oik-fields - requirements and implementation overview

This video was created for showing at the Post Meta project weekly IRC meeting at #wordpress-core-plugins.

In the video Herb Miller:

briefly describes the requirements behind the oik-fields approach to handling post meta data
shows examples of each field type
including sample extensions to the base set: mshot, star rating and userref
shows examples of field display using [bw_fields]
shows examples of fields being used in other shortcodes: [bw_pages], [bw_new]
explains how the requirements are implemented using APIs from oik-plugins
Shows API links from which to start exploring the oik-fields solution
Lists the unique features of the oik solution
Admits to limitations; features not yet implemented… which you will find in other solutions
Mentions a couple of proposed enhancements.

Original blog post: Requirements for Post Meta plugins
The post type used for the examples was called “oik-fields”.
This CPT name should not be confused with the plugin name.
The fields were created using the oik-types plugin.
Each field name used is prefixed with _of_.
I forgot to mention the action hooks which allow plugins to extend the types.
- oik_pre_form_field – action
- oik_pre_theme_field – action

oik-fields – requirements and implementation overview