27
May
Custom Post Type Panels
Using the custom post type you will notice the page where you edit or add a new post only has the bare minimum of panels. But what happens if I want to add a specific excerpt???
Easy 
use the following code and add it to your functions file.
add_post_type_support( '[your custom post type name', 'excerpt' );
Im not quite sure what the other panels are called. When I find out I will reply to this post with a list.
21
May
WordPress 3.0 Custom Post Type Custom Fields
I have been trying out the custom post types for WordPress 3.0 Beta 2, I ran into a problem where i could not call the custom fields for posts i have assigned custom post type values.
I came up with this workaround for now until it is sorted.
function get_post_meta_custom($key, $single = false) {
global $wpdb,$post;
$answer = $wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare("SELECT meta_value FROM $wpdb->postmeta WHERE post_id = ".$post->ID." AND meta_key = '".$key."'"));
return $answer;
}
Call it using the following. I use this inside on the single post inside the loop.
if ( get_post_meta_custom('client_name', true) ) {echo get_post_meta_portfolio('client_name', true); }
