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resolvedLet me just say this first. GREAT Work on this Plugin!
After a few hours of sifting threw the code I still couldn't figure this one out.
What I need to completely automate my site is to have the plugin to input the same url for the main image of the post that it puts into the excerpt into the value for custom field "image" I created. Any thoughts?
Add this to plugins/photoq-photoblog-plugin/classes/PhotoQPhoto.php at line 340
Change the $extra_meta variable to what kinds of meta field you want to add.
/* BEGIN EXTRA META-DATA */
$extra_meta1 = 'image';
add_post_meta($postID, $extra_meta1, $this->generateContent('excerpt'), true);
/* END EXTRA META-DATA */
Remember! Everything you hack into the photoq-plugin will be reset if there will be an update of PhotoQ!
Thanks for your quick reply! I was hoping for it to only post the actual URL of the image from the excerpt, not the entire excerpt.
For example:
The excerpt put into a post is:
"<img width="600" height="400" alt="Fam Affair 103" src="http://www.yourheretosmile.com/cheese/wp-content/main/2009_07/Fam Affair_103.JPG" class="photoQexcerpt photoQImg" />"
The part I want put into the "image" custom field is:
"http://www.yourheretosmile.com/cheese/wp-content/main/2009_07/Fam Affair_103.JPG"
Is there any way of doing that?
hi. having more flexibility when it comes to views, for example via custom fields as you propose is planned. however, this feature will most likely not yet make it to the next release.
so if you want it right now you have to make a hack. to achieve what you want you could try something like this instead of what cvanmeer proposes above (note i didn't test it but i think it should work):
$sizeName = 'main';
$extra_meta1 = 'image';
add_post_meta($postID, $extra_meta1, $this->_sizes[$sizeName]->getUrl(), true);you have to set $sizeName to the name of the image size you want to have in the custom field. please tell me whether it worked out. thanks.
Thanks So Much!!!
Two hours before you posted I had just figured out a way to make it work by creating a function:
// Created to automatically put an image's "main" size url into the "image" custom field
function generatecoolbeans($sizeName)
{
return $this->_sizes[$sizeName]->getUrl();
}
Then I just used the function to pass the url:
$extra_meta1 = 'image';
add_post_meta($postID, $extra_meta1, $this->generatecoolbeans('main'), true);
But as proud as I am of my solution, yours works too and looks better so I'll use it. Again, thanks and keep up the good work!
well, the two solutions do exactly the same thing :-)
glad it works.
as of v1.8 hacks like this are no longer required. You can achieve the same by creating a custom view and using its freeform option. have fun.
your question shows me that i failed with the documentation :-)
here you go:
1. create a new view with the name of the custom field
2. set the new form to freeform (click corresponding radio button)
3. put [imgUrl|main] into the freeform field
4. hit save changes. all posts will be updated with the new field
that's it.
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