NextGen Smooth Gallery:Showing a gallery based on custom field ID WordPress
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I have a custom field in my code called 'gallery' which holds the album ID from NextGen Gallery.
What I would like to do is parse that through to NextGen Smooth Gallery so it'll display the gallery alongside the post.
I have the following at the top:
<?php $gallery = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'gallery', true); ?>
And I've been trying to call it using:
<?php echo do_shortcode("[smooth=id:$gallery;]"); ?>
But all it does is show [smooth=id$3]. (3 being the ID)
What am I doing wrong?
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Answers (3)
Cristian Antohe answers:
This doesn't work because what you put in your post ( [smooth=id:yyy;] ) isn't a shortcode.
It's just a filter on the_content :)
Just make a custom loop using wp_query where you want to display your gallery and insert just the one page that has [smooth=id:yyy;] in it. After that exclude that page from the menu and you should be set... sort of...
Or just use a different gallery plugin for nextgen:
http://www.cozmoslabs.com/2010/01/13/wordpress-photo-slideshow/ It can be modified quite a lot ( it's based on http://spaceforaname.com/galleryview )
Dan Fraticiu answers:
I can't get this plugin working (keeps saying it only works with NextGen Gallery - which I have instaled), so I can't test the code.
I looked through the code and like Cristian said it adds a function to the content filter, so I thing this should work:
<?php
$gallery = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'gallery', true); ?>
if($gallery){
echo apply_filters( "the_content", '[smooth=id:$gallery;]' );
}
?>
Later Edit: a bit of update, a check to be sure if the $gallery is set.
kjll kll answers:
This should work (hope so). Give it a try...
<!-- Get the post meta gallery Id -->
<?php $cf_getGalleryId = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'gallery', true); ?>
<!-- Check if it relly does exist -->
<?php if ($cf_getGalleryId != Null) : ?>
<!-- Execute the shortcode for that gallery Id -->
<?php echo do_shortcode('[smooth=id:' . $cf_getGalleryId . ';]') ; ?>
<?php endif; ?>