I’ve downloaden these 3 files
application.class.php
main.php
page.class.php

When activate the plugin i get this
error:
Array ( )
Warning: include(C:\www\xampp\htdocs\vdham\wp-content\plugins\rc-custom-write-panel/OptionsPage.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\www\xampp\htdocs\vdham\wp-content\plugins\rc-custom-write-panel\main.php on line 263

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening ‘C:\www\xampp\htdocs\vdham\wp-content\plugins\rc-custom-write-panel/OptionsPage.php’ for inclusion (include_path=’.;C:\www\xampp\php\pear\’) in C:\www\xampp\htdocs\vdham\wp-content\plugins\rc-custom-write-panel\main.php on line 263

I’ve seen that structured blogging can’t do this, it can only provide a hardcoded list for dropdowns, which is no option for me.

Tnx in advance.

Please let me know…

Thanks
hl

“was going to do”, still going to do, so not done yet.

If you have development code available (i see something on dev.wp-plugins.org), we will attempt to work against that and move usable patches back to you.

-Raul

Thanks for your helpful nudges in the right direction… sorry to clutter your blog, but if anyone else reads this thread and is curious about a solution to the submenu problem we’re discussing, here is a solution I came up with, that seems to work pretty well.

The reason that submenus normally get highlighted for normal submenu pages, is because menu-header.php checks that the submenu itmes second element is equal to a stripped down PHP_SELF. line 38 of menu-header.php handles this case.

But when you use the trick that Joshua and I are discussing, this doesn’t work. There is another feature of submenus handled on line 36 of menu-header.php where if the global variable $submenu_file is set and is equal to $item[2], then the submenu will also be drawn as current.

If you can set $submenu_current to the same URL as you used in your add_submenu_page, then the submenu will show as current.

I accomplished this by implementing an admin_head hook, and setting that global variable if the $_SERVER[REQUEST_URI] is one of my custom submenus. This works like a charm.

I also figured out why my other submenus weren’t drawing correctly. It was because of some other change I made unrelated to this plugin.

By the way, I think this is a great site, Joshua, your Loop tutorials are really solid! Thanks!

After I sent this comment… I kept playing around with my code and basically came up with this exact some concept. I basically made my action hook for edit_form_advanced check _SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] for the parameters, and if it’s there it would or would not add the additional controls.

So my add_submenu_page code was something like this…


add_submenu_page('post-new.php', 'Custom New', 'Custom New', 0, 'post-new.php?foo', '');


I guess great minds think alike.

What do you mean “the menu the user clicks on won’t become active like regular plugin menu”? I don’t see any different behavior in my implementation… it acts the same as Write Post or Write Page.

Line 155 is how I add the menus. Notice I pass the param rc_cwp_panel_id and the param is handled on line 69, which will redirect to post-new.php.

Be aware that with this method, the menu the user clicks on won’t become active like regular plugin menu, but that can be resolved some way.

Anyway, don’t try to download and install it at its current state ’cause the sky will fall. And the code will change a lot after the weekend because I’ll be re-doing some areas, re factoring, yada…yada…good luck with your plugin.

I like your stuff, I’ve learned a bunch from reading your site. I’ve actually been working on some custom write pages myself. I realize you planned to post the code sometime this weekend, but in the event you get delayed, I just have one question.

How do you “easily” add additional “Write Post” menu items using just plugins. I’ve sort of figured out how to do it with core hacks, and I’ve sort of figured out how to do it with a plugin, but in both cases it required that I copy way to much code from post-new.php.

How did you handle this?

Thanks in advance.

-Brad

Was going to do? So did the company cancel it? I will probably submit my code to http://dev.wp-plugins.org/ this weekend so that people could probably submit patches and the like (if supported by that site).