Adding Multiple Custom Fields to Posts

[slydawgg]

I've created multiple Custom Fields for one of my sites, but am not sure I can locate the best method for making them display on either the Category Page and/or the Single Post.

I've seen across this forum and other websites to just edit the functions.php file, but if I am not using a child-theme, wouldn't editing the functions.php file within Genesis be a really bad idea?

Some folks even say just drop your code into Simple Hooks, but I am not 100% that is what would do what I am trying to accomplish; so here is my idea...

My custom fields are:
webpage-url
phone

I would like the Posts single page to look something like:
Post Title
Post Body
Custom-field "webpage-url"
Custom-field "phone"

And if possible the Category Page to be the same as above, but all Posts in the same Category

 

Has anybody done this successfully, or are people using plugins instead of the Genesis Framework?

[Brad Dalton]

Published 3 posts on this in the last 2 weeks.

The Advanced Custom fields plugin is excellent if you want multiple custom fields and meta boxes.

Nick has also written about this in detail.http://designsbynickthegeek.com/tutorials/how-i-make-custom-fields-easier

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[slydawgg]

Thanks for the quick reply.  Unfortunately I was trying to use this plugin earlier and although I created a custom field and gave all of the "Location" information, the custom field still doesn't appear to ever display on the page itself.

I guess I will keep trying to see if there is something I have missed along the way.

[Brad Dalton]

You have to add code to your child themes functions.php file in order for the custom field to work.

Simply creating a custom field won't work.

The plugin also enables you to create custom meta boxes in your edit screens.

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[jon0102]

I need some help with this as well.

I've used ACF to create the field, but I can't figure out where to put the php to get it to display on the front-end.

I created my own child theme from scratch, so there are no existing loops in my functions.php file. Would I need to create a custom loop in order to add my field? Simply adding get_field( "featured_image_description" ); or genesis_get_custom_field("featured_image_description" );  to functions.php doesn't seem to work.

[Brad Dalton]

Depends on what you want to do with the custom field.

Here's an example for images:

Code not displaying? Grab it on Github.

You'll need to check out the code examples on the ACF website.

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[jon0102]

That's useful, but it's not an image. It's just text.

I want to be able to add a description to all the featured images on the site. The field would display along with all the other post data (using the Genesis Featured Page widget) and I'd overlay it, sort of like a note on the bottom of a polaroid, using CSS.

I'm just not familiar enough with php to figure it out, yet. No matter what I add or tweak in function.php myself I just can't get that darned line of text to appear on the front end!

[Brad Dalton]

Understand which is why i linked to the ACF code snippets.

They also offer a forum where you can get the code.

Once you have the code, the rest is simple.

You could also remove this line:

	?><img src="<?php the_field('second_image'); ?>" alt="" /><?php
endif;

from the code above and change the field name from second_image to your own which should be the same as you use when creating the field using the plugin.

You can also change the conditional tag and hook in the code above.

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[jon0102]

ACF seem to be having problems with their website the last couple of days. I couldn't get on the day before yesterday, could briefly yesterday and can't again today.

The code they give on their website just doesn't work as it should, because they assume you're inserting it at a specific point in your loop, which I don't have the code for in my child theme.

Would they be able to offer specific examples of how to get this to work in Genesis? Unfortunately the code above isn't doing anything 🙁

[Brad Dalton]

The code i supplied above works for images only.

You could try posting on their forum and asking for a custom function.

Another option is to use another custom fields plugin.

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[jon0102]

I'm not sure it's a problem with the plugin itself, but how I'm handling the php side of things. Never mind.

Thanks for all your help!

Out of curiosity, where online would you recommend for me to buff up my WordPress PHP knowledge, from very much a beginner's level?

[Brad Dalton]

I think its different for everyone.

You could try sites like:

http://www.w3schools.com/php/

http://devzone.zend.com/6/php-101-php-for-the-absolute-beginner/

I think videos are the best

http://www.lynda.com/PHP-training-tutorials/282-0.html

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/learn-php-from-scratch-a-training-regimen/

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[Zach Russell]

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[jon0102]

Brilliant. Thanks guys! 🙂

[slydawgg]

I meant to follow up on this. I ended up using a combination of Brad's code above, and changing it to better suit my needs. Here is what I ended up using in case it helps others.

add_action('genesis_post_content', 'title');
function title() {
if ( is_single() && genesis_get_custom_field('title') )
echo '<hr /><div id="postition_title">Title: '. genesis_get_custom_field('title') .'</div>';
} 
 
add_action('genesis_post_content', 'phone');
function phone() {
if ( is_single() && genesis_get_custom_field('phone') )
echo '<div id="phone">Phone Number: '. '<a href="tel:' .genesis_get_custom_field('phone') . '">' . genesis_get_custom_field('phone') .'</a></div>';
} 

[Brad Dalton]

Good stuff. Did you use this with the ACF plugin?

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