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👸🏻: Let's break down your ideas based on the **"Register and add settings page"** file you shared and explore ways to incorporate licensing, custom post types, and toggles on the settings page. | |
### Key Points from the File: | |
1. **Settings Page Structure**: | |
- You have a clear framework to add settings, which includes registering options, adding fields, and sanitizing input. | |
- This is an excellent base for further expansion. | |
2. **What You Want**: | |
- **Licensing/Key Registration**: You want a licensing system where you can store and validate a key. | |
- **Custom Post Types**: A section to manage custom post types. | |
- **General Settings**: A first column for turning on/off features like Gutenberg, custom blocks, etc. | |
- **Toggle Switches**: Display options as toggle switches instead of traditional checkboxes for a more modern interface. | |
--- | |
### Suggested Features and Enhancements: | |
#### 1. **Licensing and Key Registration**: | |
- **Add a Section for License Key**: We'll add a field where users can input their license key and save it in the options table. | |
- **Validate License**: You can create a function that pings an external API to validate the license key and store the status. | |
Here's how you could add that: | |
```php | |
public function page_init() | |
{ | |
register_setting( | |
'my_option_group', // Option group | |
'my_option_name', // Option name | |
array( $this, 'sanitize' ) // Sanitize | |
); | |
add_settings_section( | |
'license_section_id', // ID | |
'License Key Settings', // Title | |
array( $this, 'print_license_section_info' ), // Callback | |
'my-setting-admin' // Page | |
); | |
add_settings_field( | |
'license_key', | |
'License Key', | |
array( $this, 'license_key_callback' ), | |
'my-setting-admin', | |
'license_section_id' | |
); | |
} | |
public function print_license_section_info() { | |
print 'Enter your license key below:'; | |
} | |
public function license_key_callback() { | |
printf( | |
'<input type="text" id="license_key" name="my_option_name[license_key]" value="%s" />', | |
isset( $this->options['license_key'] ) ? esc_attr( $this->options['license_key']) : '' | |
); | |
} | |
``` | |
You can then add validation logic by pinging a licensing server or API whenever the key is saved. | |
--- | |
#### 2. **Custom Post Types Section**: | |
- **Dynamic Post Types**: Allow the admin to define new custom post types dynamically on the settings page. | |
- You can add a text field or dropdown to let users create custom post types without coding. | |
Example: | |
```php | |
add_settings_section( | |
'custom_post_types_section', | |
'Custom Post Types', | |
array( $this, 'custom_post_types_info' ), | |
'my-setting-admin' | |
); | |
add_settings_field( | |
'post_type_name', | |
'Custom Post Type Name', | |
array( $this, 'post_type_name_callback' ), | |
'my-setting-admin', | |
'custom_post_types_section' | |
); | |
``` | |
In the callback function, you can offer an input field where users enter the name of the post type and validate it using custom logic. When a new post type is created, you can dynamically register it using `register_post_type`. | |
--- | |
#### 3. **General Settings with Toggle Switches**: | |
- **Switch for Gutenberg/Other Features**: This section allows admins to enable/disable certain features like Gutenberg blocks. | |
- Use modern UI elements like **toggle switches** instead of checkboxes for the settings. You can achieve this with CSS or by using an existing library. | |
Add a field like this: | |
```php | |
add_settings_field( | |
'enable_gutenberg', | |
'Enable Gutenberg', | |
array( $this, 'gutenberg_toggle_callback' ), | |
'my-setting-admin', | |
'general_settings_section' | |
); | |
public function gutenberg_toggle_callback() { | |
$checked = isset( $this->options['enable_gutenberg'] ) ? 'checked' : ''; | |
echo '<label class="switch"> | |
<input type="checkbox" name="my_option_name[enable_gutenberg]" ' . $checked . '> | |
<span class="slider round"></span> | |
</label>'; | |
} | |
``` | |
You can style the checkbox as a toggle switch using CSS: | |
```css | |
.switch { | |
position: relative; | |
display: inline-block; | |
width: 60px; | |
height: 34px; | |
} | |
.switch input { | |
opacity: 0; | |
width: 0; | |
height: 0; | |
} | |
.slider { | |
position: absolute; | |
cursor: pointer; | |
top: 0; | |
left: 0; | |
right: 0; | |
bottom: 0; | |
background-color: #ccc; | |
transition: .4s; | |
} | |
.slider.round { | |
border-radius: 34px; | |
} | |
.slider.round:before { | |
border-radius: 50%; | |
} | |
input:checked + .slider { | |
background-color: #2196F3; | |
} | |
input:checked + .slider:before { | |
transform: translateX(26px); | |
} | |
``` | |
--- | |
### 4. **Tabular Layout for Settings**: | |
- Divide the settings page into **tabs** for each section: General, Custom Post Types, and Licensing. | |
- You can implement tabs using jQuery UI or by creating simple CSS tabs to separate the settings neatly. | |
--- | |
### Summary of Enhancements: | |
1. **License Key Management**: Add a section to register and validate license keys. | |
2. **Dynamic Custom Post Types**: Allow users to define custom post types from the settings. | |
3. **General Settings with Toggle Switches**: Add toggle switches for enabling/disabling features (e.g., Gutenberg blocks). | |
4. **Tabs for Settings**: Organize settings into tabs for better UX. |
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