** Anyone knows if a plugin for this exists? **

[Karl1]

Hi,
I need to display a different icon in the sidebar if the page the visitor is on have some sort of customized field value.
This is a learning style blog, and depending on the page I need to display BEGINNER, EASY, EXPERT, or some sort of colored icons.

Any idea, even by coding it, I can code but don't quite know Wordpress

thanks

[danix]

the easiest way is to add some custom meta and then in your sidebar retrieve it.. doing this way you'll have to add a custom field when you write your post, and add the level of experience needed..

I've been a bit vague, in case you need more help just ask.. ;)

[Karl1]

yes, thanks, I've already done it using:

<div id="levelsign">
<?php $value = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'nivel', true);
if($value == '1') {
echo '<img class="noborder-img" src="http://imagepath/help-green.png" width="25" height="25" alt="icon" />';
} elseif($value == '2') {
echo '<img class="noborder-img" src="http://imagepath/help-yellow.png" width="25" height="25" alt="icon" />';
} elseif($value == '3') {
echo '<img class="noborder-img" src="http://imagepath/help-blue.png" width="25" height="25" alt="icon" />';
}
?>
</div>

in a separate php page
then I call it inside the page template I want it to display:

<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/tutorial-info.php'); ?>

so far working great by using a custom value "nivel: 1,2, or 3"

:)

[danix]

I'm glad you solved, however if you can, you should use the name of the level as alt text in your images.. just for the sake of accessibility.. ;)

bye

[kovshenin]

An easier option would be to use tags or categories to sort your posts into relevant levels (or maybe add a custom taxonomy called level) and then use CSS to style your posts according to their level. Make sure posts containers are using the post_class() function to render the CSS class names.

[Karl1]

have you read the OP, I want it in pages, not posts.
Anyway it's working great
thanks

An easier option would be to use tags or categories to sort your posts into relevant levels (or maybe add a custom taxonomy called level) and then use CSS to style your posts according to their level. Make sure posts containers are using the post_class() function to render the CSS class names.