New Plugin - CustomFields

[Zegnåt]

Obviously it’s not so easy. Zegnåt says that it’s hard to make demo.

Of course it’s hard to make a demo… I’ll have to give you access to my server to be able to take a look at the responsible XML-file, next I’ll have to give you access to my admin panel so you can see what happens when you change the contents of a custom field. It’s hard to demo, because it’s not obvious that a website is using the plugin if I just were to show you a GetSimple installation.

This has very little to do with how hard it is to use this plugin. Using it is pretty easy, demoing it stinks.

What is this?

It’s a plugin that enables you to add extra fields to the editing page of your admin section. Maybe you want to write a different copyright statement on all your pages, using this plugin you can add a field “Copyright” under “Page options” when you’re editing a page just for this!

How to "use" it?

You create a XML-file, as described on Mike’s plugin page, that tells the plugin what fields you would like to have added in the “Page options” box of your admin section. Now this extra data will be saved by GetSimple.

Put it in the page code, or theme code, or both?

Either in a component or directly into the theme’s file(s). These are the only places that accept PHP (unless you’re using the Exec-PHP plugin by Chris).

Put them as they are, or between <? ?>?

Mike assumes that, as he calls them functions and most people will be putting them in their theme’s template file(s), you realise he’s talking about PHP functions. These will always need to be defined as such by putting them between <?php (sometimes just <?) and ?>.

Hope this answers most of your questions!