usage?

[webface]

how do you use and retrieve data from this field type?

[draison]

Looking for the same answer. Anyone?

[webface]

I figured out the usage:

        array(
            'name' => __( 'Test', 'cmb' ),
            'desc' => __( 'Test', 'cmb' ),
            'id'   => $prefix . 'test',
            'type' => 'custom_attached_posts',
        ),

However the plugin appears to be broken:

**Warning: in_array() expects parameter 2 to be array, string given in /site/wp-content/plugins/cmb-attached-posts-master/attached-posts-field.php on line 52

Coreymcollins: Help!!!

[coreymcollins]

Hey Hey! Sorry for the delay in response, guys.

I added a usage example, so if you're still having questions you can check that out.

webface - I'm not getting that error at all. Can you let me know where that's happening for you? I didn't receive it on the front-end or back-end, and even moved all of my posts to draft mode to ensure that no posts would be found. I received no error on that line.

draison, do you happen to receive the same error as webface is reporting above?

Any info you can give me would be great!

[webface]

Corey I'm still getting the error. I down loaded the latest Custom-Metaboxes-and-Fields-for-WordPress-master and updated your plugin but i still get the same result.

Warning: in_array() expects parameter 2 to be array, string given in /_mampsites/equinelle/wp-content/plugins/equinelleCMS/lib/cmb-attached-posts-master/attached-posts-field.php on line 52
Hello world!

Im using the following code..

$prefix = 'eqc';

/**
 * Sample metabox to demonstrate each field type included
 */
$meta_boxes['Tester'] = array(
    'id'         => 'test_meta_box',
    'title'      => __( 'Test metabox', 'cmb' ),
    'pages'      => array( 'page' ), // Post type
    'context'    => 'normal',
    'priority'   => 'high',
    'show_names' => true, // Show field names on the left
    // 'cmb_styles' => true, // Enqueue the CMB stylesheet on the frontend
    'fields'     => array(
        array(
            'name' => __( 'Test', 'cmb' ),
            'desc' => __( 'Test', 'cmb' ),
            'id'   => $prefix . 'atp',
            'type' => 'custom_attached_posts',
        ),

    ),
);

[webface]

It occurs on the back end. I havent tried cmb fields on the front end yet

[coreymcollins]

Bingo, found it - the issue was occurring on new pages without any posts attached yet. The $attached array was empty, so attempting to check it for values was failing. Pushed a fix, let me know if this does the trick for ou!

[webface]

I dont get an error anymore. It just lists the posts in the field and I cant do anything with them. I cant move, select or deselect them

[draison]

Same problem here, I just have a list of posts and I can do anything with them. I can move, select or deselect them.

[webface]

I still cant get it to work. Any ideas. It just lists the posts. They are not selectable or draggable

[webface]

Problem solved. I looked through the code again and noticed that the javascript and css files in the plugin are not being loaded. I added them myself with the following code and presto.. plugin comes to life.

function attached_post_scripts(){
        wp_enqueue_script("jquery");
        wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery-ui', plugin_dir_url( __FILE__ ) . 'js/lib/jquery-ui-1.10.4.custom.min.js', array('jquery'), null );
    wp_enqueue_script( 'attached_posts_init', plugin_dir_url( __FILE__ )  . 'js/attached-posts.js', array( 'jquery-ui' ), null );
    wp_enqueue_style( 'attached_posts_css', plugin_dir_url( __FILE__ )  . 'css/attached-posts-admin.css', array(), null );    
}
add_action( 'admin_init', 'attached_post_scripts' );

This plugin is great. Excellent work Cory. Draison hope this helps.

[webface]

I can drag and drop but its not saving any data. Lets dig in some more

[draison]

Thanks webface, the drag & drop function working now but like you I can't save any data. I will inspect the problem when i will have time. I'm a little busy with other works now. But your help is really appreciated.
+1 to you.

