sorry, wrong plugin…

It would be great to be able to instantiate a widget directly, without using an area. This would allow ACF to select a specific widget type or similar to display in a repeater pattern.

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/advanced-custom-fields-widget-area-field/

I wanted to make sure this is possible before even attempting to use this plugin(top under navigation and under social icons, top right). I don’t know php, so any tips would be extremely appreciated!!! Mockup of what I want to do: https://bit.ly/1zruewl (areas in red boxes)Thank you!!!

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Hello,
i have installed the plugin on WP 4.0 and ACF Pro, and i got an error:

Fatal error: Class ‘acf_field’ not found in /home/szek/public_html/fw2k15/wp-content/mu-plugins/advanced-custom-fields-widget-area-field/widget-area-v4.php on line 4

i have deleted the plugin as a result of this error (i assumed it doesnt work with ACF Pro), but now every time i save a Page or Post that has ACF Fields, i get this message – although the folders and files are deleted from the server.

Has something been saved to the database that could cause this error? i couldn’t find anything.
Please help, it’s annoying to get this error on every save:(

Also, do you plan to make the plugin compatible with ACF Pro?

thank you,
andi

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This plugin is great and is really close to what I needed. I did have to modify it a little bit to make it work. The current plugin uses dynamic_sidebar() function which is outputting content outside of your $value variable and isn’t returned with the function.

By adding ob_start() and ob_get_contents you can save this output and return it properly within your div. (If you look now, the <div id=”secondary”> gets displayed after the sidebar)

Here is the final code change to make this work so that ACF functions get_field (returns the html) and the_field (displays the html) work properly.

<br />
function format_value_for_api($value, $post_id, $field)<br />
{<br />
	$value = '';<br />
	if ( is_active_sidebar( $field['value'] ) ) :<br />
		$value .= '<div id="secondary" class="widget-area" role="complementary">';<br />
			ob_start();<br />
			dynamic_sidebar( $field['value'] );<br />
			$value .= ob_get_contents();<br />
			ob_end_clean();<br />
		$value .= '</div><!-- #secondary -->';<br />
	endif;<br />
	return $value;<br />
}<br />

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/advanced-custom-fields-widget-area-field/

Hi there
First of all special thx for your great Plug-In cause i really need it in my project.

I think that ACF: Widget Area Field has a such a kind of bug with ACF: Repeater Field . I had the same problem with ACF: Font awesome but it has fixed some days ago and now ACF: Font awesome is working with ACF: Repeater Field really well.

so would u plz help me and give me some information?
thx a lot:)

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hello.

I’v modified your plugin so i could not echo widget area but return wigdet are name, here’s the code:

line from 88

<?php // new field for returning just name of sidebar ?>
        <tr class="field_option field_option_<?php echo $this->name; ?>">
			<td class="label">
				<label><?php _ex("Return",'acf_field_widget_area return type','acf'); ?></label>
			</td>
			<td>
				<?php
				do_action('acf/create_field', array(
					'type'	=>	'radio',
					'name'	=>	'fields['.$key.'][return]',
					'value'	=>	$field['return'],
					'choices'	=>	array(
						1	=>	_x("Widget area (html)",'acf_field_widget_area return type widget area','acf'),
						0	=>	_x("Widget area name",'acf_field_widget_area return type widget area name','acf'),
					),
					'layout'	=>	'horizontal',
				));
				?>
			</td>
		</tr>

and return for api function compleately

function format_value_for_api($value, $post_id, $field)
	{
		$value = '';
        if( $field['return'] ){
            if ( is_active_sidebar( $field['value'] ) ) :
    			$value .= '<div id="secondary" class="widget-area" role="complementary">';
    				dynamic_sidebar( $field['value'] );
    			$value .= '</div><!-- #secondary -->';
    		endif;
        } else {
           $value =  $field['value'];
        }

		return $value;
	}

Hope these will be in your plugin, becouse i need to use sidebar with my own html markup and classes.

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/advanced-custom-fields-widget-area-field/

Hello.

I’m russian speaking person and i create websites for russian peoples and they don’t like (and understand neader) English language.

So, for tranlating your plugin plese fix line 113 in your’s widget-area-v4.php

echo '<option value="null">' . _x(' - Select - ','acf_field_widget_area select null', 'acf') . '</option>';

and later i’ll write to you some extra options that must be in your plugin (like return the value of selected area (so i could use it by my self) ).

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