Custom Fields (and I18N)

[mvlcek]

As I have been notified that the custom fields of n00dles101's plugin are not correctly displayed when using the I18N plugin (i.e. the values of the default language are always shown), I have improved the I18N plugin to version 0.9.5 (http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/i18n/69/). It will now also read all extra fields from the page (correct language version) and make them available via the functions get_custom_field($name) and return_custom_field($name).

Although this works, this is not very nice from an architectural point of view, e.g. page files are read by the I18N as well as the CustomFields plugins, values are available using getCustomField (default language) and get_custom_field (I18N, correct language), etc.

For these reasons I have improved the CustomFields plugin:

• works more efficiently together with I18N plugin (although it also works stand-alone)
  
• GUI to define the custom fields (no more fiddling with the XML)
  
• new field types: check box and WYSIWYG textarea
  
• Version 1.4+: automatically store creation date in page files
  
• Version 1.5+: Enabled browsing in WYSIWYG editor for links and images
  
• Version 1.5+: New image field allows browsing for local images
  
• Version 1.5+: New link field allows browsing for local pages
  
• Version 1.5+: Current user is automatically saved in field "user"
  

And - as it uses the same configuration file - it is compatible with the CustomFields plugin (although the CustomFields plugin won't display the new field types).

The new I18N Custom Fields plugin is available at http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/i18...ields/100/.
If you use the I18N plugin (http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/i18n/69/), make sure, it is at least version 0.9.5 (better: 1.1.2).

Installation

Unzip to the plugins directory, then define the custom fields in the administration GUI at Plugins/Configure Custom Fields.

To use browsing with link and image fields, turn on site wide cookies in gsconfig.php:

Code:

define('GSCOOKIEISSITEWIDE', TRUE);

Make sure the website base URL matches in the administration settings matches the actual URL.

Usage

Use any of the following functions in your template:

• return_custom_field($name) returns the value of the custom field with the given name for the current page.
  
• get_custom_field($name) outputs the value of the custom field with the given name for the current page.
  
• get_page_creation_date($i = "l, F jS, Y - g:i A", $echo=true) (Version 1.4+) outputs the creation date of the page - if the CustomFields plugin in version 1.4+ was active at creation time or first update.