[jajouka79]

Hi , I have tried to setup this custom field to no avail. All the files are loading but the field is missing. Here is the code that I have used :-

function wpb_initialize_cmb_meta_boxes() {
if ( ! class_exists( 'cmb_Meta_Box' ) ):
require_once(plugin_dir_path( FILE ) . 'init.php');
require_once(plugin_dir_path( FILE ) . 'cmb-field-select2-master/cmb-field-select2.php');
require_once(plugin_dir_path( FILE ) . 'cmb-attached-posts-master/attached-posts-field.php');
endif;
}

add_action( 'init', 'wpb_initialize_cmb_meta_boxes', 9999 );
function attached_post_scripts(){
wp_enqueue_script("jquery");
wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery-ui', plugin_dir_url( FILE ) . 'cmb-attached-posts-master/js/lib/jquery-ui-1.10.4.custom.min.js', array('jquery'), null );
wp_enqueue_script( 'attached_posts_init', plugin_dir_url( FILE ) . 'cmb-attached-posts-master/js/attached-posts.js', array( 'jquery-ui' ), null );
wp_enqueue_style( 'attached_posts_css', plugin_dir_url( FILE ) . 'cmb-attached-posts-master/css/attached-posts-admin.css', array(), null );
}
add_action( 'admin_init', 'attached_post_scripts' );

and the field is in a metabox using the following code:

    array(
            'name' => __( 'Test', 'cmb' ),
            'desc' => __( 'Test', 'cmb' ),
            'id'   => $prefix . 'atp',
            'type' => 'custom_attached_posts',
        ),

When I look at the edit post page in wordpress the field is missing, thanks

[adhik]

Hi there,
I was unable to save the data too.
It turned out that the input hidden's name attribute was always using '_attached_posts[]' on it's name attribute instead of the specific id that I choose:

For quick solution, just use '_attached_posts' for 'id' attribute while specifying this field:

array(
        'name' => __('Add Subnavigation', 'test'),
        'desc' => __('Choose one or more subnavigation.', 'test'),
        'id'   => '_attached_posts',
        'type' => 'custom_attached_posts',
      ),

I believe we need to fix 'js/attached-posts.js' for a better solution.
Corey: Thanks for the nice code

[schemedesigns]

Hi guys, I am wondering if there has been a solution to this issue yet? I am trying to use the attached posts field to allow the client to pick a "next" and "previous" post but because of not being able to specify unique ids for the meta box I can't use two meta boxes for one post. Thanks.

[tw2113]

@schemedesigns we're trying to figure out your use case and what you mean by "allow the client to pick a 'next' and 'previous' post". Is this something that you want to be part of the UI for the backend as they're doing administration? Something on the frontend when viewing the site?

[schemedesigns]

@tw2113 Thank you for getting back to me. Sorry for being a little unclear. I will clarify a bit. What I am trying to create for my client is a presentation tool (think PowerPoint). Each page/post is a slide. On the frontend on the bottom of each slide are three navigation buttons "Previous slide", "Next slide" and "home". What I was hoping to achieve is to have two meta boxes on the backend where the client could pick which page/post the "next slide" and "Previous slide" buttons link to on each slide. I was hoping to have something like the attached screenshot on the backend.

When setting up my meta boxes I have done the following

array(
    'name' => __( 'Next Page', 'scheme-presentations' ),
    'desc' => __( 'This is where you specify the next page in the document navigation.', 'scheme-presentations' ),
    'id'   => $prefix . 'next_post',
    'type' => 'custom_attached_posts',
),
array(
    'name' => __( 'Previous Page', 'scheme-presentations' ),
    'desc' => __( 'This is where you specify the previous page in the document navigation.', 'scheme-presentations' ),
    'id'   => $prefix . 'previous_post',
    'type' => 'custom_attached_posts',
)

When calling it in my template I would do so like this:

$attached = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_schemepres_next_post', true );
echo '<li><a href="' . get_permalink( $attached[0] ) . '">Next</a></li>';`

I hope this clarifies a bit. Thank you!

[jtsternberg]

You may want to look into this field-type instead: https://github.com/WebDevStudios/CMB2-Post-Search-field

It'll allow you to do multiple fields.

[schemedesigns]

@jtsternberg Thanks for the suggestion. That actually got me thinking and ended up following this example to create two dropdown menus. Thanks for the help!

[tw2113]

Good to hear you have a possible alternative solution to your original attempts @schemedesigns

[fysalyaqoob]

i am not getting post conetent