Thread: Add categories and custom fields

Add categories and custom fields

Hi,

I want to learn how to do a few things:

1. Create multiple categories like Auto, Computers etc., and also sub-menu as in Computers category as shown in http://wpclassipress.com/demo/category/

2. I want to manage the fields shown on the home page (latest listings) to show say City, Country, and the details page where more fields can be shown.

3. Manage colors for different HTML elements like button, background/ borders etc.

Looks like from the forum postings that all this has to be done through coding in PHP or manipulating CSS. Is there an easier way to achieve the same through the admin interface? Is this information available in any documentation/ installation manual etc?

Appreciate some help.
Regards.

Re: Add categories and custom fields

1, can be done via the admin in the exact same way as normal for WordPress.

The rest can only be achieved by knowing PHP/ CSS.

My advice would to first MAKE A BACK-UP of your classipress theme and work on a copy.
Then simply open up the files and see if you can work out what's going on. You'll be surprised how easy PHP/ CSS are.

Re: Add categories and custom fields

- sounds easy advice to WP regulars but I am new... can you just mention what menu, what option I need to click to acheive this?

Also, are there any good resources (websites/ books) for getting a good grip of WP?

Thanks.

Re: Add categories and custom fields

In your WP admin look under Posts > Categories

Might be good to have a good read through here.

Re: Add categories and custom fields

@pointandstare,

Thanks a ton. Will immerse myself there. :P

Regards.

Re: Add categories and custom fields

Based on the advertised features (http://wpclassipress.com/features/) of the theme's version 2.9 features I should be able to add custom fields -http://wpclassipress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/classipress-custom-fields.gif. Through suggested reading http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Custom_Fields I found that you can add own fields to the post.

I added a couple of fields, however I am not sure how to display them. There seems to be a technical way of doing it which seems to be playing with the code...I don't think that I am in a position to understand or manipulate the code. Is their any way of doing this from the CMS?

Also, once I add the fields to one post, does it automatically start showing for all posts as well?

Thanks.

Re: Add categories and custom fields

There is no visual way to add fields in ClassiPress......yet. In the meantime, you can read this nice tutorial submitted by one of our customers. How to add extra classipress fields.

Re: Add categories and custom fields

Thanks David,

Looks like a nice step by step guide. Hope we can have all this available as documentation along with the theme.

Regards.