Reply To: Options page in front-end

• ojrask

• January 21, 2015 at 10:02 pm

Right now I’ve got the following working:

1. Read all field groups using acf_local()->get_field_groups().
2. Filter out all that are not in options pages as per the location matching rules.
3. Get fields for all groups that are matched using acf_get_local_fields( $fieldgroup_key ).
4. Read group keys and field keys.
5. Output HTML based on group and fields as in foreach ( $groups as $fields ) : foreach ( $fields as $field_key => $field_data ) : printf( ... ); endforeach; endforeach;
6. Said outputted fields are sent using standard HTML form element to the same page template (action="").
7. Validation, referers, nonces, etc.
8. Use the POST data to read field keys and update the database values from sanitized $_POST using update_field( $field_key, $value, 'options' ).

Currently this works fine for non-JS infused fields, such as selects, text fields and so on. I’m working on getting the color picker working, which in the end should use a hidden text field anyway.

Is there a more correct way to do this or should I wrap this into a plugin of sorts?