Custom Fields are the way of enabling authors to store meta-data against an individual post / page in Wordpress. If you are doing more than just basic data storage / display with custom fields in Wordpress, the list of links in this post will be of great interest to you.
Read MoreLearn how to capture and display custom fields in a template using More Fields, a plugin that “enables you to define post types, which are custom Write/Edit pages that contains a pre-defined set of boxes”
Read MoreTuesday July 7th, 2009 will be the first Ottawa WordPress Developers Pub Night. Location and time are subject to interest from the community. Current theory is a start time of 8pm at Shoeless Joe’s at 3049 Carling Ave which has cheap wing night on Tues and very nice booths.
The two best ways to let them know you’re interested in attending are either post a comment on their blog or follow and tweet to them on Twitter – @wdgo. I know there are more than a few people in Ottawa who use Wordpress for great things including myself. I look forward to meeting them for a few pints to talk about what we would all like to give / get from a community developer group for our platform of choice.
Read MoreIn the third and final part of an interview with Natasha, we discuss ways the Canadian government has / can / should invest in the concepts and technologies of Social Media over the next 12 – 18 months.
Read MoreIn exploring the approach to development I had for my own website, I recognized that I was serially redesigning it and proverbially spinning my wheels. The unfortunate part of this vicious cycle is that it was all manufactured by me – the site, the content and perception that the obstacles were insurmountable. So last weekend I decided to leverage what I could from my existing efforts (css, images, javascript) and start fresh building on top of a strong theme framework base – Thematic. I did so with a new approach to the design, development and writing for the site. In this post, I explain why for my own personal sites / projects I have come to the conclusion that I will never try to build a perfect website again.
Read MoreIn the second part of an interview with Natasha, we discuss examples of companies using social media effectively and how individuals can do the same to boost their own career.
Read MoreA broad ranging interview on all things social media with Natasha D’Souza, the founder of Virtual EyeSee which is a Social Media consulting agency serving North America. First up, exactly what is social media?
Read MoreA summary of the newest / most recent networking events for entrepreneurs and geeks in Ottawa. Plus re-capping what I’ve been up to lately since it obviously hasn’t been blogging.
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Solving a custom field query quandry
Storing the details of a rideshare offer / request lends itself well to custom fields, especially when More Fields is used for data capture. I found a solution to a complex display challenge: How to display a set of posts based on multiple custom field values? This post demonstrates get_post_meta_multiple, a function you could include in your theme to allow you to filter based on an infinite number of custom field key / value pairs.
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