How to add images to a post without inserting them into the content area of the post editor?

Question

I'm building a site where I need to be able to add multiple images to a post, but not have them in the regular content of the post.

These images will be used in a gallery above the post.

My client might want to add images to the post itself too, so I can't just set img to display:none in the content div and use a loop to get the image attachments for the post to use.

The wp-e-commerce plugin has an area below it's custom product post type where you can only add images, which is exactly what I'm looking for, but I can't seem to find something similar.

Does anyone know of a plugin, or code snipet to add this type of functionality to a template?

Answer 1

its tough to find a good solution to this but you need a custom meta box for file uploads: here is a post that walks you through this and he gives you a meta box class that can handle multiple image uploads. Make sure you also read part two, and dig around in the code so you can learn it for yourself =] http://www.deluxeblogtips.com/2010/04/how-to-create-meta-box-wordpress-post.html, best of luck!!