Thread: Custom Taxonomies in Vantage and the front end form

Custom Taxonomies in Vantage and the front end form

I have made 2 custom taxonomies to help to further distinguish business listings 1)location, 2)tribe (nation-confederacy).
I have registered these taxonomies in my child themes function.php see (a) below.
I have also included a taxonomy link in my child’s single-listing.php (b) which then displays my custom taxonomies all of which works great. Using wp_dropdown_categories() I have got these Taxonomies to display in form-listings.php (c) so they appear in the create a listing form.

My problem is, is that when the form is submitted, the selections for my custom taxonomies are NOT submitted and I’m not sure how to fix this. I have tried wp_set_object_terms() in listings-form.php, but still have not been able to get it to work….

The reason I am not using the custom forms for this part is because I have also got a multiple custom taxonomy selecting plugin (http://codecanyon.net/item/taxonomie..._author=waylay) on the homepage, using drop down menus to be able to be VERY specific about what business listings are displayed…. It is a bit tidier that just the search bar. I just can’t get the front end users selection of their custom tax to be submitted to the database with the form….. Any help would be appreciated!

(A) = register my taxonomies in function.php:
// Add custom taxonomies
add_action( 'init', 'business_listings_create_taxonomies', 0 );

function business_listings_create_taxonomies()
{
// Business Location
$country_lables = array(
'name' => _x( 'Business location', 'taxonomy general name' ),
'singular_name' => _x( 'Business location', 'taxonomy singular name' ),
'search_items' => __( 'Search via business location' ),
'all_items' => __( 'All business locations' ),
'most_used_items' => null,
'parent_item' => null,
'parent_item_colon' => null,
'edit_item' => __( 'Edit business locations' ),
'update_item' => __( 'Update business locations' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add new business location' ),
'new_item_name' => __( 'New business location' ),
'not_found' => __('No business locations found'),
'not_found_in_trash' => __('No business locations found in trash'),
'menu_name' => __( 'Business Locations' ),
);
register_taxonomy('businesslocation',array('listin g'),array(
'hierarchical' => true,
'labels' => $country_lables,
'show_ui' => true,
'query_var' => true,
'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'business_location' )

));


// Nation-Confederacy
$nation_confederacy_lables = array(
'name' => _x( 'Nation-Confederacy', 'taxonomy general name' ),
'singular_name' => _x( 'Nation-Confederacy', 'taxonomy singular name' ),
'search_items' => __( 'Search by Nation-Confederacy' ),
'all_items' => __( 'All Nation-Confederacies' ),
'most_used_items' => null,
'parent_item' => null,
'parent_item_colon' => null,
'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Nation-Confederacy' ),
'update_item' => __( 'Update Nation-Confederacy' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add new Nation-Confederacy' ),
'new_item_name' => __( 'New Nation-Confederacy' ),
'menu_name' => __( 'Nation-Confederacy' ),
);
register_taxonomy('nation_confederacy',array('list ing'),array(
'hierarchical' => true,
'public' => true,
'show_in_nav_menus' => true,
'labels' => $nation_confederacy_lables,
'show_ui' => true,
'query_var' => true,
'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => $va_options->listing_permalink . '/' . $va_options->listing_cat_permalink, 'with_front' => false ),
//'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'national_confederacy' )
));


} // end of business_listings_create_taxonomies function

 


(b) display with links, my custom taxonomies in single-listings.php:

if (get_the_term_list( $post->ID, 'businesslocation' ) != null ) { ?>
<div class="listing_tax_cat_label">Business Location: <?php echo get_the_term_list( $post->ID, 'businesslocation', '', ', ', '' ); ?></div>
<?php } ?>

<?php if (get_the_term_list( $post->ID, 'nation_confederacy' ) != null ) { ?>
<div class="listing_tax_cat_label">National Confederacy: <?php echo get_the_term_list( $post->ID, 'nation_confederacy', '', ', ', '' ); ?></div>
<?php } ?>
 


(C) show drop down menu in front end form - however this is not submitted with the form for some reason!!!
<div class="form-field"><label>
<?php _e( 'Your Business Location:', APP_TD ); ?>
<?php wp_dropdown_categories( array(
'taxonomy' =>businesslocation,
'hide_empty' => false,
'hierarchical' => true,
'name' => 'businesslocation_name',
'id' => 'businesslocation',
'selected' => $listing->businesslocation,
'show_option_none' => __( 'Select Business Location:', APP_TD ),
'class' => 'businesslocation',
'orderby' => 'name',
'include' => $listing_cat,
'hide_if_empty' => false
) ); ?>
</label></div>



<div class="form-field"><label>
<?php _e( 'Nation-Confederacy (leave blank if not applicable):', APP_TD ); ?>
<?php wp_dropdown_categories( array(
'taxonomy' =>nation_confederacy,
'hide_empty' => false,
'hierarchical' => true,
'name' => '_'.nation_confederacy,
'selected' => $listing->nation_confederacy,
'show_option_none' => __( 'Select Your Nation-Confederacy:', APP_TD ),
'class' => 'required',
'orderby' => 'name',
'include' => $listing_cat,
'hide_if_empty' => false
) ); ?>
</label></div>