do ?

I’m interested why you use apply_filter instead of add_filter ?

The only problem was that I was worried my users would be confused if they were creating a page that wasn’t a blog page (like a contact or info page or something) and they saw a box that said “Which categories would you like to include in this blog page?”

So, I created a meta box with the id “blog-options-meta” and my goal was that when the user is in “Edit Page” page, and they selected my “Blog Page” template under the Attributes > template drop down menu, then my “blog-options-meta” meta box would slide down and appear on the screen.

Here’s a screenshot so everyone knows what the heck I’m talking about:
http://jasonbobich.com/jbobich_framework_blog_options.jpg

When you create a meta box, the id of that metabox is inserted into the HTML div tag when Wordpress prints out that meta box, which made it easy to target it with jQuery.

$(document).ready(function(){

//check if initially selected
if ($(‘#page_template’).val() == “template_blog.php” ) {
$(“#blog-options-meta”).show();
}

//Targets WP’s template drop down menu
$(“#page_template”).click(function(){

//If they select my blog template, slide the meta box down
if ($(‘#page_template’).val() == “template_blog.php” ) {

$(“#blog-options-meta”).slideDown(“normal”);

// if they select any other option, remove the meta box
} else {

$(“#blog-options-meta”).slideUp(“normal”);

}

});
});

*Note that the id “page_template” is what Wordpress gives the drop down menu, that I was targeting. So, realistically, I have no control over that id.

Obviously, for this to work you need to insert your javascript into some JS file and add that to your Wordpress admin head along with jQuery. You would also want to include some CSS that initially set your meta box div to “display:none”. You would use the admin_head function to add the js files and css file to your WP admin section. (Google “Wordpress admin_head” if you’re unfamiliar with how to do that.) In my case it makes the most sense to do it this way because I’m selling a Wordpress theme where I obviously only have control over the theme folder.

As far as making a meta box show on a Page Write admin page only when a specific page template is selected, I ended up just using javascript.

I figured any solution with PHP would not allow the user to see the new meta box until they actually saved the page and came back to editing it again (which wouldn’t make sense).

Quick question though…

Is there any way to make the meta box show only when a specific page template is selected?

Just one question. I would like to put a brief description under each input field as a reminder to what each input does.

How would I do that?

Thanks,
Karl

Could give me an example ?

Thx for your help.

Do you know how to use the select option ?

I want to create a select meta boxe with a true/false choice.

Thx for your help.