Do I do this exactly the same way as I would with normal posts? I use a $featured_cat global variable and pull that out. Should I do the same here?
Or should I use an associated custom taxonomy? Or perhaps I am over-thinking it? Would there really be a benefit with taxonomies?
What's the right approach here, guys?
Do I do this exactly the same way as I would with normal posts? I use a $featured_cat global variable and pull that out. Should I do the same here?
Or should I use an associated custom taxonomy? Or perhaps I am over-thinking it? Would there really be a benefit with taxonomies?
What's the right approach here, guys?
Share Improve this question asked Feb 21, 2011 at 15:12 Amit ErandoleAmit Erandole 7032 gold badges11 silver badges21 bronze badges 2 |2 Answers
Reset to default 4Register a video post type and a "Featured Taxonomy" "Featured Custom Meta Select Box
The Post type:
function c3m_reg_vid_post() {
$labels = array(
'name' => _x('Videos', 'post type general name'),
'singular_name' => _x('Video', 'post type singular name'),
'add_new' => _x('Add New', 'video'),
'add_new_item' => __('Add New Video'),
'edit_item' => __('Edit Video'),
'new_item' => __('New Video'),
'view_item' => __('View Video'),
'search_items' => __('Search Videos'),
'not_found' => __('No videos found'),
'not_found_in_trash' => __('No videos found in Trash'),
'parent_item_colon' => ''
);
$args = array(
'labels' => $labels,
'public' => true,
'publicly_queryable' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'query_var' => true,
'show_in_nav_menus' => true,
'can_export' => true,
'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'video', 'with_front' => false),
'capability_type' => 'post',
'register_meta_box_cb' => 'c3m_video_meta', //This is for our custom meta box
'hierarchical' => false,
'menu_position' => 10,
'taxonomies' => array('featured'),
'supports' => array('title', 'editor' 'custom-fields')
);
register_post_type('video', $args );
}
###The Taxonomy
On second thought lets use a custom field for the featured video post and create a drop down select custom meta box to choose if the post is featured.
Set up the custom meta box:
//hook to add a meta box
add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', 'c3m_video_meta' );
function c3m_video_meta() {
//create a custom meta box
add_meta_box( 'c3m-meta', 'Featured Video Selector', 'c3m_mbe_function', 'video', 'normal', 'high' );
}
function c3m_mbe_function( $post ) {
//retrieve the meta data values if they exist
$c3m_mbe_featured = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_c3m_mbe_featured', true );
echo 'Select yes below to make video featured';
?>
<p>Featured:
<select name="c3m_mbe_featured">
<option value="No" <?php selected( $c3m_mbe_featured, 'no' ); ?>>No Way</option>
<option value="Yes" <?php selected( $c3m_mbe_featured, 'yes' ); ?>>Sure Feature This Video</option>
</select>
</p>
<?php
}
//hook to save the meta box data
add_action( 'save_post', 'c3m_mbe_save_meta' );
function c3m_mbe_save_meta( $post_ID ) {
global $post;
if( $post->post_type == "video" ) {
if ( isset( $_POST ) ) {
update_post_meta( $post_ID, '_c3m_mbe_featured', strip_tags( $_POST['c3m_mbe_featured'] ) );
}
}
}
}
Here is our cool little featured video post selector we just created:
Now lets query the video posts that are featured:
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'video',
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'c3m_mbe_featured',
'value' => 'yes',
'compare' => 'NOT LIKE'
)
)
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );
Same as with every other post type, really...use a category...or whatever other method you prefer (tag, custom taxonomy, custom metadata/field,...).
$global_catvariable is? The ID of a specific category called "Featured"? – Jan Fabry Commented Feb 21, 2011 at 15:22