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Tim Schoffelman's presentation from Minneapolis WordCamp 2010: "Extending Functionality Through Custom Fields."

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Extending Functionality Through Custom Fields

Introduction

TIM SCHOFFELMAN
- DEVELOPER
-- CURRENT
-- PAST

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Extending Functionality Through Custom Fields

Custom Fields Definition
The Codex describes Custom
Fields as giving WordPress
"the ability to allow post
authors to assign custom
fields to a post. This arbitrary
extra information is known

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as meta-data”.

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History

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Extending Functionality Through Custom Fields

Case Study: Dice Best Job Ever Campaign
- Custom Fields
- Persistent once created (w/ exception)*
- Video
- CDN
- Public Posts
- Custom Post Type for 3.0.x+

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- Public Post
- History
- Abilities & Freedom

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Case Study: Dice Best Job Ever Campaign
- Coming Soon
- Dice Job Type
- Dice RSS
- First Name
- Job Title
- Video Thumb
- Video Tracking URL

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- Video URL

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Custom Post Type
- Definition
- Resources
- Dice Best Job Ever

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Extending Functionality Through Custom Fields

Custom Fields
- Forwarding URL
- get_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘forward_url’, true);
- Public Posts & their Custom Fields

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Extending Functionality Through Custom Fields

Use with Front End Themes
- dice_home.php
- dice_int_sidebar.php
- dice_video_player.php
- dice_widget.php

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Use with Flash Ad Units
- functions.php
- include_file.php

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Use with Widgets
- functions file author_widget.php
- includes file author_widget.php

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Tips & Tricks
- If I need to customize the feed for a separate app to consume (like a flash file), I’ll create a separate feed file to
customize, leaving the original alone
- I typically will create a separate folder for files that control core theme functionality and name it functions
- Also, I’ll usually do the same for items I need to display on the or within the theme template or feed, which will be called
includes
- All code from the Guest Author example can be downloaded at GitHub - https://github.com/schoffelman/WordCamp-
MSP

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