Wicked Wordpress - Admin Panel

CMS & WordPress
1

Hey,

I have been trying to add an Options Panel for my child theme following the book Wicked Wordpress Themes. I have used the same code as in the book, but I cant get the admin Panel to show up in the appearance menu. Anyone know what the problem is and how to fix it?

Thanks!

2

As far as I’m aware, when the book was published, wordpress 3.0 was the current version of wordpress, rather than the version that is in the wild right now: version 3.2. So, there may be some discrepancies in that regard.

Go ahead and post what code you have.

3

On my last try I used the excact same code as in the book:

<?php

// Set some theme specific variables for the options panel
$childthemename = “Wicked Theme”;
$childshortname = “wt”;
$childoptions = array();

function childtheme_options() {
global $childthemename, $childshortname, $childoptions;

// Create array to store the Categories to be used in the drop-down select box
$categories_obj = get_categories(‘hide_empty=0’);
$categories = array();
foreach ($categories_obj as $cat) {
$categories[$cat->cat_ID] = $cat->cat_name;
}

$childoptions = array (

array( "name" =&gt; __('Link Color','thematic'),
       "desc" =&gt; __('Change the color of links by entering a HEX color number. (e.g.: 003333)','thematic'),
       "id" =&gt; "wicked_link_color",
       "std" =&gt; "999999",
       "type" =&gt; "text"
),
array( "name" =&gt; __('Show Header Image','thematic'),
       "desc" =&gt; __('Show an image in the header. Replace the header.png file found in the /wicked/images/ folder with your own image, up to 120x100px.','thematic'),
       "id" =&gt; "wicked_show_logo",
       "std" =&gt; "false",
       "type" =&gt; "checkbox"
),
array( "name" =&gt; __('Featured Category','thematic'),
       "desc" =&gt; __('A category of posts to be featured on the front page.','thematic'),
       "id" =&gt; "wicked_feature_cat",
       "std" =&gt; $default_cat,
       "type" =&gt; "select",
       "options" =&gt; $categories
)

);
}
add_action(‘init’, ‘childtheme_options’);

// Make a Theme Options Page
function childtheme_add_admin() {
global $childthemename, $childshortname, $childoptions;

if ( $_GET[‘page’] == basename(FILE) ) {

if ( 'save' == $_REQUEST['action'] ) {
  // protect against request forgery
  check_admin_referer('childtheme-save');
  // save the options
  foreach ($childoptions as $value) {
    if( isset( $_REQUEST[ $value['id'] ] ) ) {
      update_option( $value['id'], $_REQUEST[ $value['id'] ]  );
    } else {
      delete_option( $value['id'] );
    }
  }

  // return to the options page
  header("Location: themes.php?page=options.php&saved=true");
  die;

} else if ( 'reset' == $_REQUEST['action'] ) {
  // protect against request forgery
  check_admin_referer('childtheme-reset');
  // delete the options
  foreach ($childoptions as $value) {
    delete_option( $value['id'] );
  }

  // return to the options page
  header("Location: themes.php?page=options.php&reset=true");
  die;
}

}
add_theme_page($childthemename." Options", “$childthemename Options”, ‘edit_themes’, basename(FILE), ‘childtheme_admin’);
}
add_action(‘admin_menu’ , ‘childtheme_add_admin’)
?>