Support Forum - Topic: Read More and Portfolio Links

Support Forum - Topic: Read More and Portfolio Links http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links Support Forum - Topic: Read More and Portfolio Links en-US Tue, 21 May 2013 18:19:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.kriesi.at/support/search.php James Morrison on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-924 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:59:58 +0000 James Morrison 924@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ Just for everyone else's benefit, the code was correct but the: <code>$the_link = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'link', true);</code> code needed to be place directly above this code: <code>echo "<a href='".$the_link."' class='more-link'>".__('Read more','cleancut')."</a>";</code> I'm closing this topic, if anyone needs help related to this please open a new topic and link to this one. andrewc on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-923 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:29:50 +0000 andrewc 923@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ PERFECT! Thanks again James, you guys are AMAZING! Cheers, AC Dude on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-915 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:34:48 +0000 Dude 915@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ Edit: There's a problem with the post_meta only. The Echo syntax is correct. The Dude andrewc on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-911 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:25:20 +0000 andrewc 911@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ James, I e-mailed the file as requested, thanks again. AC James Morrison on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-907 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:04:04 +0000 James Morrison 907@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ @andrewc: The last code I posted: <code>echo "<a href='".$the_link."' class='more-link'>".__('Read more','cleancut')."</a>";</code> is correct. Can you email a copy of the template_portfolio.php file to support {at} jamesmorrisondesign {dot} com with the subject: <code>Kriesi | Cleancut | andrewc | Read More and Portfolio Links</code> and I'll look through the code. Dude on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-841 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:04:03 +0000 Dude 841@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ No that shouldn't be a problem. I use get_post_meta on my site to change the background images of posts AND pages. And according to: <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post_meta" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post_meta</a> it shouldn't make a difference. The reason why there's "only" a post meta is that Wordpress has it's origins in the blogging community. So only one site with articles (posts). The Dude andrewc on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-832 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:06:06 +0000 andrewc 832@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ I really don't know enough about coding but does it matter that it's a page and not a post? I'm trying to link to a Wordpress PAGE so does that require different code? andrewc on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-831 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:05:31 +0000 andrewc 831@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ I think you're right, changing the above does indeed change the link of the buttons to Google, so maybe it's another issue. Dude on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-830 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:50:29 +0000 Dude 830@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ Ok then we need to find the problem step by step. Try to give $the_link a static value. So i.e. don't write: <code>$the_link = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'link', true);</code> but something like : <code>$the_link = 'http://google.com';</code> By trying this we'll find out if our echo code is the problem or if the post_meta value is missing. At the moment it looks like $the_link is always an empty string and so where always getting an "empty" a href link. We'll see but I think that the post_meta_value is the problem. Maybe we should define the $the_link variable globally, so before if and while loops change it. The Dude andrewc on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-829 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:30:13 +0000 andrewc 829@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ Changing the marks around 'link' ("link" or 'link') doesn't appear to have any effect. Dude on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-820 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:00:10 +0000 Dude 820@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ Maybe there's a problem with these "" in the code. Try to write <code> $the_link = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'link', true) </code> instead of <code>$the_link = get_post_meta($post->ID, "link", true)</code> andrewc on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-818 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:54:56 +0000 andrewc 818@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ Dude, When I implement your code above, I get the resulting source code for the page. <a href="http://pastebin.com/QDW7UJHJ" rel="nofollow">http://pastebin.com/QDW7UJHJ</a> andrewc on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-816 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:47:46 +0000 andrewc 816@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ Dude, The above code just gives me the above problem, when you look at the source for the page, the href tag is missing and the Read More buttons just link to the actual portfolio page and not to the link supplied in the custom field. Thanks though! Any other ideas? AC Dude on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-815 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:40:34 +0000 Dude 815@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ Try this code: <pre><code>echo '<a href="'. $the_link. '" class="more-link">'.__('Read more','cleancut').'</a>';</code></pre> andrewc on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-814 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:28:11 +0000 andrewc 814@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ I'm really sorry to keep bothering over what I'm sure is a small issue, but I have very little coding experience so your advice is VERY well appreciated! I have changed line 130 to what you have above, but now my portfolio page is giving me the following error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in /home/***/public_html/wp-content/themes/cleancut/template_portfolio.php on line 130 AC James Morrison on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-809 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:04:52 +0000 James Morrison 809@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ The code I posted above has the " and ' 's the wrong way around. Sorry, it difficult to spot it because they look very similar and are next to each other. Change line 130 to this: <code>echo "<a href="'.