Types of Custom Fields.

Gnuget — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:03:04 +0000

In Magic Fields, there are 12 types of “fields”. Below is a detailed explanation of each “field” and how to use them in WordPress.

Please note that the code used to display each “MagicField” must be inside one of the WordPress loops. E.g. In the default theme, “the_content();” is displayed within the “single.php” file – please see the image below:

Textbox.

Usage:

echo get(‘field_name’);

Return: String.

Multiline.

For this field, the same filters used for “the_content();” may be applied using “shortcode“. Please see the images below:

Usage:

echo get(‘field_name’);

Return: String.

Checkbox.

Usage:

$value = get('field_name');

if($value){ /*Something*/ }

Return: Bool.

Checkbox List

Usage :

$my_list = get(‘field_name’);

foreach($my_list as $element){

echo $element;

}

Return: Array

DropDown List

Usage:

$my_option = get(‘checkbox’);

echo $my_option;

Return: String

ListBox

Usage:

$my_list = get(‘field_name’);

foreach($my_list as $element){

echo $element;

}

Return: Array

Images

Usage:

$my_image_url = get(‘field_name’);

/**

* With this method is returned the absolute url

* of the image

**/

get_image(‘field_name’);

/**is returned the image tag of html**/

Return: String

Date

Usage:

$my_date = get(‘field_name’);

Return: String. (Return the date in the same format to was selected when was created the custom field, actually exists 8 differents formats of dates)

Audio

Usage:

$mp3_url = get(‘field_name’);

/**

* With this method return

* the absolute url of the image

**/

echo get_audio(‘field_name’);

/**

*With this method return a flash player

* for the user can ear the song

**/

Color Picker

Usage:

$color = get(‘field_name’);

Return : String (hexadecimal number of the Color )

Slider

Usage:

$value = get(‘field_name’);

Return: String.

Magic Fields » types

Types of Custom Fields.

Textbox.

Multiline.

Checkbox.

Checkbox List

DropDown List

ListBox

Images

Date

Audio

Color Picker

Slider