[theme-reviewers] add_theme_page()
Rahul Bansal
rahul286 at gmail.com
Tue Jan 25 08:14:05 UTC 2011
>
> If you have any links that you would like added to the
> make.wordpress.org/themes site, sure pass em over
Cool. Added it here - http://make.wordpress.org/themes/about/resources/ via
comment form.
Daniel really made everything so simple!
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On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <philip at frumph.net
> wrote:
> If you have any links that you would like added to the
> make.wordpress.org/themes site, sure pass em over
>
> i'll see who'se handling those pages and talk to them about it
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Rahul Bansal <rahul286 at gmail.com>
> *To:* theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> *Sent:* Monday, January 24, 2011 11:49 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] add_theme_page()
>
> Really good - added to our internal wiki. We all will be surely using this
> way only going ahead! :-)
>
> @WPTRT
> Just a suggestion - if such tutorials can be collected somewhere for easy
> reference and then everytime you recommends something, you may share a link
> to alternative (and better) solution that is acceptable.
> I know this will be extra work for you so a page on codex may be devoted
> for this where dev may find quick-help.
>
> --
> Rahul Bansal | Founder & CEO | rtCamp Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
> Mobile: +91-9860501882 | Web: http://rtcamp.com/
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Amy <sabreuse at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Fantastic tutorial, Daniel - definitely one that I'll be coming back
>> to.
>>
>>
>> On Jan 24, 2011, at 9:07 PM, Josh Stauffer <joshstauffer at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> And a tweet from me.
>>
>> Josh
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Edward Caissie <<edward.caissie at gmail.com>
>> edward.caissie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Added a Tweet, too ...
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Emil Uzelac < <emil at themeid.com>
>>> emil at themeid.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Good job, tweeted as well :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Emil Uzelac* | ThemeID | T: 224-444-0006 | Twitter: @EmilUzelac<http://twitter.com/emiluzelac>| E:
>>>> emil at themeid.com | http://themeid.com
>>>> *Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.* - Albert
>>>> Einstein
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Chip Bennett < <chip at chipbennett.net>
>>>> chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> *jaw drops*
>>>>>
>>>>> Now *that* is an awesome tutorial! Well done, Daniel!
>>>>>
>>>>> (Tweeted)
>>>>>
>>>>> Chip
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Daniel Tara <<contact at onedesigns.com>
>>>>> contact at onedesigns.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I wrapped this into and article. Hope it helps you and all
>>>>>> developers in need out there:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <http://www.onedesigns.com/tutorials/separate-multiple-theme-options-pages-using-tabs>
>>>>>> http://www.onedesigns.com/tutorials/separate-multiple-theme-options-pages-using-tabs
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *From:* <theme-reviewers-bounces at lists.wordpress.org>
>>>>>> theme-reviewers-bounces at lists.wordpress.org [mailto:<theme-reviewers-bounces at lists.wordpress.org>
>>>>>> theme-reviewers-bounces at lists.wordpress.org] *On Behalf Of *Sayontan
>>>>>> Sinha
>>>>>> *Sent:* Monday, January 24, 2011 11:24 PM
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *To:* <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
>>>>>> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] add_theme_page()
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That would be a relief. Let me give it a try.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Daniel Tara <<contact at onedesigns.com>
>>>>>> contact at onedesigns.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Creating tabs is as easy as this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> function sayontan_admin_tabs( $current = 'general' ) {
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $tabs = array( 'general' => 'General', 'layput' =>
>>>>>> 'Layout', 'advanced' => 'Advanced' );
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $links = array();
>>>>>>
>>>>>> foreach( $tabs as $tab => $name ) :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if ( $current == $tab ) :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $links[] = "<a
>>>>>> class='nav-tab nav-tab-active'
>>>>>> href='?page=sayontan_options&tab=$tab'>$name</a>";
>>>>>>
>>>>>> else :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $links[] = "<a
>>>>>> class='nav-tab' href='?page=sayontan_options&tab=$tab'>$name</a>";
>>>>>>
>>>>>> endif;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> endforeach;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> foreach ( $links as $link )
>>>>>>
>>>>>> echo $link;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if ( isset ( $_GET['tab'] ) ) :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $tab = $_GET['tab'];
>>>>>>
>>>>>> else:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $tab = 'general';
>>>>>>
>>>>>> endif;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> switch ( $tab ) :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> case 'general' :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> // Whatever
>>>>>>
>>>>>> break;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> endswitch;
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *From:* <theme-reviewers-bounces at lists.wordpress.org>
>>>>>> theme-reviewers-bounces at lists.wordpress.org [mailto:<theme-reviewers-bounces at lists.wordpress.org>
>>>>>> theme-reviewers-bounces at lists.wordpress.org] *On Behalf Of *Sayontan
>>>>>> Sinha
>>>>>> *Sent:* Monday, January 24, 2011 10:47 PM
>>>>>> *To:* <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
>>>>>> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] add_theme_page()
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ideally, it would still have just one Theme Options page under
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> appearance, and then use tabs or something else on its own page to
>>>>>> separate the options out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is much easier said than done. I have been working towards
>>>>>> getting tabs in place on one page (multiple calls to add_theme_page makes
>>>>>> things look quite ugly), but there are simply too many limitations with the
>>>>>> whole API to make this work effectively. Let me try to explain.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *The Scenario:*
>>>>>> My theme has several options. Putting them all on one page causes a
>>>>>> lot of issues, like sluggishness of the back-end and interference with
>>>>>> PHP-Suhosin protection settings (though Suhosin can be tweaked). I
>>>>>> originally had a 2-level tab system, with horizontal tabs at the top for
>>>>>> different sections of settings, then vertical tabs within each section (that
>>>>>> is similar to the kind of settings that the other folks are talking about).
