Reply To: problems with post edit/add

• savvaskef

• December 19, 2013 at 11:02 pm

I did not want to dump the forum with loads of code but since eliot suggested I do as instruced
So here goes…

In theme’s functions.php I added (for the next two solutions(links included))

function my_pre_save_post( $post_id )
{
// check if this is to be a new post
if( $post_id != ‘new’ )
{
return $post_id;
}

// Create a new post
$post = array(
‘post_status’ => ‘draft’ ,
‘post_title’ => ‘A title, maybe a $_POST variable’ ,
‘post_type’ => ‘post’ ,
);

// insert the post
$post_id = wp_insert_post( $post );

// update $_POST[‘return’]
$_POST[‘return’] = add_query_arg( array(‘post_id’ => $post_id), $_POST[‘return’] );

// return the new ID
return $post_id;
}

add_filter(‘acf/pre_save_post’ , ‘my_pre_save_post’ );

function my_deregister_styles() {
wp_deregister_style( ‘wp-admin’ );
}

add_action( ‘wp_print_styles’, ‘my_deregister_styles’, 100 );
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pages using the two templates have the following extra <phpcode> code

<phpcode><?php
$args = array(‘post_id’ => ‘new’,’field_groups’ => array(‘Συνδιασμοί αναρτήσεων’,’Τύπος αναρτήσεων’ ));
?></phpcode>

**** and

<phpcode><?php
$options = array(
‘post_id’ => 213, // post id to get field groups from and save data to
‘field_groups’ => array(‘Συνδιασμοί αναρτήσεων’,’Τύπος αναρτήσεων’ ), // this will find the field groups for this post (post ID’s of the acf post objects)
‘form’ => true, // set this to false to prevent the <form> tag from being created
‘form_attributes’ => array( // attributes will be added to the form element
‘id’ => ‘post’,
‘class’ => ”,
‘action’ => ”,
‘method’ => ‘post’,
),
‘return’ => add_query_arg( ‘updated’, ‘true’, get_permalink() ), // return url
‘html_before_fields’ => ”, // html inside form before fields
‘html_after_fields’ => ”, // html inside form after fields
‘submit_value’ => ‘Update’, // value for submit field
‘updated_message’ => ‘Post updated.’, // default updated message. Can be false to show no message
);

?></phpcode>
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i am not sure I modified the $args and $options correctly but I did a couple
of attempts.I also don’t get the concept of how can we get fields from post(How’s that when you create a new post OR how will it edit a post not defined in code (ie 213) which took the place of $post->ID (although i figured that this can be implied if a wp_query is ran having effect on global(?) variables .(please explain)
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Then I created a couple of php templates in theme editor

in themes form_create.php I added
(found on http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/tutorials/using-acf_form-to-create-a-new-post/)
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<?php

/**
* Template Name: Page with ACF form
*/

acf_form_head();

get_header();

the_post();

?>

<div id=”primary”>
<div id=”content” role=”main”>

<?php

$args = array(
‘post_id’ => ‘new’,
‘field_groups’ => array(‘Συνδιασμοί αναρτήσεων’,’Τύπος αναρτήσεων’ )
);

acf_form( $args );

?>

</div><!– #content –>
</div><!– #primary –>

in themes form_edit.php I added
(found on http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/tutorials/creating-a-front-end-form/)
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<?php

/**
* Template Name: Form Page
*/

acf_form_head();

get_header(); ?>

<div id=”primary”>
<div id=”content” role=”main”>

<?php the_post(); ?>

<?php acf_form( $options ); ?>

</div><!– #content –>
</div><!– #primary –>

Finally in a page I tried a php code -for posting(that worked with ordinary post fields but not custom fields)I’dlike a consistent solution.
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<?php
/*
Template Name: Post publish form
*/

?>
<?php
if( ‘POST’ == $_SERVER[‘REQUEST_METHOD’] && !empty( $_POST[‘action’] ) && $_POST[‘action’] == “new_post”) {

