Hi there!! I too have a very basic knowledge of php, but managed to customize Frumph’s code. I see you did get your thumbnail archive with a script but since this is the most recent post on the matter I thought it would be nice to share what I did.
The shortcode I modified works with the following shortcode:
[thumb-comic-archive chapter=#]
You can leave out the chapter and it will display all comics. I just managed to make it work on those 2 modes.
I have a functions.php file on my child theme with the following code:
<?php
/* Short Codes go Here */
add_shortcode('thumb-comic-archive', 'ceo_archive_list_thumb');
function ceo_archive_list_thumb( $atts, $content = '' ) {
extract( shortcode_atts( array(
'list' => 0,
'style' => 0,
'chapter' => 0,
'thumbnail' => 0,
'order' => 'ASC'
), $atts ) );
$output = '';
switch ($list) {
case 4:
$output = ceo_archive_list_by_chapter_thumb($order);
break;
case 0:
default:
if ($chapter) {
$output = ceo_archive_list_single_thumb($chapter, $order, $thumbnail);
} else {
$output = ceo_archive_list_all_thumb($order, $thumbnail);
}
break;
}
wp_reset_postdata();
return $output;
}
// Case 0
function ceo_archive_list_single_thumb($chapter = 0, $order = 'ASC', $thumbnail = 0) {
$output = '';
// get chapter from ID#
$single_chapter = get_term_by('term_id', $chapter, 'chapters');
if (is_null($single_chapter)) { echo "Invalid Chapter Specified"; return; }
$output .= '<div class="comic-archive-chapter-wrap">';
$args = array(
'numberposts' => -1,
'post_type' => 'comic',
'orderby' => 'post_date',
'order' => $order,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'chapters' => $single_chapter->slug
);
$qposts = get_posts( $args );
$archive_count = 0;
if ($thumbnail) {
$output .= '<div class="comic-archive-thumbnail">'.get_the_post_thumbnail($qposts[0]->ID, 'thumbnail').'</div>';
}
$output .= '<div class="comic-archive-list-wrap">';
$css_alt = false;
foreach ($qposts as $qpost) {
$archive_count++;
if ($css_alt) { $alternate = ' comic-list-alt'; $css_alt = false; } else { $alternate = ''; $css_alt=true; }
$output .= '<div class="comic-list comic-list-thumb comic-list-'.$archive_count.$alternate.'"><span class="comic-archive-title"><a href="'.get_permalink($qpost->ID).'" rel="bookmark" title="'.__('Permanent Link:','comiceasel').' '.$qpost->post_title.'">'.get_the_post_thumbnail( $qpost->ID, 'thumbnail' ).'</a></span></div>';
}
$output .= '</div>';
$output .= '<div style="clear:both;"></div></div>';
return $output;
}
// Case 0 Else
function ceo_archive_list_all_thumb($order = 'ASC', $thumbnail = 0) {
$output = '';
$main_args = array(
'hide_empty' => true,
'order' => $order,
'orderby' => 'menu_order',
'hierarchical' => 1
);
$all_chapters = get_terms('chapters', $main_args);
if (is_null($all_chapters)) { echo 'There are no chapters available.'; return; }
$output = '';
foreach ($all_chapters as $chapter) {
if ($chapter->count) {
$output .= '<div class="comic-archive-chapter-wrap">'."\r\n";
$args = array(
'numberposts' => -1,
'post_type' => 'comic',
'orderby' => 'post_date',
'order' => $order,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'chapters' => $chapter->slug
);
$qposts = get_posts( $args );
$archive_count = 0;
if ($thumbnail) {
$get_thumbnail = (strtoupper($order) == 'ASC') ? get_the_post_thumbnail(reset($qposts)->ID, 'thumbnail') : get_the_post_thumbnail(end($qposts)->ID, 'thumbnail');
$output .= '<div class="comic-archive-thumbnail">'.$get_thumbnail.'</div>'."\r\n";
}
$output .= '<div class="comic-archive-list-wrap">'."\r\n";
$css_alt = false;
foreach ($qposts as $qpost) {
$archive_count++;
if ($css_alt) { $alternate = ' comic-list-alt'; $css_alt = false; } else { $alternate = ''; $css_alt=true; }
$output .= '<div class="comic-list comic-list-thumb comic-list-'.$archive_count.$alternate.'"><span class="comic-archive-title"><a href="'.get_permalink($qpost->ID).'" rel="bookmark" title="'.__('Permanent Link:','comiceasel').' '.$qpost->post_title.'">'.get_the_post_thumbnail( $qpost->ID, 'thumbnail' ).'</a></span></div>'."\r\n";
}
$output .= '</div>'."\r\n";
$output .= '<div style="clear:both;"></div></div>'."\r\n";
}
$qposts = null;
}
return $output;
}
// Case 4
function ceo_archive_list_by_chapter_thumb($order = 'ASC', $showtitle = false) {
$output = '';
$archive_count = 0;
$args = array(
'pad_counts' => 0,
'order' => $order,
'hide_empty' => 1,
'orderby' => 'menu_order'
);
$chapters = get_terms('chapters', $args);
if (is_array($chapters) && !is_wp_error($chapters)) {
$output .= '<div class="comic-archive-list-4">';
foreach($chapters as $chapter) {
$qcposts = null;
if (!empty($chapter->menu_order)) {
$child_args = array(
'numberposts' => 1,
'post_type' => 'comic',
'orderby' => 'post_date',
'order' => 'ASC',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'chapters' => $chapter->slug
);
$qcposts = get_posts( $child_args );
$qcposts = reset($qcposts);
if (has_post_thumbnail($qcposts->ID)) {
$output .= '<div class="comic-archive-thumbnail"><a href="'.get_permalink($qcposts).'">'.get_the_post_thumbnail($qcposts->ID, 'thumbnail').'</a></div>';
} else $output .= __('No Thumbnail Found', 'comiceasel');
}
}
$output .= '<div class="clear"></div></div>';
return $output;
}
}
?>
This will show a list of thumbs as links with no more info.
Again, this is just Frumph’s code a little bit messed with so it would show every comic page’s thumbnail, so credit goes to him for having such a great tool for comics. The functions names are changed so it doesn’t interfere with easel’s original code.
I hope this helps someone in the future =).
