Hi Elliot
I’ve tried to update 3 times now from V3 to V4 over the last 6 months. But each time I’ve not managed as I can’t allow my site’s functionality to go down more than one night. I think there are holes in my php knowledge that are not helping so could you clarify a few points.
1) When you say in the documentation . . .
“Creating your own field type has never been easier! Unfortunately, version 3 field types are not compatible with version 4.
Migrating your field types is easy, please follow this tutorial to learn more.”
Are the ‘field types’ the same as ‘field names’ ? i.e. do I have to change my ‘field names’ – or – is it only ‘field types’ that need to be changed/edited and that ‘field names’ are left alone?
2) Re the Repeater add-on . . .
I understand that I now have to download it as a separate plugin and use my registration number to activate it. However, in the Read Me file included in the acf-repeater plugin folder it says . . .
add_action('acf/register_fields', 'my_register_fields');
function my_register_fields()
{
include_once('acf-repeater/repeater.php');
}
Am I right in thinking that I paste this to my theme’s functions file?
Also, do I paste it from the text “add_action – or – do I paste it from “function my_register_fields()”?
And finally, is that the only extra piece of code I need to put in to make the new repeater plugin work correctly?
Many thanks
Phil
