images custom fields

[sideradesign]

Hello

I need a simple way for a client to insert 3 images into a page, ideally with 3 custom fields where the client clicks a button and can browse to upload the image.

I don't want to use normal custom fields because he won't know how to copy/paste URL into the custom field.

I'd rather avoid any complicated CMS plugin such as Flutter or Pods.
Is there a way to build this into the theme,maybe in functions.php, or is there a plugin that does this?

I liked the More Fields plugin, but it seems it's not being developed, and buggy
many thanks
Paul

[Jeffro]

Hmm, can't you just upload three images into WordPress and then insert those images as a gallery via shortcode into the page? I'm guessing the custom field part is what makes this difficult?

[Ryan]

Interesting question. I don't know how to do it but I'd be keen to find out how if you do. I "sort of" got around this by creating a page on of my sites which lists all of the URLs for a series of thumbnails. It seems to do the trick but not as slickly as having a simple list of images to click in the admin panel ... http://dunedinicehockey.co.nz/thumbnails/

[sideradesign]

Hmm, can't you just upload three images into WordPress and then insert those images as a gallery via shortcode into the page? I'm guessing the custom field part is what makes this difficult?

thanks for answering so fast Jeffro!
that's the solution I used initially, and I think it's the best. I guess I'll have to be more convincing!
I'm just afraid they might break it if they poke around in the HTML panel

a related question, what would you use as a CMS plugin?
I want to add a "movie" type post, where the user will enter an image, a description and a URL

thanks
Paul

[Jeffro]

I dunno what you mean by CMS plugin? WordPress is a CMS so not sure what you want. However, it seems like you want to create a custom post type called Movives which you can do in WordPress 2.9 beta 1 or wait for 2.9 to be released or you can use the PODS plugin.

[Ryan]

a related question, what would you use as a CMS plugin?

WordPress itself.

I want to add a "movie" type post, where the user will enter an image, a description and a URL

I'm custom building something that does that right now. Basically I'm just creating an options page which allows the user to manually enter a URL and an image (I forgot the description - thanks for reminding me :) ). The specific pages those images need to be used on will have the_content() unhooked and a series of images displayed based on what they input into those boxes.

If that sounds like something you could use I'm happy to send through the source once I'm done, although what I'm creating is VERY specific to the one site I'm building it for so you would need to figure out how it all works and adapt it to your own needs.

I don't know of any plugins suitable for this otherwise I'd probably be using one already :)

I was hoping to use the built in gallery system for this particular setup, but I also needed to add support for YouTube videos as well as images and that isn't possible with the WP gallery system :(

[Jeffro]

Actually, I just remembered a post written by Justin Tadlock which may help you quite a bit using custom taxonomies.

http://justintadlock.com/archives/20...movie-database

[sideradesign]

thanks!

I'll just use the Wordpress custom fields and teach the user how to use them. It shouldn't be that hard

[sideradesign]

WordPress itself.



I'm custom building something that does that right now. Basically I'm just creating an options page which allows the user to manually enter a URL and an image (I forgot the description - thanks for reminding me :) ). The specific pages those images need to be used on will have the_content() unhooked and a series of images displayed based on what they input into those boxes.

If that sounds like something you could use I'm happy to send through the source once I'm done, although what I'm creating is VERY specific to the one site I'm building it for so you would need to figure out how it all works and adapt it to your own needs.

I don't know of any plugins suitable for this otherwise I'd probably be using one already :)

I was hoping to use the built in gallery system for this particular setup, but I also needed to add support for YouTube videos as well as images and that isn't possible with the WP gallery system :(

thanks Ryan

Sure I'd be interested to see how you tackled the problem, thanks for sharing!

[Ryan]

Actually, my brain must have been off on a tangent. It actually sounds like what you are trying to achieve is quite radically different from what I'm doing so my code wouldn't be of use to you I don't think.