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/* Meta Boxes */

	add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', 'es_metabox_post_ads_create' );



	function es_metabox_post_ads_create()

	{

   		//create a custom meta box

   		add_meta_box( 'es_metabox_post_ads', 'Post Ads', 'es_metabox_post_ads_function', 'post', 'side', 'low' );

	}



	function es_metabox_post_ads_function( $post )

	{

		$eirepanel_inline_ads_options = get_option('eirepanel_inline_ads_options');

		$select_post_ads = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_select_post_ads', true ); ?>



        <select name="select_post_ads">

        	<option style="min-width: 120px;">Please Select</option> 

            <?php for($i=0; $i<count($eirepanel_inline_ads_options['eirepanel_inline_ads_options_name']); $i++): ?>

            

            	<?php

				$selected = '';

				if($select_post_ads == $eirepanel_inline_ads_options['eirepanel_inline_ads_options_name'][$i])

				{

					echo $selected = 'selected';

					echo $eirepanel_inline_ads_options['eirepanel_inline_ads_options_name'][$i];

				} 

                sort($eirepanel_inline_ads_options['eirepanel_inline_ads_options_name']); ?>

                <option style="min-width: 120px;" <?php echo $selected; ?> >

					<?php echo $eirepanel_inline_ads_options['eirepanel_inline_ads_options_name'][$i]; ?>

				</option>

            <?php endfor; ?>

        </select>



	<?php

	}

//hook to save the meta box data

	add_action( 'save_post', 'boj_mbe_save_post_ads_meta' );



	function boj_mbe_save_post_ads_meta( $post_id )

	{

		if ( defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE') && DOING_AUTOSAVE ) 

	        return $post_id;

			update_post_meta( $post_id, '_select_post_ads', strip_tags( $_POST['select_post_ads'] ) ); 

	}

Keith Donegan | 07/04/11 at 8:57am Edit

Previous versions of this question: 07/04/11 at 9:18am | 07/04/11 at 9:23am

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• 
  Last edited:
  07/04/11
  9:16am
  Utkarsh Kukreti says:

  Please post the code you're using.

  • 07/04/11 9:18am
    
    Keith Donegan says:

    Hey, is this enough?

  • 07/04/11 9:20am
    
    Utkarsh Kukreti says:

    There must be some more code. Something that contains 'add_post_meta'.

  • 07/04/11 9:23am
    
    Keith Donegan says:

    Sorry, missed that block, updated.

• 
  Last edited:
  07/04/11
  9:19am
  Armando Jaleo says:

  Hi Keith:
  
  Please Do you can give me more information, I don't understand "(but if you go back into the post and click update, the ad then appears)"
  
  You can check: to save and publish a post straight away and edit and change the date of publish.
  
  Greetings!

  • 07/04/11 9:22am
    
    Keith Donegan says:

    Hi Armando.
    
    I can indeed save and publish the post and the ad appears, but my client has alot of authors that need to schedule posts and have then displayed over time.

• 
  Last edited:
  07/04/11
  9:47am
  Jurre Hanema says:

  I believe the save_post action is also called when a post status transitions from scheduled to published. Because in that case $_POST is of course empty the metadata gets removed.
  
  So I have a feeling a simple check before you update the post metadata like this may solve the issue:
  
  

  
  
  function boj_mbe_save_post_ads_meta( $post_id )
  
  {
  
  	if ( defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE') && DOING_AUTOSAVE ) 
  
  		return $post_id;
  
  
  
  	if(isset($_POST['select_post_ads']))
  
  		update_post_meta($post_id, '_select_post_ads', strip_tags( $_POST['select_post_ads'] ) ); 
  
  }
  
  

  • 07/04/11 10:09am
    
    Keith Donegan says:

    Bingo, that makes sense! Thank you

  • 07/04/11 10:16am
    
    Keith Donegan says:

    How do I pay you? lol

  • 07/04/11 10:23am
    
    Jurre Hanema says:

    I believe you should use the "Vote?"-link underneath your first post.

  • 07/04/11 10:32am
    
    Keith Donegan says:

    Done, get it ok?

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