Custom Post Type Panels
Using the custom post type you will notice the page where you edit or add a new post only has the bare minimum of panels. But what happens if I want to add a specific excerpt???
Easy 
use the following code and add it to your functions file.
add_post_type_support( '[your custom post type name', 'excerpt' );
Im not quite sure what the other panels are called. When I find out I will reply to this post with a list.
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WordPress 3.0 Custom Post Type Custom Fields
I have been trying out the custom post types for WordPress 3.0 Beta 2, I ran into a problem where i could not call the custom fields for posts i have assigned custom post type values.
I came up with this workaround for now until it is sorted.
function get_post_meta_custom($key, $single = false) {
global $wpdb,$post;
$answer = $wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare("SELECT meta_value FROM $wpdb->postmeta WHERE post_id = ".$post->ID." AND meta_key = '".$key."'"));
return $answer;
}
Call it using the following. I use this inside on the single post inside the loop.
if ( get_post_meta_custom('client_name', true) ) {echo get_post_meta_portfolio('client_name', true); }
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Change Xprofile Data
Update your Profile Field information for BuddyPress
xprofile_set_field_data( $field_name', $usert_id, $value);
This will not work for check boxes. Below is code that should help, check boxes need to be serialized data.
$value = maybe_serialize( [An Array of your values] ); xprofile_set_field_data( $field_name, $user_set_id, $value);
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WordPress Activation Key
This is how WordPress uses the new user ID and an MD5 hash to generate the activation key
$newuser_key = substr( md5( $user_id ), 0, 5 );
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WordPress/BuddyPress – Meta title tag not working
If your buddypress child theme or customized parent theme does not work properly, in otherwords does you title tag output “[Blogname] – Blog” then use the code below to remedy the error.
Whats happening is if you use bp_title_tag() is will output the default string as seen above. If you lean towards using the WordPress conditional tags to test the pages, WordPress will see the BuddyPress pages as normal static pages.
Using bp_get_title_tag we can test to see if its a WordPress page or a BuddyPress page and use the appropriate title tag.
<title><?php
if ( is_home() ) { bloginfo('name'); echo ' | '; bloginfo('description'); }
elseif ( is_search() ) { bloginfo('name'); echo ' | '; _e('Search Results'); }
elseif ( is_author() ) { bloginfo('name'); echo ' | '; _e('Author Archives'); }
elseif ( is_single() ) { bloginfo('name'); echo ' | '; wp_title(''); }
// Entering the buddypress tags
elseif ( is_page() ) {
$page_title = rtrim(ltrim(bp_get_page_title()));
if ( $page_title == "[INSETRT YOUR WP_TITLE HERE] — Blog" ) { bloginfo('name'); echo ' | '; wp_title('');}
else{ bp_page_title(); }
}
elseif ( is_category() ) { bloginfo('name'); echo ' | '; _e('Archive'); echo ' | '; single_cat_title(); }
elseif ( is_month() ) { bloginfo('name'); echo ' | '; _e('Archive'); echo ' | '; the_time('F'); }
elseif (function_exists('is_tag')) { if ( is_tag() ) { bloginfo('name'); echo ' | '; _e('Tag Archive'); echo ' | '; single_tag_title("", true); } }
else { } ?></title>
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WordPress Resources
Just got two useful links in my mail today
WordPRess 2.8 Cheat Sheet – All the useful template tags and functional reference you need for developing in WordPress 2.8
WPMU SPLOG Removal - Removing all of the nasty spam blogs and how to prevent them on your site.
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Conversion Thank You page for BuddyPress Registration
I recently had to create a second step “Thank you” page for a client so they could add their Conversion Tracking code to it. Most people will simply add the tracking code to the registration page and set the URLs in your Conversion Tracking software.
Some tracking software programs have trouble when it comes to using the same url for the start and the conversion goal. Here’s what i did to create a “Thank You” page.
- Open up your theme folder and copy the register.php template
- Rename it to thank-you.php (or anything you want really)
- Next open up thank-you.php and paste the following into it right at the top (line 1) to create a static page template.
<?php /* Template Name: Thank You Template*/ ?>
- Log into your backend and create a static page called “Thank-you” and select the “Thank Your Template” from the list.
- Next open up the register.php and insert the following line straight after the call for the register form. This uses javascript to change the action of the form to send to the thank-you page.
<script type="text/javascript"> var changer = document.getElementById('setupform'); changer.action = 'http://yoursite.org.za/thank-you';</script>
- Lastly to make sure no one visits this page except during the registration process add the following lines of code just below the <body> tag
I have attached the two file register.php and thank-you.php so you can see how i did it.
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Running quick tags outside of the loop
For anyone who has had the same frustration I have where you need tocall a function from a plugin, but they only have a quick tag you insert into the post/page.
Solution
<?php echo apply_filters(“the_content”,”[Insert Your Quick Tag Here]“); ?>
This will apply the filter that is usually applied when a post is queried, and display the quick tag as it would normall if you inserted via the backend.
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Disable all caching on specific pages
Copy and paste this code into the template you want to disable caching on, usually used on activation pages if( is_object( $wp_object_cache ) ) $wp_object_cache->cache_enabled = false;
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WordPress Hooks for Africa
All WordPress Hooks layed out nicely for you to look at.
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