// Do some minor form validation to make sure there is content
if (isset ($_POST[‘title’])) {
$title = $_POST[‘title’];
} else {
echo ‘Προσθέστε Τίτλο πριν την ανάρτηση’;
}
if (isset ($_POST[‘description’])) {
$description = $_POST[‘description’];
} else {
echo ‘Προσθέστε Περιεχόμενο της ανάρτησης’;
}

$tags = $_POST[‘post_tags’];

// ADD THE FORM INPUT TO $new_post ARRAY
$new_post = array(
‘post_title’ => $title,
‘post_content’ => $description,
‘post_category’ => array($_POST[‘cat’]), // Usable for custom taxonomies too
‘tags_input’ => array($tags),
‘post_status’ => ‘publish’, // Choose: publish, preview, future, draft, etc.
‘post_type’ => ‘post’, //’post’,page’ or use a custom post type if you want to
‘_product’=>$fproduct
);

//SAVE THE POST
$pid = wp_insert_post($new_post);

//KEEPS OUR COMMA SEPARATED TAGS AS INDIVIDUAL
wp_set_post_tags($pid, $_POST[‘post_tags’]);

//REDIRECT TO THE NEW POST ON SAVE
//wp_redirect( ‘/publikation/’ );

//ADD OUR CUSTOM FIELDS
add_post_meta($fproduct, ‘_product’, true);

//INSERT OUR MEDIA ATTACHMENTS
if ($_FILES) {
foreach ($_FILES as $file => $array) {
$newupload = insert_attachment($file,$pid);
// $newupload returns the attachment id of the file that
// was just uploaded. Do whatever you want with that now.
}

} // END THE IF STATEMENT FOR FILES

} // END THE IF STATEMENT THAT STARTED THE WHOLE FORM

//POST THE POST YO
do_action(‘wp_insert_post’, ‘wp_insert_post’);

?>
<div id=”content” role=”main”>

<div class=”form-content”>

<!– ΦΟΡΜΑ ΑΝΑΡΤΗΣΗΣ ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑΤΑ –>

<div class=”wpcf7″>
<form id=”new_post” name=”new_post” method=”post” action=”” class=”wpcf7-form” enctype=”multipart/form-data”>
<!– post name –>
<fieldset name=”name”>
<label for=”title”>Τίτλος</label>
<input type=”text” id=”title” value=”” tabindex=”5″ name=”title” />
</fieldset>

<!– post Category –>
<fieldset class=”category”>
<label for=”cat”>Κατηγορία</label>
<?php wp_dropdown_categories( ‘tab_index=10&taxonomy=category&hide_empty=0’ ); ?>
</fieldset>

<!– post Content –>
<fieldset class=”content”>
<label for=”description”></label>
<textarea id=”description” tabindex=”15″ name=”description” cols=”80″ rows=”10″></textarea>
</fieldset>

<fieldset class=”_product”>
<label for=”description”>Προιόν</label>
<input type=”text” id=”fproduct” value=”” tabindex=”5″ name=”fproduct” />

</fieldset>
<!– post tags –>
<fieldset class=”tags”>
<label for=”post_tags”>Tags</label>
<input type=”text” value=”” tabindex=”35″ name=”post_tags” id=”post_tags” />
</fieldset>

<fieldset class=”submit”>
<input type=”submit” value=”Ανάρτησέ το” tabindex=”40″ id=”submit” name=”submit” />
</fieldset>

<input type=”hidden” name=”action” value=”new_post” />
<?php wp_nonce_field( ‘new-post’ ); ?>
</form>
</div> <!– END WPCF7 –>

<!– END OF FORM –>
</div><!– .entry-content –>
</div><!– #post-## –>

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that code is working but I want a consistent solution both in terms of security(moderation) and also GUI-integration and getting initialized with ie select values for entry and a datepicker etc .Remember I have not created a custom post-type and altered standard post for different roles.How can I create a form including different fields for different roles/rules?