[wp-hackers] Help with adding extra data into a post

[Jennifer Hodgdon]

Alex Hempton-Smith wrote:
> This is actually exactly what I want to do in a plugin I'm planning, but the
> custom-fields interface put me off - how do you create a custom box and then
> save that data in a custom-field?

There's a fairly complete example of the hooks for creating a custom 
section on post edit screens in the add_meta_box documentation:
     http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_meta_box

As far as saving the data in a custom field, you'll need:
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_post_meta
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/update_post_meta

You also asked about AJAX:
    http://codex.wordpress.org/AJAX_in_Plugins

Hope this helps,
     Jennifer

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