could you take a look at what im trying to do please?

http://www.pastie.org/1197659

thanks a lot your help is much appreciated!

thanks so much for the tutorial. i have a feeling i’ll be implementing it regularly.

looks to me like it’s missing a closing div tag? when i used the code as provided, i ended up with some of the write panels INSIDE the new custom panel.
http://cl.ly/4ab5e34964f661977de2

when i added another closing div tag just after the final $output variable, it looks better. http://cl.ly/b12dd66bcd1ed8c99eff

was it an oversight? or maybe i implemented the code incorrectly in the first place.

thx again for your work. much appreciated.

Well, there’s really not much else I could tell you. if I did a write-up of how to add a second panel, it would basically look like this one, almost exactly.

You just have to rename your variables and functions so they aren’t duplicated. usually, I just add a number next to everything. So if my first variable is “$key”, then the second section will be “$key1″. All references to “$key” in my copy should be changed to “$key1″. Same for the functions, and calls to those functions. If I have “function display_meta_box()”, then in my copy of the whole thing, I change it to “function display_meta_box1()”, and I have to make sure the function calls reflect that change. (i.e. in the “add_meta_box” thing, you have to change “display_meta_box” to “display_meta_box1″so it pulls in the correct fields). You also have to call them in at the end to “activate” them – the “add_action” areas. You have the “add_action(‘admin_menu’, ‘create_meta_box’)” AND “add_action(‘admin_menu’, ‘create_meta_box1′)” .

other than just making sure you’re adding numbers (or some other form of defining what you’re doing) and making sure you’re calling them in by changing the information, its pretty much exactly the same as above.

First off: Thank you very much for going to the trouble of writing this guide; I’ve found it incredibly handy!

I am only having one problem: I’m attempting to incorporate a second custom write panel – as Dyrk mentioned earlier – and am having great difficulty. My knowledge of PHP is quite limited to say the least, and my attempts to implement a second panel has resulted in numerous problems.

Might I humbly request an additional section added to your article detailing the necessary steps to include a second panel please? I’ve renamed each variable and function and ensured that they are behaving as they should do, but I’m at my wits-end.

If you might be able to include the code that we could easily copy/paste then that would be absolutely superb. I do hope this is no trouble. I’m tearing my hair out over here!

Thank you for reading my response and I look forward to hearing back from you.

Steve

I’m wondering though haven’t found any references anywhere to this is can you set these write panels to show up for only specific pages or specific posts based on something within the page or post like whether the page has a specific custom field already assigned or whether it’s a child of a specific page etc.

Anyone heard of this being done? Possible?

the tutorial above already places the custom meta box below the editor. If you want it in the sidebar, you’d change “normal” to “side” in the “add_meta_box” section.

You can read more about it here:

Function reference: add_meta_box

How I can I move the meta box to the middle panel, below the editor, for instance?

If the “back end bits” are showing up fine (meaning, you’re seeing the fields you’ve crated, and the stuff you put into them is saved like it’s supposed to be) then you’ve done it correctly. The code doesn’t *display* the stuff, it only creates the extra fields and saves the information. You have to edit your theme to make it show the items you’ve put into it.

So without knowing what you’ve put into your theme files, i have no way of troubleshooting the issue. Sounds like it’s working like it’s supposed to, but you’ve just either used the wrong code in your theme files to display the information, or you haven’t done it yet at all.

At the end of the post above is a little section on how to pull the info out and display it, see how that compares to what you’ve got.

Any suggestions would be great.