Adding meta box with action button

  • One234

    (@one234)


    12 years, 6 months ago

    Hey guys,
    i want to create a small newsletter plugin, which can send the mails out of the edit post page. I will add a metabox, and dont know how to create a button in this metabox which will start my action. I think its easy but i couldnt find the right example.

    TIA

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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    12 years, 6 months ago

    Meta boxes are inside the post edit form tags, so you do not want a true submit button because that would submit the entire edited post form to be published or updated.

    Instead, provide a object that invokes a jQuery function when clicked. That function submits an AJAX request. Your AJAX handler is what actually does the mailing. For more on AJAX, you could start with AJAX in Plugins.

    Thread Starter One234

    (@one234)

    12 years, 6 months ago

    Hi bcworkz,
    thank you for your reply.

    I understand, I think i will try to use a checkbox which will be checked at save_post, if this ist checked, i will send the mail.

    Will this work and have you an good example for that?

    TIA 🙂

    Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    12 years, 6 months ago

    Yes that will work, and is easier to code than my suggestion. It’s not a “good” example, but there is a mail on post_save example. The difference being you need to check that the $_POST element keyed by the checkbox name is set before sending the mail. And the mail recipients would be different of course.

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