johncory

I changed query_posts to new wp_query in the wpfp-page-template.php but also turned JS off in the admin. I have another answer with some code towards the new wp_query if you look around. One of the two worked for me.

here’s what I did —

1. copy the wpfp-page-template.php into your theme — not sure if that’s obvious to others. it wasn’t to me.
2. Umm… rewrite the template a bit to suit your purposes. for me, it was the following (note I change the query from query_posts to new wp_query and use a custom post type):

   if ($favorite_post_ids) {
   
       $favorite_post_ids = array_reverse($favorite_post_ids);
       $post_per_page = wpfp_get_option("post_per_page");
       // $page = intval(get_query_var('paged')); // I don't need this
   
       $sectors = array(
         'post_type' => 'sectors',
         'post__in' => $favorite_post_ids,
         'posts_per_page'=> $post_per_page,
         'orderby' => 'post__in'
       );     
   
   /*
   *  Sectors
   *  ==================================
   */
   
       $sectors_query = new WP_Query( $sectors );
       if ( $sectors_query->have_posts() ) { ?>
          <h2>Sectors</h2>
         <?php
         while ( $sectors_query->have_posts() ) {
           $sectors_query->the_post(); ?>
           <div>
           <?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?>
           <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
           <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
           <p class="btn btn-info btn-xs"><span class="remove-wpfp"><?php echo wpfp_remove_favorite_link(get_the_ID()); ?></span></p>
         </div>
   <?php } // if $sectors_query
       wp_reset_query();

I actually have a bunch of custom post types and, thus a bunch of arguments and new wp queries going on, but hopefully this is helpful and not the wrong way to do it for some reason. I have noticed that I have to click all of my wpfp_link() buttons twice to make things happen. Hopefully that’s not related to this here. I’m about to post my own question about that in a second.

I have used Advanced Custom Fields recently to do something very similar with great results.

The new pro version allows quite a lot of flexibility. It should be very easy for you to customize the backend user interface with intelligent labeling and help text to move your administrators through the content entry process.

Difficulties I’ve encountered include:

Bulk import / export of ACF values via CSV is not available out of the box. There are plugins you can use to do that, but they are ten times as expensive as ACF itself. You can also bulk import via MySQL, but YMMV on how easy that is.

ACF has its own lingo. You have to learn it, but once you do, it’s great.

The last update to ACF Pro was a little bumpy for me. The bumps are smoothed out now, but at first I was a little panicked to see things “breaking.” I worry that something similar will happen if Elliot Condon joins the circus or hands the project over to someone else, but all of your content is very well organized in the database via ACF. So, migration shouldn’t be more difficult than any other migration I’ve faced.

You might also look at Relevanssi for the search component.