a page sidebar, excluding the value for the custom field of the presently displayed custom post.

    For now, all I’ve managed to do is : display one custom field value, that of the displayed custom post. And I haven’t been able to make it work from sidebar.php so far, so it’s directly injected in the single-portfolio.php

    Here is what I have:

    <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
                <?php $image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'tz_portfolio_thumb', true);
                if($image) : ?>
                <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="Project for <?php the_title(); ?>"><img src="<?php echo $image; ?>" alt="Project for<?php the_title(); ?>" /></a>
            <?php endif; ?>
        <?php endwhile; endif; ?>

    And here is what’s in my sidebar.php at the moment:

    <?php
        if(!is_page() && get_post_type() != 'portfolio') {

            dynamic_sidebar('main');

        } elseif(get_post_type() == 'portfolio') {

            dynamic_sidebar('portfolio'); 

        } else {

            dynamic_sidebar('page');
        }

        ?>

    If my explanations don’t make sense, you can take a look at the current state of things here. Any help or pointers will be greatly appreciated!

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  • Thread Starter jacksometer

    (@jacksometer)

    14 years ago

    A bump with the next step I’ve been able to take so far. Problem is, it only displays the alt text instead of the actual thumbnails, and I don’t get why!

    <!--BEGIN #sidebar .aside-->
<div id="sidebar" class="aside">

<?php
    $my_query = new WP_Query('showposts=5&orderby=post_date&order=desc&post_type=portfolio');
        if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
        while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
?>

<?php
    $thumbnail = get_posts( array(
        'post_type' => 'portfolio',
        'numberposts' => 5,
        'key' => 'tz_portfolio_thumb'
    ) );

    if($thumbnail) : ?>
        <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="Project for <?php the_title(); ?>"><img src="<?php echo $thumbnail; ?>" alt="Project for <?php the_title(); ?>" /></a>
    <?php endif; ?>

<?php
endwhile;
}

wp_reset_query();
?>
<!--END #sidebar .aside-->
</div>
    Thread Starter jacksometer

    (@jacksometer)

    14 years ago

    Managed to exclude displaying the current post custom field value by changing the first part to this:

    global $wp_query;
$current_id = $wp_query->get_queried_object_id();

    $my_query = new WP_Query( array(
        'post_type'=>'portfolio',
        'posts_per_page'=>'5',
        'post__not_in' => array($current_id),
        ));

        if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
        while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();

    $thumbnail = get_posts( array('post_type' => 'portfolio','numberposts' => 5,'meta_key' => 'tz_portfolio_thumb', 'post__not_in' => array($current_id)) );

    Still not displaying the actual thumbnails though, just the alt text. Irritating!

    Thread Starter jacksometer

    (@jacksometer)

    14 years ago

    Gah, I was being so stupid…

    This finally worked, like so:

    <?php
global $wp_query;
$current_id = $wp_query->get_queried_object_id();

    $my_query = new WP_Query( array(
        'post_type'=>'portfolio',
        'posts_per_page'=>'5',
        'post__not_in' => array($current_id),
        ));

        if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
        while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();

$image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'tz_portfolio_thumb', true);
?>
        <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="Project for <?php the_title(); ?>">
            <img src="<?php echo $image; ?>" alt="Project for <?php the_title(); ?>" />
        </a>

<?php
endwhile;
}

wp_reset_query();
?>

    Now, how do I turn this into a condition for sidebar.php ?

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