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Using custom taxonomy with Mediapress galleries

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    Clay on September 29, 2017 at 3:44 pm #10901

    I’ve created a custom taxonomy, attached to the Mediapress gallery (mpp-gallery) post type. I can go into the backend and select taxonomy terms to apply to galleries, but I need users to be able to select those terms when they create a gallery. Is it possible to add a field for this to the “create gallery” template (preferably radio buttons)?

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    Brajesh Singh on September 30, 2017 at 1:40 am #10924

    Hi Clay,
    Please see this for an example

    https://github.com/mediapress/mpp-gallery-categories

    Regards
    Brajesh

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    Clay on October 3, 2017 at 5:36 pm #10974

    Thanks Brajesh! That’s perfect for my needs. One question…I have about 300 existing galleries, and about 90% of them should belong to “category A.” Is there any efficient way of assigning all those galleries to that category, or will I simply need to edit each gallery individually and select the “category A” checkbox? Thanks for your help!

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    Clay on October 3, 2017 at 8:10 pm #10977

    Also, what is the best way to add some instructions for my users on the “create gallery” page? Thanks

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    Brajesh Singh on October 4, 2017 at 12:42 pm #10982

    Hi Clay,
    I will suggest bulk assigning from the Dashboard->MediaPress->Galleries page or using code to assign same gallery a to all.

    Then manually modifying it for the 10% that needs change.

    For Create Gallery, I will suggest overwriting the template in your theme.

    Hope that helps.

    Regards
    Brajesh

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    Becky Robertson on May 5, 2019 at 4:02 pm #22802

    Is there any way to convert mpp gallery categories into a dropbox rather than checkboxes? I have a lot of categories to choose from and I only want each gallery to have one category.

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    Brajesh Singh on May 6, 2019 at 8:38 am #22816

    Hi Becky,
    I am sorry, The plugin does not support it.

    You will need to modify the plugin to make it use dropdown.

    Regards
    Brajesh

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    Becky Robertson on May 9, 2019 at 7:14 pm #22910

    I understand that the code will need to be modified, but how? I’ve been all over trying to figure out how to modify checkboxes into a dropdown, but I’ve been completely unsuccessful. I’m just not that strong with the code.

    I’ve even tried to create a custom form to add new galleries, which almost works. I can add them to the backend but they only show up on the “universal” community gallery rather than the member’s personal galleries listing.

    I only want them to be able to select one category for each gallery and with over a dozen categories select boxes just don’t work. I need help.

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    Brajesh Singh on May 10, 2019 at 10:19 am #22928

    Hi Becky,
    Sorry to hear about the issues.

    I will ask @ravisharma to put the code for you early next week.

    Regards
    Brajesh

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    Becky Robertson on May 10, 2019 at 12:57 pm #22930

    Thank you Brajesh. Despite all my issues with PHP and seemingly endless requests for help, the gallery is actually starting to look really good.

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