Thread: ACFCP Plugin v1.0 - HELP section

ACFCP Plugin v1.0 - HELP section

Help Contents:

1. About Plugin, Installation, Update - same post
2. Profile field properties help
3. Ad custom field properties help
4. Formats & Limitations - how does it work
5. Formats & Limitations Properties Help
6. Validation Error Custom Messages
7. Export/Import/Clear Settings
8. Date Picker Settings

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Links:

1. Plugin's page on AppThemes Marketplace
2. Google+ page
3. Video tutorials

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Advanced Custom Fields for ClassiPress - Browse

The Advanced Custom Fields for ClassiPress plugin is a powerful tool for extending the functional of ClassiPress theme.
Plugin adds the most requested themes features.

Managing the profile and ad fields:

• Adding extra Profile fields
• Different types of profile fields
• Date Field with Datepicker and validation of input values
• Private Field. If you set this property, then this field will see only the author, and administrators. Ordinary visitors and search engines will not see this field.
• Formats of ads and profile fields
• Limit the number of input symbols, words, collocations
• Validation of formats and the limitations of form fields
• Custom validation messages (edit messages in your language)
• The default values ​​for all fields
• Inherit values ​​of the profile field in the ad field
• Control output fields on the various pages and forms (Registration user form, Edit profile form, Author's page, Single ad page, Archives pages, Add new ad form, Edit ad form)

Plugin settings can be exported to INI file, or import from another file.

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The Plugin interface

Plugin page can be accessed from the main administration menu ClassiPress-> ACF options.

Plugin settings is divided into five tabs with tables of settings:

• Profile Fields - add and manage profile fields
• Validation Error Messages - edit messages
• Ad Fields - ad fields management
• Export/Import/Clear Settings
• Date Picker Settings

To save all the settings on each tab, click button Save Changes.
Detailed information about each tab read the specific Help Page.

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​Installation/Update

The Plugin developed for a specific version of ClassiPress! After each update ClassiPress Plugin source code review. This may take some time.
Be prepared that if you upgrade ClassiPress before the release of upgrade Plugin - the Plugin turns off (for not to cause potential errors). The Plugin resume work on the condition that his version is compatible with the version of ClassiPress.

Another important thing:
In this version of "ClassiPress" Plugin can not control the output fields on the author's page and edit ad page, without changes of source code.
I prepared a modified templates of these pages.
You can find them in the Plugin directory /advanced-custom-fields-for-ClassiPress/templates/ and replace the standard template which is located in the root of ClassiPress folder.

Manual installation:

Download the Plugin. Version of the Plugin should be compatible with the version of ClassiPress.

1. Extract the contents of the zip file.
2. Upload the contents of the zip file to the wp-content/plugins/ folder of your WordPress installation.
3. Replace the ClassiPress theme files from the root directory with new files from the Plugin folder templates/.
4. Then activate the Plugin from Plugins page.
5. Find the menu "ClassiPress" on the WordPress administration page. Select the lower point "ACF options" and proceed to configure the Plugin.

Manual update:

Export Plugin settings to the INI file (just in case)

1. Deactivate installed Plugin from Plugins page.
2. Delete existing ACF Plugin folder from the wp-content/plugins/ folder of your WordPress installation
3. Download actual version of the Plugin. Version of the Plugin should be compatible with the version of ClassiPress.
4. Extract the contents of the zip file
5. Upload the contents of the zip file to the wp-content/plugins/ folder of your WordPress installation
6. Replace the ClassiPress theme files from the root directory with new files from the Plugin folder templates/.
7. Then activate the Plugin from Plugins page.

Profile field properties help

Ad custom field properties help

Formats & Limitations - how does it work

Formats & Limitations Properties Help

Validation Error Custom Messages

Export/Import/Clear Settings

Date Picker Settings