WordPress plugin that extend Custom Fields to include textareas, WYSIWYG-editor, files, attachments, well basically anything
Home Page: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-fields/
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Scenario: checkbox with title "Show color box on this page"
and then only when that box is checked should a big wysiwyg-area be visible.
makes the gui cleaner.
Not really a field type, but something you can select to have a space or divider between your fields. Useful if you have a long list of fields.
In the admin you can edit fields that are added in PHP with the simple_fields_register_field_group(), but when the page is loaded again the values are overwritten. That is fine and correct I think, but it can be confusing for a user. Solution: disable the fields that are added this way.
Hi! Thanks for this awesome plugin, this stuff really saves the day!
I was wondering about a possibile feature, which could lead to an even easier approach to "custom fields for post" problem.
Actually to add simplefields and fields group you need to do that via the admin interface, editing the database. Could it be that to add them you could use a "simple" line of code, as for adding custom posts or custom taxonomies? This would be absolutly marvellous!
Just for example:
add_simple_field_group(string $group_name, string $post_type)
add_simple_field(string $group_name, mixed $field_type, string $field_name, ...)
When restoring a post usting post revisions the fields are not restored.
Perhaps good info:
http://lud.icro.us/post-meta-revisions-wordpress/
Today post connectors only supports connecting to post types. It would be really neat if you could connect to theme templates as well. Then one would get the field groups to show on the edit page by simply selecting the associated template in the page attribute metabox.
Something like
simple_fields_group("group_slug")
Add an option to give each field a slug, so we more easily can fetch a specific field. Currently there are to many numbers involved in getting values.
It should be possible to set defaults to fields in the GUI. Don't you think?
Also, a little checkbox for "pre-filled" values, so that when the user clicks "add" they get a pre-filled field. Neat, huh? :)
How to make this as easy as possible, especially new users:
# Get one value
$value = simple_fields_get_value("key");
# Get one value, from a specific post
$value = simple_fields_get_value("key", $post_id);
# Get an array on values (if field group is repeatable)
$values = simple_fields_get_values("key");
# Get an array on values, from a specific post
$values = simple_fields_get_values("key", $post_id);
Add option to require a field to be filled in, and for it to be fileld in according to a regexp or similar.
Useful when a field must be a) simply empty or b) contain a link/email/image.
Small, medium, big. Keep it simple.
Any other field that need this?
It would be sweet and awesome to be able to use multiple languages in the GUI while setting the labels / descriptions etc.
The ones in the subfolder. The're good to have, but should not be included in the list by default.
When clicking "Show custom field keys" we should show the new slugs also/instead. Perhaps with a hint on how to use it too.
maybe expose this function for ajax on blur():
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/sanitize_title_with_dashes
Add an setting/option to enable a debug/developer mode, where you automatically see the field slugs and values from the front page and back end. To be used during development where you have to check values and slug names a lot.
It's annoying when you are working with a local server and then a production server, to have to manually create the fields again on the production server when you have done something locally.
I would love to have just a textbox with a JSON that I can copy and paste on the other server to add the fields that one. Would be pretty nifty.
Something like:
most basic:
[simple_fields_value slug=my_text_field]
with options:
[simple_fields_value slug=my_text_field numInset=0 post_id=341]
though: security issue with getting values from any post_id?
It's easy to do with "simple" fields like textarea, but what about the Google Map extension for example?
Option for "type of output" so different fields can have different outputs?
Also make it compatiable with WPML.
Instead of showing all field groups below each other, perhaps an option to have the field groups in a repeating field group floating left. so like 2-4 fields can fit in each row. slideshows (1 images, 1 caption) would benefit from this.
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The current does not have an "ok" button.
The following one seems nicer. Perhaps to nice (too many options?)
the name says it all.
Create a smart way to make it possibly to automatically add output to a post/page, like hooking onto the_content. Could be useful for beginners to quickly get them started.
Like the way wordpress does with widgets.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Widgets_API
Let a user create a new field type by creating a class (extending the Simple_Fields_Field-class.
Imagine how cool it is when people start to upload their own fields. It's gonna be awe-some!
Add support for Google Maps.
Show map, with a default position.
Show a marker that the user can move around.
Probably just one marker. If you want to add several, then make it repeatable, because then you can connect texts and stuff to that marker.
I may be an unusual case, but I find that having wpautop running on the textarea hugely annoying (line 357 in functions_post.php). I use short codes for layout in my textareas and having this run by the plugin messes this up.
I've changed this to false but that's not a great long term solution obviously..
Is there a need to have this since WP will run it on the_content anyway?
When we have lots and lots of data the page gets incredibly cluttered. The plugin needs accordion functinality!
Also, it would be great with a show / hide all button.
For example you can set it to "max 5" and then the user of a site can not add more than 5 images to a slideshow. Can be useful!
Default is: no limit, neither min or max.
I'd like the ability to make an options page. :)
If a user has the developer bar, perhaps show info about the fields on the page there?
Simplify the development!
What do we want?
No more single functions running around.
Keep it more organized.
WIth more methods for everything.
Possibly is newer version:
http://jscolor.com/
Why
If you don't want your users to have to select a specific connector, you select a default post connector for that post type, or you select that is should inherit connector from the parent post.
But what if you want all child pages to have a different post connector from the parent, but don't want users to have to select one each time they create a post.
Example 1: you have a page called "Coworkers" and then subpages with the actual coworkers. Each coworker have a title, an image, an email address, and a presentation. None of those fields you want to have on the page coworkers. But you must have a post connector set on the coworker parent page for each sub page to have a default connector.
Example 2: [insert example 2 here!]
That's what this fixes.
Works like this
Questions
On field groups with many selected things you click "add" add then the new group is added at top, but if you want it at bottom you have to drag it = cumbersome and boring.
However: don't show if zero fields added. Only show when 1 or serverail fields are added. With just 1 field added it can also look strange.
when deleted a field the field is hidden but since the input still has the "required" attribute the form can not be posted.
with wp_debug set to true, I get this this error:
Notice: Undefined index: slug in /var/www/wordpress/public/wp-content/plugins/simple-fields/functions.php on line 526
It would be mega-super awesome if we could create fields with the GUI and then just get the code to paste. Serious time-saving!
If this is implemented while we have a "this is code-added, you may not edit it"-function, we shouldn't be able to save it - but this should be the default go-to.
Add correct documentation to all functions
Should add some tests using phpunit so I don't have to check manually that everything works all the time.
99 % of the time I use simple fields I use it to attach images to a post. Instead of having to call functions like
wp_get_attachment_image(),
wp_get_attachment_image_src()
wp_get_attachment_metadata()?
and so on it would be great to be able to have it return an array of stuff instead of use the id
so
print_r( simple_fileld_value("my_file_field") )
would return
Array
(
[file_id] => 123
[mime] => "image/jpg"
[image_width] => 1025
[image_height] => 1025
[name] => "i am an image.jpg"
[url] => /wordpress/content/images/i-am-an-image.jpg
[image_thumbnails] => array(
[thumbnail] => /wordpress/content/images/i-am-an-image-100x100.jpg
[another-size] => /wordpress/content/images/i-am-an-image-640x300.jpg,
)and so on
this example focuses on images, but it should work on all kinds of course
codename: extended output
Just tried Simple Fields for the first time in a year and dang the date field does not seem to work. Hey developer, can't you fix this please!
Some users report that they manually change the code in simple fields to accomplish some things. By adding filters and actions we can make them a bit more happy.
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