Add prepopulated msg link in custom column (backend)

  • Resolved af3

    (@af3)


    5 years, 11 months ago

    I am trying to add a custom column in a custom post (job manager) using the codes below, but the url is always blank ** I am newbie, appreciate any helps.

    // Add the custom columns to the job_application post type:
add_filter( 'manage_job_application_posts_columns', 'send_message' );
function send_message($columns) {
    $columns['message'] = 'Message';
    return $columns;
}

// Add the data to the custom columns for the job_application post type:
add_action( 'manage_job_application_custom_column' , 'custom_send_message_column', 10, 2 );
function custom_send_message_column( $column, $post_id ) {
    switch ( $column ) {

        case 'message' :
            $recent_author = get_user_by( $post_id, $recent["post_author"] );
	    $author = $recent_author->user_login;
            $front_end_msg_url = '<a href="'.fep_query_url('newmessage', array('fep_to' => $author ) ).'">Send Message</a>';
            echo $front_end_msg_url;
        break;        
        
    }
}
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  • Plugin Author Shamim Hasan

    (@shamim51)

    most of the code is ok. Just replace your case with following code

            case 'message' :
	    $author_id = get_post_field( 'post_author', $post_id );
            $front_end_msg_url = '<a href="'.fep_query_url('newmessage', array('fep_to' => fep_get_userdata( $author_id, 'user_nicename', 'id' ) ) ).'">Send Message</a>';
            echo $front_end_msg_url;
        break;
    Thread Starter af3

    (@af3)

    Thanks @shamim51
    I’ve tried that — its weird, the column still returns blank ??
    Pls help.

    Thread Starter af3

    (@af3)

    I fixed the mistake on add_action, it should be:

    add_action( 'manage_job_application_posts_custom_column' , 'custom_send_message_column', 10, 2 );

    Now the link was showing but all the Send Message link is to “admin”, so the _candidate_id was not returned.

    So i changed the code to this one, and it works.

    
case 'send_message' :
  $author_id = get_post_custom_values( '_candidate_user_id', $post_id );
  $user_info = get_userdata($author_id[0]);
  $user_name = $user_info->user_login;
  $front_end_msg_url = '<a href="'.fep_query_url('newmessage', array('fep_to' => $user_name ) ).'">Send Message</a>';
  echo $front_end_msg_url;
  break;

    Thanks!!!

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