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Custom Field I created always returns an error in the backend

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Enrico Ripalti
10 years ago · Last reply by Siege36 9 years ago

Hey there!
I am having problems creating a custom field for a widget. I am basically following what is found here https://siteorigin.com/docs/widgets-bundle/form-building/adding-custom-fields/.

I think I have followed every step, also including the custom class I made for the example via the code

function my_custom_fields_class_prefixes( $class_prefixes ) {
    $class_prefixes[] = 'My_Custom_Field_';
    return $class_prefixes;
}
add_filter( 'siteorigin_widgets_field_class_prefixes', 'my_custom_fields_class_prefixes' );
function my_custom_fields_class_paths( $class_paths ) {
    $class_paths[] = get_template_directory() . '/includes/page-builder/fields/';
    return $class_paths;
}
add_filter( 'siteorigin_widgets_field_class_paths', 'my_custom_fields_class_paths' );

Still, it returns this error when the widget is opened for editing in the page builder: “The class ‘SiteOrigin_Widget_Field_Better_Text’ could not be found. Please make sure you specified the correct field type and that the class exists.”

Any ideas?
Thanks!

Enrico

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  1. Enrico Ripalti 10 years, 3 months ago

    … BTW: I have called the custom field from a widget I created like this

    function __construct() {
		parent::__construct(
			'cm-post-carousel',
			__('Magic Carousel', 'commly-admin'),
			array(
				'description' => __('Display your posts or product as a carousel.', 'commly-admin'),
				'help' => 'https://siteorigin.com/widgets-bundle/post-carousel-widget/',
                'icon' => 'dashicons dashicons-images-alt'
			),
			array(
			),
			array(
				'title' => array(
					'type' => 'text',
					'label' => __('Title', 'so-widgets-bundle'),
				),
				'posts' => array(
					'type' => 'posts',
					'label' => __('Posts query', 'so-widgets-bundle'),
				),
                'text' => array(
                    'type' => 'better-text',
                    'my_property' => 'This is my custom property value',
                    'label' => __( 'A better text field.', 'my-custom-field-test-widget-text-domain' ),
                    'description' => __( 'A description for my custom text field.' ),
                    'default' => 'Some better text.'
                ),
			),
			plugin_dir_path(__FILE__).'../'
		);

    As you can see, I have a filed named text with type => better-text

  2. Enrico Ripalti 10 years, 3 months ago

    … really no one can help? :-(

  3. Enrico Ripalti 10 years, 3 months ago

    … it seems not even Site Origin staff could help on this. Anyway I figured out later what the problem was, so I’ll post it here just in case someone else needs a solution to this.

    When you add a new custom field, make sure to name the class file as “.class.php” or the thing will not recognize it, and you will be prompted with the error I got.

  4. Siege36 9 years, 5 months ago

    Thanks for posting this. That was exactly my problem.

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