Cannot Save MetaBox Data in Custom Post Type

As kaiser pointed out, you need to use the save_post hook to call your save_my_metadata() function.

See this code sample for a complete example of saving (and validating) metabox data:

https://github.com/Veraxus/nv-example-meta-box/blob/master/init.php

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