>>>>>> The tabs were all handled by JQuery. This works fine with a small number of
>>>>>> options, but with a large number of options, the sluggishness shows up in
>>>>>> the back-end. That was when I removed the horizontal tabs at the top level
>>>>>> and used add_menu_page and add_submenu_page.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But with the recent enforcements of new rules and recommendations, I
>>>>>> have had to do some major rework. I first rewrote the options framework to
>>>>>> use the Settings API, but still with add_menu_page and add_submenu_page. Now
>>>>>> I am rewriting again to get rid of the additional menu and roll it back to
>>>>>> how the look was earlier, but with a difference: the entire set of options
>>>>>> will not be loaded into browser memory in JQuery tabs. Instead, I will try
>>>>>> to fetch each page as it is clicked, like the Theme Installation page in WP.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *My attempts:*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. I first simply created one options page, then included a set of
>>>>>> links at the top.
>>>>>> *Issue:* Getting the links to behave as belonging within WP. E.g.
>>>>>> If your admin panel is at <http://host.com/wp-admin>
>>>>>> http://host.com/wp-admin, your theme options page could be at
>>>>>> <http://host.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=my-options>
>>>>>> http://host.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=my-options. The tabs,
>>>>>> however cannot be given links through the admin panel. In other words, to
>>>>>> get a URL such as
>>>>>> <http://host.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=my-sub-options-1>
>>>>>> http://host.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=my-sub-options-1, I HAVE
>>>>>> to use add_theme_page. If I don't use add_theme_page, the page isn't added
>>>>>> to the whitelist and will not show up. I cannot use other URLs, because then
>>>>>> I will have something like this:
>>>>>> <http://host.com/wp-content/themes/my-theme/my-sub-options-1.php>
>>>>>> http://host.com/wp-content/themes/my-theme/my-sub-options-1.php,
>>>>>> which is just not done.
>>>>>> 2. To get around the above, I decided to bundle AJAX with the
>>>>>> options page. So I have one options page accessible through
>>>>>> <http://host.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=my-options>
>>>>>> http://host.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=my-options. In there I
>>>>>> have 5 links, each of which invokes AJAX to load the specific options page,
>>>>>> while staying in
>>>>>> <http://host.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=my-options>
>>>>>> http://host.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=my-options. This way I
>>>>>> only need to whitelist the main page.
>>>>>> *Issue:* Getting settings_fields() to generate _wp_http_referer
>>>>>> different from admin-ajax.php. This is causing options.php to return
>>>>>> admin-ajax.php?updated=true, which is not what I want. This is where I am
>>>>>> stuck right now, but hopefully I will get over the hurdle soon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am looking forward to completing this exercise, so that other
>>>>>> developers can learn from my (rather harsh) experience here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Sayontan.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Otto < <otto at ottodestruct.com>
>>>>>> otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Rahul Bansal < <rahul286 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> rahul286 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> > What if theme offers so many options that it need to contains 4-5
>>>>>> subpages?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ideally, it would still have just one Theme Options page under
>>>>>> appearance, and then use tabs or something else on its own page to
>>>>>> separate the options out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Realistically, I'd say a theme with that many options is too complex
>>>>>> to begin with. Themes should be about the look of the site, not crazy
>>>>>> functionality. Break the functionality parts out into plugins that go
>>>>>> along with the theme or something like that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Otto
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> --
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>>>>>> <http://mynethome.net/blog>http://mynethome.net/blog
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>>>>>> gets more coverage than the crime.
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> <http://mynethome.net/blog>http://mynethome.net/blog
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Beating Australia in Cricket is like killing a celebrity. The death
>>>>>> gets more coverage than the crime.
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