It seems that esc URL was the culprit. Even though I wanted to hard code the base URL eg. http://facebook.com/ I was esc_url’ing the input field for which to append to the base. I’ve switched to using a regular text field and am esc_url’ing the entire output string.
It is hard to declare best practices here. The placement depends on the content of the metabox: an editor field would be too narrow usually in the side column; two small checkboxes on the other hand will look lost in the main column. To understand where which box will be placed, let’s use a small … Read more
Create your metaboxes as you normally would, they will be visible by default. Then use js to hide the ones you dont want initially visible. Your code would look something like below. The example is for a checkbox, but you will get the idea how it works. if ( $(‘input#_cmb_metaboxid_1’).is(‘:checked’) ) { $(‘#metabox_id_2’).show(); } else … Read more
You’ll want to create a standard metabox via the official APIs, how to do that is beyond this answer, what I’ll talk about is your dropdown. What you need to save is the Post ID of the building, so something like this pseudocode: <?php $current_building=….; ?> <select name=”….”> <?php $query = new WP_Query( array( ‘post_type’ … Read more
I prefer below way, $fb = get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘ecpt_facebookpage’, true); $twitter = get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘ecpt_facebookpage’, true); //etc… if($fb != “” || $twitter != “” || $instagram = “”){ echo “Follow Us On”; if($fb != “”){ ?> <a target=”_blank” href=”http://www.facebook.com/<?php echo $fb; ?>”> <img src=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_url’); ?>/images2/service-fb.png” width=”25px” height=”33px” alt=”” align=”right”> </a> <?php } // And so on….. … Read more
Your code seems a little superfluous; I’m pretty sure you could compact it to simply: <?php do_action( ‘before_sidebar’ ); if ( ! $sidebar = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), ‘_cmb_test_select’, true ) ) $sidebar=”sidebar-1″; // Default sidebar if meta value does not exist. if ( ! dynamic_sidebar( $sidebar ) ) : ?> <!– No widgets for selected sidebar, … Read more
Serialization problem after auto-update
If you’re updating a value, you want to use update_post_meta. When you set $unique to true in add_post_meta, nothing will happen if the meta key already exists.
One really simple way is to just insert another “save draft” button wherever you want in your post editor page. <input type=”submit” name=”save” value=”Save Draft” class=”button”> You essentially just want to make sure it’s got “save” as it’s name attribute and “Save Draft” as it’s value.
Custom carousel with meta box data