[TheBandWagon]

Hi,

Im’ trying to create a shortcode that can be used in the shortcodes generator to display only UpandComing Artists on the homepage. I have setup a Up and coming category, and this is the code I have been using to create the shortcode:

<?php
function iva_upandcoming($atts, $content = null,$code) {
extract(shortcode_atts(array(
‘cat’ => ‘3’,
‘limit’ => ‘-1’,
‘columns’ => ‘1’,
‘pagination’ => ”
), $atts));

// $column_index = 0;
// if( $columns == ‘4’ ) { $class = ‘col_fourth’; }
// if( $columns == ‘3’ ) { $class = ‘col_third’; }

//Album Image Sizes
$width=’470′; $height = ‘470’;
$out = ”;
$paged = (get_query_var(‘paged’)) ? get_query_var(‘paged’) : 1;
$query = array(
‘post_type’ => ‘artists’,
‘showposts’ => $limit,
‘taxonomy’ => ‘genres’,
‘term’ => $cat,
‘paged’ => $paged
);

query_posts($query); //get the results
global $post;
if(have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : the_post();
$artist_bornplace = get_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘artist_bornplace’, true );
$artist_genres = get_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘artist_genres’, true );
$artist_year_active = get_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘artist_year_active’, true );
$artist_website_url = get_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘artist_website_url’, true );
//$artist_label = get_the_term_list( $post->ID, ‘label’, ”, ‘,’, ” );

$column_index++;
$last = ( $column_index == $columns && $columns != 1 ) ? ‘end ‘ : ”;

$permalink = get_permalink( get_the_id() );
$image = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), ‘full’, true );

$out .= ‘<div class=”artist-list ‘.$class.’ ‘. $last.'”>’;
$out .= ‘<div class=”custompost_entry”>’;
if(has_post_thumbnail()){
$out .='<div class=”custompost_thumb port_img”>’;
$out .='<figure>’;
$out .= atp_resize( $post->ID, ”, $width, $height, ”, ” );
$out .='</figure>’;
$out .='<div class=”hover_type”>’;
$out .=’‘;
$out .='</div>’;
$out .='</div>’;
}
$out .='<div class=”artist-desc”>’;
$out .='<h2 class=”entry-title”>‘.get_the_title().’</h2>’;
if ( $artist_genres != ” ) {
$out .='<span>’.$artist_genres.'</span>’;
}
$out .= ‘</div>’;
$out .= ‘</div>’;
$out .= ‘</div>’;
if( $column_index == $columns ){
$column_index = 0;
}
endwhile;
$out .='<div class=”clear”></div>’;
if($pagination == ‘true’) {
$out .=atp_pagination();
}
wp_reset_query();
endif;
return $out;
}
add_shortcode(‘upandcoming’,’iva_upandcoming’); //add shortcode
?>

I’ve also added the following array to the shortcode-meta.php file:

// UPANDCOMING
//——————————————————–
‘UpandComing’ => array(
‘name’ => __(‘UpandComing’, ‘ATP_ADMIN_SITE’),
‘value’ => ‘artist’,
‘options’ => array(
array(
‘name’ => __(‘Column’, ‘ATP_ADMIN_SITE’),
‘desc’ => ‘Select the Artist Columns Layout Style’,
‘id’ => ‘column’,
‘std’ => ‘4’,
‘options’ => array(
‘3’ => ‘Columns 3’,
‘4’ => ‘Columns 4’
),
‘type’ => ‘select’
),
array(
‘name’ => __(‘Artist Limit’, ‘ATP_ADMIN_SITE’),
‘desc’ => ‘Type the number of items you wish to display per page’,
‘id’ => ‘limit’,
‘std’ => ‘4’,
‘type’ => ‘text’
),
array(
‘name’ => __(‘Category’, ‘ATP_ADMIN_SITE’),
‘desc’ => ‘Hold Control/Command key to select multiple categories’,
‘info’ => ‘(optional)’,
‘id’ => ‘cat’,
‘std’ => ”,
‘options’ => $this->atp_variable(‘artist’),
‘type’ => ‘multiselect’
),
array(
‘name’ => __(‘Pagination’, ‘ATP_ADMIN_SITE’),
‘desc’ => ‘Check this if you wish to disable the pagination.’,
‘id’ => ‘pagination’,
‘std’ => ”,
‘type’ => ‘checkbox’
),
)
),

The UpandComing shortcode shows up in the Shortcode Generator but the multiselect category field isnt showing, so I cant select the upandcoming artist category.

Could you please guide me a little further with this development?

Thankyou

Regards

• This topic was modified 12 years, 9 months ago by TheBandWagon.

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[Fem]

Artists are not based on categories and it does not have categories fetching option, so we kept only genres for the artists. If you want we can add that feature to pull only genre based artists.

I’m online in Skype if you need support

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[TheBandWagon]

I have already successfully added a category to Artists called Upandcoming. Its just the shortcode I cant get to work.

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[Fem]

Its fixed in your website.

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