[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18285: New Settings API and workflow

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#18285: New Settings API and workflow
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 Reporter:  nacin           |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  3.3
Component:  Plugins         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |
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Changes (by rzen):

 * cc: rzen (added)


Comment:

 Hey Guys, I'm really excited about the direction this is taking! I hear
 nacin saying he doesn't want to handle field generation, but I think
 standardizing that (while still allowing for custom callback registration)
 is a very smart way to go.

 I'm lazy, so last year I built an [http://docs.wpstartbox.com/Options_API
 Options API for StartBox] that leverages the Settings API and handles
 option registration, sanitization, builds the form element, and saves the
 option. In it's current form, like scribu's class, it can register
 [http://docs.wpstartbox.com/Options_API:Creating_Options a whole slew of
 field types] and uses the admin.css.

 Currently, all options in the page get stored to a single serialized
 array, and there are helper functions to interact with that data as though
 it were a stand-alone option in the options table. There are functions for
 [http://docs.wpstartbox.com/Functions:sb_register_settings adding/removing
 an entire metabox of options] and
 [http://docs.wpstartbox.com/Functions:sb_register_option adding/removing
 individual options] as well. It even allows you to register the metabox to
 other pages (but they'll only work on my admin page currently).

 I don't think it's a perfect solution for this ''yet'', but I think it
 would serve as a great launching point. I'd love to help however I can to
 roll this idea into core (even if this code is irrelevant). Ptah's
 WPFramework does some similar things, maybe better, so maybe even a hybrid
 of the methods could be a good route.

 You can [https://github.com/brichards/StartBox Download StartBox from
 Github] -- all the Options API stuff lives in
 /includes/functions/admin_settings.php, and gets put to work in
 /includes/functions/admin/...

 Looking forward to what you guys think.

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