Comments on: Advanced Content Management with WordPress Custom Field Templates

By: kevinlearynet

kevinlearynet — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:21:15 +0000

You may need to use an isset():

"if(isset($block)){ "

By: kevinlearynet

kevinlearynet — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:20:24 +0000

My mistake, I think you may need an "isset()" statement:

$block = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Block #1');
if(isset($block)){
foreach(($block) as $blocks) {
echo $blocks;
}
}
?>

By: kevinlearynet

kevinlearynet — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:14:22 +0000

No problem Devin, a dynamic sidebar on a page by page basis is one of the most common uses for this in my experience.

By: kevinlearynet

kevinlearynet — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:13:30 +0000

Thanks Carlos! I'm not sure how "local" made it in there, but it's fixed now.

By: JohnTC

JohnTC — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:33:44 +0000

Its not working for me… I must use this workaround:
http://www.scotproof.com/inserting-a-nextgen-gall...

By: Nathan

Nathan — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:26:58 +0000

Should there be an 'else'? It's not working for me.

By: Satılık Daire

Satılık Daire — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:47:18 +0000

I found it very useful. Thanks!

By: Carlos

Carlos — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:29:07 +0000

In the disposable styles CSS for your example, the reference to the #local DIV is wrong. It should be #block-2. In other words, the CSS should read:

#block-2
{
margin:0 0 0 20px;
display:inline; /* For IE6 */
}

Peace,
Carlos

By: @nbierma

@nbierma — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:17:51 +0000

ok, i looked at your reply to tin_soldier and think I have to do an if-exists for each field in functions.php. :

$block = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Block #1'); if($block){ foreach(($block) as $blocks) {


$block = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Block #2');

if($block){

foreach(($block) as $blocks) {

$block = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Block #3'); if($block){ foreach(($block) as $blocks) {

By: @nbierma

@nbierma — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:10:33 +0000

can you help me out with the syntax for a PHP "if it exists" function, so that the custom field only shows up if it has something in it? i.e. if I don't want to show block 2 on a post that has no content for block 2.

I know this is the PHP for WP's built-in custom fields:
if (isset($customField[0])) { echo "

"; }?>

What's the equivalent for this plugin?

Thanks!!