{"id":8658,"date":"2011-09-12T16:16:47","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T16:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpml.org\/?p=8658"},"modified":"2019-05-07T09:31:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T09:31:04","slug":"multilingual-ready-custom-types-and-fields-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/es\/announcements\/2011\/09\/multilingual-ready-custom-types-and-fields-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"Multilingual-Ready Custom Types and Fields Plugins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Custom data types make all the difference between a cool blogging tool and a true CMS. To date, there isn’t a complete solution for managing custom data for multilingual sites. Types<\/em> and Views<\/em> will change all this!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Update – Types<\/em> and Views<\/em> are ready.<\/p>\n

Get Types<\/em> from Toolset webiste<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For Views<\/em>, go to WP Views site<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In the last 5 months, we’ve been working on two major new plugins for managing and displaying custom data in WordPress. We’re less than a month away from release and it’s time to make an informal introduction.<\/p>\n

Types<\/em> – Defines Custom Data<\/h2>\n

First, we need to tell WordPress what our custom data is. Types<\/em> allows us to setup custom post types, taxonomy and custom fields.<\/p>\n

Types<\/em> lets you define and edit custom post types and taxonomy, and the relationship between them.<\/p>\n

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List of custom types and taxonomies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When you edit custom types, you get the full details, including the name, description, menu properties and all the little texts that you can choose.<\/p>\n

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Editing custom types<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The real fun begins when you start setting up custom fields for your newly created types.<\/p>\n

Types contains complete custom-field management for WordPress. You can setup meta-boxes, choose which fields to list in them and on which content types these boxes should display. In case you’re wondering, we borrowed some great ideas from the popular Drupal CCK<\/em> module for our Types<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Editing a group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Types<\/em> includes all the ‘regular’ field types (like text fields, textarea, radio and checkboxes), as well as special fields, like image, URL, phone number, etc.<\/p>\n

Fields include built-in data validation. When you insert a field, Types<\/em> can check that user-data is valid before it can be saved.<\/p>\n

Also, you can specify what to do with translations, for each field. You can choose if WPML will translate that field, copy it, or do nothing.<\/p>\n

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Editing a field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once it’s all setup, users see your new, shiny, custom edit screen. This is how the new ‘Program Attributes’ box, which we defined above, looks like:<\/p>\n

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Custom fields input box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Views<\/em> – Displays Custom Data<\/h2>\n

So far, so good. We can tell WordPress which custom types we want, what meta-boxes to create and which fields they will contain.<\/p>\n

Users can now enter custom data to the site.\u00a0But, how do we display it?<\/p>\n

This is where Views<\/em> comes to play. Views is a comprehensive package and displaying data in your site. It includes two main module:<\/p>\n