Adds a custom meta box to certain Pages in the WP Page Editor (in this case, pages with template Degrees). Found the my_meta_init() function here: http://www.farinspace.com/page-specific-wordpress-meta-box/
<?php // https://gist.github.com/3310364
$page_custom_fields =
array(
"most_popular" => array(
"name" => "most_popular",
"std" => "",
"title" => "Most Popular Degree",
"description" => "",
"type" => "checkbox"),
);
function page_custom_fields() {
global $post, $page_custom_fields;
foreach($page_custom_fields as $meta_box) {
$meta_box_value = stripslashes(get_post_meta($post->ID, $meta_box['name'].'_value', true));
if($meta_box_value == "")
$meta_box_value = $meta_box['std'];
if ($meta_box['type'] == "h2" ) {
echo '<h2 style="background:#eee;color:#dd5928 !important;padding:3px 10px 0;font-family:Lucida Grande,Verdana,Arial,Bitstream Vera Sans,sans-serif !important; font-style:normal !important;font-weight:bold !important;">'.$meta_box['title'].'</h2>';
echo'<input type="hidden" name="'.$meta_box['name'].'" id="'.$meta_box['name'].'" value="'.wp_create_nonce( plugin_basename(__FILE__) ).'" />';
} else {
echo '<p style="margin-bottom:10px;">';
echo'<input type="hidden" name="'.$meta_box['name'].'" id="'.$meta_box['name'].'" value="'.wp_create_nonce( plugin_basename(__FILE__) ).'" />';
echo'<strong>'.$meta_box['title'].'</strong> <em>'.$meta_box['description'].'</em>';
switch ( $meta_box[ 'type' ] ) {
case "select" : ?>
<br /><select name="<?php echo $meta_box['name'].'_value'; ?>" id="<?php echo $meta_box['name'].'_value'; ?>"><?php foreach ($meta_box['options'] as $option) { ?><option value="<?php echo $option; ?>"<?php if ( esc_attr($meta_box_value) == $option) { echo ' selected="selected"'; } elseif ( esc_attr($meta_box_value) == '' && $option == $meta_box['std']) { echo ' selected="selected"'; } ?>><?php echo $option; ?></option><?php } ?></select>
<?php break;
case "input":
echo'<input type="'.$meta_box['type'].'" name="'.$meta_box['name'].'_value" value="'.esc_attr($meta_box_value).'" style="width:98%;" /><br />';
break;
case "checkbox":
if ( esc_attr($meta_box_value) === "true" ){
$checked = "checked=\"checked\"";
} else {
$checked = "";
}
echo'<br /><br /><input type="'.$meta_box['type'].'" name="'.$meta_box['name'].'_value" class="checkbox" value="true" '.$checked.' /><br />';
break;
case "textarea":
echo'<textarea type="text" name="'.$meta_box['name'].'_value" cols="80" rows="5" style="width:98%;">'.esc_attr($meta_box_value).'</textarea><br />';
break;
case "calendar": ?><br />
<script src="<?php echo get_bloginfo('template_directory');?>/includes/php_calendar/php_calendar/scripts.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<input type="input" id="date" name="<?php echo $meta_box['name']; ?>_value" value="<?php if ( esc_attr($meta_box_value) != ''){echo $meta_box_value;} else {} ?>" style="width:200px;" /> <a href="javascript:viewcalendar()"><img src="../wp-content/themes/ghp/includes/php_calendar/images/iconCalendar.gif" /></a><br />
<?php break; } echo '</p>'; }
}
}
function save_pagedata( $post_id ) {
global $post, $page_custom_fields;
foreach($page_custom_fields as $meta_box) {
// Verify
if(isset($_POST[$meta_box['name']])) {
if ( !wp_verify_nonce( $_POST[$meta_box['name']], plugin_basename(__FILE__) )) {
return $post_id;
}
if ( 'page' == $_POST['post_type'] ) {
if ( !current_user_can( 'edit_page', $post_id ))
return $post_id;
} else {
if ( !current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post_id ))
return $post_id;
}
}
//skip auto save
if ( defined( 'DOING_AUTOSAVE' ) && DOING_AUTOSAVE ) {
return $post_id;
}
if(isset($_POST[$meta_box['name'].'_value'])) {
$data = $_POST[$meta_box['name'].'_value'];
if(get_post_meta($post_id, $meta_box['name'].'_value') == "")
add_post_meta($post_id, $meta_box['name'].'_value', $data, true);
elseif($data != get_post_meta($post_id, $meta_box['name'].'_value', true))
update_post_meta($post_id, $meta_box['name'].'_value', $data);
} else {
delete_post_meta($post_id, $meta_box['name'].'_value', get_post_meta($post_id, $meta_box['name'].'_value', true));
}
}
}
// ADDS THIS CMB ONLY TO PAGES WITH "DEGREES" TEMPLATE
// http://www.farinspace.com/page-specific-wordpress-meta-box/
add_action('admin_init','my_meta_init');
function my_meta_init()
{
$post_id = $_GET['post'] ? $_GET['post'] : $_POST['post_ID'];
$template_file = get_post_meta($post_id,'_wp_page_template',TRUE);
// check for a template type
if ($template_file == 'degrees_page.php')
{
add_meta_box( 'new-meta-boxes', 'Marked as Most Popular Degree?', 'page_custom_fields', 'page', 'normal', 'high' );
}
add_action('save_post', 'save_pagedata');
}
?>