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    • January 26, 2015 at 4:58 pm #3220
      angelique
      Member

      Hello,

      I’m trying to understand how the attribute “sub-menu” for a setting page work. I saw that it takes a php file as a value but I can’t make it work.
      – How do I make a new setting page under WordPress “Settings”?
      – Is it possible to make a setting page under another setting page I previously created?
      Thank you for your help!

    • January 27, 2015 at 12:14 am #3221
      Steve
      Keymaster

      @angelique–

      1) To place a settings page under the WordPress Settings use:

      'sub_menu' => 'options-general.php'

      2) You can definitely make a settings page under a settings page you created. When you make a settings page, WordPress creates a url like this: admin.php?page=my_settings_page. Use this code to place a page under this one:

      'sub_menu' => 'my_settings_page'

      Let us know if this works for you.

    • January 27, 2015 at 5:06 pm #3223
      angelique
      Member

      Thank you very much Steve.

      I have another question. I’m trying to make those settings accessible for editors and above (admin and super admin)… with no luck. I’m sure it’s just a setting I don’t do right, but I can’t find where I’m wrong.

      Here is my setting menu declaration:

      add_filter('piklist_admin_pages', 'piklist_authorkit_setting_pages');
  function piklist_authorkit_setting_pages($pages)
  {
     $pages[] = array(
      'page_title' => __('Author Settings')
      ,'menu_title' => __('Author Settings', 'piklist')
      ,'capability' => 'edit_pages'
      ,'menu_slug' => 'aboutme_settings'
      ,'setting' => 'aboutme_settings'
      ,'menu_icon' => plugins_url('piklist/parts/img/piklist-icon.png')
      ,'page_icon' => plugins_url('piklist/parts/img/piklist-page-icon-32.png')
      ,'single_line' => true
      ,'default_tab' => 'Social Media'
      ,'save_text' => 'Save About Me Settings'
    );
 
    return $pages;
  }

      And here is one of the tab inside:

      <?php
/*
Title: Google Analytics
Tab: Google Analytics
Setting: aboutme_settings
Capability: edit_pages
Tab Order: 40
*/

piklist('field', array(
      'type' => 'text'
      ,'field' => 'google_analytics_id'
      ,'label' => __('Traking ID')
      ,'value' => ''
      ,'attributes' => array(
        'class' => 'text'
      )
));

      As a result of this, the setting pages are properly displayed for editors and above, but editors still can’t submit those setting page forms (“cheating, eh?” message). Admins can.

      What am I doing wrong?

    • January 27, 2015 at 5:14 pm #3224
      Steve
      Keymaster

      The WordPress capability parameter is for only showing pages. This is default WP behavior.

      To change the capability for saving settings you need to use a WP filter.

      The bottom of this doc explains this.

    • January 27, 2015 at 5:18 pm #3225
      angelique
      Member

      Oops, I didn’t see that :/

      Thank you very much for your quick answer. It works perfect now.

    • January 27, 2015 at 5:21 pm #3227
      Steve
      Keymaster

      Great! Closing ticket

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