Matt Thiessen

Breadcrumbs for Taxonomy for a Custom Post type

matt — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:56:34 +0000

This is what I came up with to display the category, or rather a custom taxonomy, of a single posttype page of use in a breadcrumb. The taxonomy I used is ‘smg-logo-brand’ and the terms slug where ‘kcrg’, ‘the-gazette’ and ‘sourcemedia.’ I compared the terms associated with the post to that in the URL to determine which term belonged in the breadcrumb.

if (!is_tax() && get_post_type() == 'smg-logo' && has_term( array( 'kcrg', 'the-gazette', 'sourcemedia', 'other' ), 'smg-logo-brand' ) ) {
			$terms = get_the_terms( get_the_ID(), 'smg-logo-brand' );
			foreach ( $terms as $term ) {
				if ( strpos( $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"], $term->slug ) !== false) {
					$breads['terms'] = '' . $term->name . '';
				}
			}
		}

Custom post type capabilities

matt — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:47:35 +0000

$custom_posts_caps = array('edit_custom_post',
'read_custom_post',
'delete_custom_post',
'edit_custom_posts',
'edit_others_custom_posts',
'publish_custom_posts',
'read_private_custom_posts');

_smg_add_cap('administrator', $custom_posts_caps);
_smg_add_cap('editor', $custom_posts_caps);

'capabilities' => array(
'edit_post' => 'edit_custom_post',
'read_post' => 'read_custom_post',
'delete_post' => 'delete_custom_post',
'edit_posts' => 'edit_custom_posts',
'edit_others_posts' => 'edit_others_custom_posts',
'publish_posts' => 'publish_custom_posts',
'read_private_posts' => 'read_private_custom_posts'
),

Create and verify a nonce

matt — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:57:30 +0000

All of this is created in a class

// place this in __construct of the class
$this->nonce_name = 'name_' . $my_post_type_slug;
$this->nonce_action = 'saving_posttype_' . $my_post_type_slug;
add_action('save_post', 'save_my_custom_posttype', 10);

// place this in a meta box
echo '
';

// your custom save w/ nonce
function save_my_custom_posttype($post_id) {

	if (isset($_POST[ $this->nonce_name ]) && wp_verify_nonce( $_POST[ $this->nonce_name ], $this->nonce_action ) !== false ) {
		// do something
	}
}

Redirect url to a page after importing posts

matt — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:43:50 +0000

After importing posts from one WordPress site to another, you need to set the htaccess file to direct the pages and images. Here’s what I used:

The old site where I exported posts is easterniowasportsandrec.com. I created a new page that will be a section page for these posts at http://thegazette.com/sports/more/. So I need to redirect the old homepage, the old stories and the images. I added these three rules to the htaccess file on easterniowasportsandrec.com.

# redirect old homepage to new page
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^easterniowasportsandrec.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^\/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://thegazette.com/sports/more/ [L,R=301]

# redirect files from old site /files/ to new site /wp-content/uploads/
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^easterniowasportsandrec.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*)$ http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/$2 [R=301,L]

# redirect every other page to match the post’s permalink on new site
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^easterniowasportsandrec.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://thegazette.com/$1 [L,R=301]

These are the example redirects:
redirect the homepage to a page
http://easterniowasportsandrec.com/

redirect an image
http://easterniowasportsandrec.com/files/2012/01/Iowa-vs.-Norhtwestern131-128×128.jpg

redirect a story
http://easterniowasportsandrec.com/2011/10/16/feels-like-spring-as-kernels-hold-pa-on-field-tryouts/

Upgrading WordPress 3.3.1 broke Postie plugin

matt — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:07:33 +0000

The get_user_by function breaks when calling _fill_user function. I commented out the get_user_by function and it worked fine.

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/postie-broken-in-33-_fill_user-problem

Adding or Removing Profile Fields

matt — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:04:13 +0000


function my_contactmethods( $contactmethods ) {

	// add
	$contactmethods['twitter'] = 'Twitter';
	$contactmethods['facebook'] = 'Facebook';
	$contactmethods['blog'] = 'Blog';

	// remove
	unset($contactmethods['aim']);
	unset($contactmethods['jabber']);
	unset($contactmethods['yim']);

	return $contactmethods;
}
add_filter('user_contactmethods','my_contactmethods',10,1);

Slideshow Gallery not displaying after recent update

matt — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:14:56 +0000

/*
// Inclusion: Einbindung von Slideshow Gallery  Pro || Fritz
echo "";
echo do_shortcode('[gpslideshow custom=1 align=right thumbs=off caption=on auto=on]');
echo "";
*/

// Inclusion: Slideshow Gallery Standard || Fritz || 22/11/2011
echo "";
echo do_shortcode('[slideshow custom=1]');
echo "";

Adding a meta_box to all Post Types

matt — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:03:00 +0000

$post_types = get_post_types( array( '_builtin' => false ), 'objects' );  // Gets all custom types
       array_push( $post_types, get_post_type_object( 'post' ), get_post_type_object( 'page')  ); // Adds back the 'post' and 'page' types while ommitting attachments, revisions, menus, etc.
       foreach ( $post_types as $type ) {
               add_meta_box( . . . );
       }

WP-o-Matic breaks WordPress Related Links

matt — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:27:09 +0000

function adminInit() {
		auth_redirect();

		// force display of a certain section
		$this->section = ($this->setup) ? ((isset($_REQUEST['s']) && $_REQUEST['s']) ? $_REQUEST['s'] : $this->sections[0]) : 'setup';

//    if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) && (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE') !== false))
//      die('Please switch to Firefox / Safari');

		wp_enqueue_script('prototype');
		wp_enqueue_script('wpoadmin', $this->tplpath . '/admin.js', array('prototype'), $this->version);

		if ($this->section == 'list')
			wp_enqueue_script('listman');

		//if ( WPOTools::isAjax() ) {
		if ( WPOTools::isAjax() &&  $this->section != 'home' ) { // Matt Thiessen 11/8/11
			$this->admin();
			exit;
		}
	}

NextGen Gallery fails to create new gallery

matt — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:23:26 +0000

For some reason the slug field was missing in the wp_6_ngg_gallery on one of my WordPress multisite blogs.

The fix . . .

ALTER TABLE `wp_6_ngg_gallery` ADD `slug` VARCHAR( 255 ) NULL AFTER `name`;

ALTER TABLE `wp_6_ngg_pictures` ADD `image_slug` VARCHAR NOT NULL AFTER `pid`