This plugin provides custom functions needed for the Continuing Education website to be integrated with our main WordPress website. It also provides a widget that can be used to display posts linked to a CustomPress custom post type using CustomPress taxonomy.
##Settings
After activation, settings for the plugin can be updated via a submenu "CE Custom Functions" under the main administrative Settings menu. Available settings:
###CampusCE settings
- CampusCE data URL - The URL used to retrieve CampusCE data
- CampusCE user key - The special user key that is required to use the data URL
- CustomPress post type - The post type created in CustomPress plugin.
- CustomPress taxonomy - The taxonomy created in CustomPress plugin.
- CustomPress field ID - The field ID created in CustomPress plugin.
##Functions
###CampusCE functions
All return an object generated from the data XML as returned from CampusCE. All are static methods of the plugin's CE_Custom_Functions
class.
Note: The functions now distinguish between courses and classes. Per the data, classes are an offering of a course. As such, pulling classes will return all available offerings of a course.
-
cecf_get_courses_by_category_id($category_id)
Returns array of course objects. Course object contains
CourseID
,Title
,WebDescr
,CategoryID
, andNewTag
data members. -
cecf_get_classes_by_category_id($category_id)
Returns array of classes. Class data is directly as returned from CampusCE.
-
cecf_get_category_by_id($category_id)
Returns category object. Category data is directly as returned from CampusCE.
-
cecf_get_course_by_id($course_id)Removed as did not return expected results.
###Example usage
Frontend example
include_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/plugin.php' );
if ( is_plugin_active('ce-custom-functions/ce-custom-functionality.php') ) {
$courses = CE_Custom_Functions::cecf_get_courses_by_category_id("1882");
$category = CE_Custom_Functions::cecf_get_category_by_id("1882");
$classes = CE_Custom_Functions::cecf_get_classes_by_category_id("1882");
}
###Acceptance criteria
- Admin should be able to create a cross-reference between blog categories and class categories
- Blog titles from applicable category should display on sidebar
- Should link to full story in blog section
- Should be link to category page for more stories