[wp-edu] Use of custom fields.

[Jay Collier]

Since I'm not a programmer, I have tried just about every plugin (and combination of plugins) to support the management and presentation of custom post types, taxonomies, and fields — just do a search through the forums for my name and custom post types — and, at least for the moment, I've found that WP-Types & Views has met my needs. 

	<http://wp-types.com/>

Always interested in the observations of this august body. Also, here's some detail in how we used it on a project last year.

	<http://jaycollier.net/strategy/collaboration/educators-wordpress-buddypress/>

-Jay


On Apr 26, 2013, at 11:57 AM, Bill Dennen <dennen at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's pretty straightforward. You might look at:
> 
> Advanced Custom Fields:
> http://www.advancedcustomfields.com
> 
> or, if you want to customize the look and feel of the back-end, this
> might be useful. I've used it on several projects:
> 
> Custom Metaboxes and Fields for WordPress
> https://github.com/jaredatch/Custom-Metaboxes-and-Fields-for-WordPress
> 
> If you need any help, let me know!
> 
> -Bill
> 
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Grogan, David <David.Grogan at tufts.edu> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I have not delved to deeply into the use of the custom field functionality of WordPress but I'm looking at a use case that will do the following:
>> 
>> 1. Each post would have custom fields defined.
>> 
>> 2. The name and value of these custom fields would automatically be displayed in the post content when viewed on the site.
>> 
>> 3. A page would show the index of values for a particular custom field to allow users to access posts by that value.
>> 
>> Has anyone done this? Any plugins you can recommend?
>> 
>> David
>> 
>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>> David Grogan
>> Senior Solutions Specialist
>> Educational & Scholarly Technology Services (ESTS)
>> Tufts Technology Service (TTS) Tufts University
>> 108 Bromfield Rd
>> Somerville, MA  02144
>> 
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>> Fax: 617.627.3082
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>> 
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