$the_link.'" class='more-link'>".__('Read more','cleancut')."</a>";</code> and your problem should be solved. andrewc on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-805 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:21:42 +0000 andrewc 805@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ <a href="http://pastebin.com/arGxqeFZ" rel="nofollow">http://pastebin.com/arGxqeFZ</a> Thanks again guys, I REALLY appreciate your efforts!! AC James Morrison on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-802 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:15:51 +0000 James Morrison 802@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ Hey! The href attribute is missing from the links. Can you upload a copy of your template_portfolio.php file here: <a href="http://pastebin.com/" rel="nofollow">http://pastebin.com/</a> so I can see what's going on? Best regards, James andrewc on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-774 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:29:25 +0000 andrewc 774@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ I have altered my line 130 to match the above, and yes, I have a custom field set up just like you have outlined above, and still the link on the Read More buttons is just a link to the portfolio page, and not to the supplied page in the custom field. My portfolio page is found at <a href="http://www.nlchoral.ca/choirs" rel="nofollow">http://www.nlchoral.ca/choirs</a> AC James Morrison on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-770 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:25:25 +0000 James Morrison 770@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ The code you posted has a mistake and should look like this: <code>echo "<a href='".$the_link."' class='more-link'>".__('Read more','cleancut')."</a>";</code> Can you post a link to your Portfolio page? I assume you've added a custom field called "link" with the value of the URL you want to point the page to like this: <img src="http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/9366/customfieldslink.png" /> andrewc on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-735 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:03:34 +0000 andrewc 735@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ Thanks again for your support. I have tried different combinations trying to solve the issue and it's still not working. Here's the current formating for my line 130 in template_portfolio.php <code>echo "<a href='$the_link' class='more-link'>".__('Read more','cleancut')."</a>";</code> Is this correct? When I have it in this format, the link that shows up in the Read More buttons is now my portfolio page instead of just my home page, but the custom field still doesn't appear to be working. Do I need the quotations around it, "link", for it to work (I've tried both and neither seem to affect it). Thank you again! AC James Morrison on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-670 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:14:22 +0000 James Morrison 670@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ Hi! $link should be $the_link You also need to add a custom field called "link" with the URL of the page you want the button to link to. Best regards, James andrewc on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-591 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:24:27 +0000 andrewc 591@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ Hey again, I realize the formatting error was on my part, I fixed the quotation marks in the code and the formatting of the Read More buttons came back. I think I have all the settings right now, but when you hover over the Read More buttons, it just gives a link to my home page and not to the page supplied in the custom field in the portfolio item. andrewc on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-549 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:23:09 +0000 andrewc 549@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ Thanks for the speedy help! The first part worked magic, the Read More buttons are gone. When I implement the code for the Portfolio pages, the formatting for the Read More button doesn't show up (it's just text) and the link when I hover my cursor over is this: <a href="http://www.domain.com/class=" rel="nofollow">http://www.domain.com/class=</a>'more-link' I added the first part to line 73 and then changed get_permalink() to $link. I also have a custom field called link and have the URL desired as the value. Any thoughts? Kriesi on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-539 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:58:15 +0000 Kriesi 539@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ Hey! you can remove the read more buttons on the home page by opening the folder framework/classes/kclass_display_box.php and scroll down to the bottom to line 123. remove <pre> echo '< a href="'.get_permalink().'" class="more-link">Read more< /a>'; </pre> if you want the portfolio item link to a page you need to do the following: Open up /theme_options/portfolio.php and find this code: <pre> 'supports' => array('title','thumbnail','excerpt','editor','comments') </pre> change it to: <pre> 'supports' => array('title','thumbnail','excerpt','editor','comments', 'custom-fields') </pre> now you got the ability to use custom fields in your portfolio items. so whenever you create a new portfolio entry now scroll down to the custom field area and create a new one that is called "link". The value should be the url that the item should point to. now open template_porfolio.php and at line 73 add this: <pre> $the_link= get_post_meta($post->ID, "link", true); </pre> This will store the url into the $link variable. now search for get_permalink() in line 130 and replace it with $link andrewc on "Read More and Portfolio Links" http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/read-more-and-portfolio-links#post-367 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:20:01 +0000 andrewc 367@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ Kriesi, Thanks again for the great theme, I'm having great success with it so far. I'm wondering if it would be possible to remove the Read More buttons that appear in the Mainpage Columns. I am using small text posts which format great for me but I just want to remove that Read More button in that specific place. Also, I'm wondering if it would be possible to use one part of the portfolio system but not the other. I really like the preview page with the columns, but I would rather these Read More buttons to link to specific pages that I have set up for each item. Is it possible to have the Read More button link to a page rather than to the Portfolio Item itself? Thanks again! AC