Build a list of partners with Link, Logo and text

Question

I want to build a list of partners. At the moment, I have tried with the "links" function, the problem is that I can't use html tags on the description field. Therefore I'm looking for another solution. Anyone has a suggestion?

Answer 1

As NW Tech commented you should use a custom post type for it. Check codex for register_post_type.

You could try something like this:

function partners_custom_init() {
  $labels = array(
    'name' => 'Partners',
    'singular_name' => 'Partner',
    'add_new' => 'Add New',
    'add_new_item' => 'Add New Partner',
    'edit_item' => 'Edit Partner',
    'new_item' => 'New Partner',
    'all_items' => 'All Partners',
    'view_item' => 'View Partner',
    'search_items' => 'Search Partners',
    'not_found' =>  'No Partners found',
    'not_found_in_trash' => 'No Partners found in Trash', 
    'parent_item_colon' => '',
    'menu_name' => 'Partners'
  );

  $args = array(
    'labels' => $labels,
    'public' => true,
    'publicly_queryable' => true,
    'show_ui' => true, 
    'show_in_menu' => true, 
    'query_var' => true,
    'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'partner' ),
    'capability_type' => 'post',
    'has_archive' => true, 
    'hierarchical' => false,
    'menu_position' => null,
    'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'author', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt', 'comments' )
  ); 

  register_post_type( 'partner', $args );
}
add_action( 'init', 'partners_custom_init' );

With that piece of code in functions.php you will be able to add partners as you add posts or pages.

You dont explain where do you want to show the results. You can use custom post type templates or a custom query anywhere in your files to show them.

Answer 2

As promised, here's the hard-coded solution I used in the past. However, as a caveat I would have to say I definitely prefer the custom post type solution. If I get a chance, I will probably go back and implement it myself.

//edit here to add/remove sponsors
// array('Sponsor Name','name of logo in images folder','url of sponsor site')
$sponsors = array(
                array('Sponsor 1','logo1.jpg','http://www.site1.com'),
                array('Sponsor 2','logo2.png','http://www.site2.com'),
                array('Sponsor 3','logo3.png','http://www.site3.com'),
                array('Sponsor 4','logo4.png','http://www.site4.com')
            );

$src = get_stylesheet_directory() . '/images/logos/';

?>
<div id='sponsors'>

    <?php $i=1;
        foreach ($sponsors as $sponsor) {
            echo '<a target="_blank" class="sponsors" href="'.$sponsor[2].'" title="'.$sponsor[0].'">
      <img class="color" src="'. esc_attr( $src .$sponsor[1] ).' alt="'.$sponsor[0]. ' Logo" class="sponsors" /></a>';

            $i++;
        } ?>

</div>

Answer 3

Although it's being kind of "deprecated" in favor of Custom Post Types (I believe it won't be possible, due to backwards compatibility - relevant core ticket), I like the Links functionality.

The following code allows HTML tags in the Description field, and also in the Notes field (as it is a big textarea instead of the single line text field for Description).

remove_filter( 'pre_link_description', 'wp_filter_kses' );
remove_filter( 'pre_link_notes', 'wp_filter_kses' );

add_filter( 'pre_link_description', 'wp_filter_post_kses' );
add_filter( 'pre_link_notes', 'wp_filter_post_kses' );

It can be pasted in the theme's functions.php file, but it's better placed as a standalone plugin (so, it's theme independent).
See this Q&A: Where to put my code: plugin or functions.php?

This plugin may also be of interest, I did it based on a WordPress Answers topic: Featured Link Image.