Comments on: Custom Post Types with a Drag & Drop Interface

By: Cristian

Cristian — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:57:58 +0000

This tutorial is over a year old, there are many improvements to be made to it!

The meta is nice, I wouldn’t use the global $post, instead use the function get_the_ID().

Research:
1. WP List table – http://wpengineer.com/2426/wp_list_table-a-step-by-step-guide/
2. Better AJAX response – http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Ajax_Response

By: Roc

Roc — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:12:22 +0000

Wow, twice in a row. Here is the link: http://pastebin.com/AN4NDJGK

By: Roc

Roc — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:11:42 +0000

Sorry - it didn't post correctly. Here is a pastebin URL.

By: Roc

Roc — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:09:46 +0000

Just found the solution after posting above:

To display custom meta for a post type, you can create a new column and add this:

ID , '-metaname' , true); ?>

By: Roc

Roc — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:03:43 +0000

Hi Cris!

Just came to a road block when I was creating the reorder table. Is there a way to display custom metabox data in a separate column? For instance, the reorder table will have Title, Thumbnail, and Actors (custom post-meta).

Thanks!
Roc.

By: Sneek

Sneek — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:09:16 +0000

Thanks, I think it needs a few areas fixing but overall does the job (even if you can get a plugin and use it straight away!). I don’t think there should be many / any changes to make moving forwards unless core features change (which they won’t). Maybe improve on the JS with a new framework or something.

Thanks, Cris

By: Roc

Roc — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:09:32 +0000

One of the easiest and nicest tutorials to follow. Thank you!

How do you feel of future WP updates affecting this tutorial? Runs great on 3.5 btw!

By: Sneek

Sneek — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:04:38 +0000

Hi Matt,

Thanks for pointing this out, not sure what has happened so I reverted to an earlier revision :)

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:16:28 +0000

Thanks for this however the main code under

2. Create an interface showing each product with a handle to sort

Is all jacked up. Can you clean it up so it can be copied properly?

thanks,
Matt

By: Weblusive

Weblusive — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:23:52 +0000

Just decided to step in to say thank you for this awesome tutorial! Was searching for something like this for quite a long time now.