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  • 07/03/2016 at 1:40 pm #381394
    Bene
    Guest

    Hey,

    I have the following problem. I’ve added a custom field due to your Guide: Add Custom Text Field. This works perfectly.

    But now I have a small problem:
    Some people have two functions in our club: e.g. official AND coach.

    So there are two sites with [connections category='4'] and [connections category='5'], in first one I want to show my custom field: team, but not in second.

    Site 1:
    Mr X
    Title: President

    Site 2:
    Mr X
    Team (custom field): first team

    Is this possible to do whit shortcodes or in PHP?
    Something like
    if ( ! empty( $text ) && $getCategoryId()==4 ) echo ‘

    ‘ . esc_html( $text ) . ‘

    ‘;

    Or would it be better to create a contact twice (so I can use the title field for each category)

    Thanks for a hint!

    Regards Bene

    07/04/2016 at 9:55 am #381442
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ Bene

    re: Is this possible to do whit shortcodes or in PHP?

    Yes, this is what I would recommend…

    Put this it the top of the card.php / card-single.php files.

    foreach ( $entry->getCategory() as $category ) {
    $categories[] = $category->slug;
}

    The to display the field use:

    if ( ! empty( $text ) && in_array( 'meta_key', $categories ) ) {
    echo '<p>' . esc_html( $text ) . '</p>';
}

    You would change meta_key to the name you entered in the custom field. It will need to be exactly the same to work.

    Hope that helps, let me know.

    07/04/2016 at 12:55 pm #381461
    Bene
    Guest

    Hey,

    thanks for the hint.

    It worked, but I think you mixed something up :-)

    if ( ! empty( $text ) && in_array( 'meta_key', $categories ) ) {
    echo '' . esc_html( $text ) . '';
}

    ->meta_key must be the categories name where I want to show the custom field, not the custom field name.

    Furthermore I’ve added:

    if ( $atts['show_title'] && !in_array( 'trainer', $categories ) ) $entry->getTitleBlock();

    So the title is always shown except in category “trainer”, and the “mannschaft” custom field is shown only in trainer. Did the trick, perfect!! Thanks

    07/04/2016 at 1:11 pm #381462
    Bene
    Guest

    Hm,

    just rechecked it, seems to be a little more to do :-)

    -> Problem with the solution above is that the title now is never shown if a person is assigned to both categories.

    So it is like that:

    Category “trainer” list:
    Mr.X
    Mannschaft: team 1

    Category “bosses” list:
    Mr X
    Mannschaft: team 1

    But I need the following:
    Category “trainer” list:
    Mr.X
    Mannschaft: team 1

    Category “bosses” list:
    Mr X
    Title: vice President.

    So I don’t need the assigned categories of an entry, but the current selected category from the shortcodes…

    Thanks in advance

    07/04/2016 at 5:26 pm #381482
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ Bene

    re: It worked, but I think you mixed something up :-)

    Yep, I did :/

    the code is right, but change the meta_key the Category Slug. You can find these on the Categories admin page.

    re: So I don’t need the assigned categories of an entry, but the current selected category from the shortcodes…

    The shortcode options will be found in the $atts array. So the category shortcode option would be found like this:

    $atts['category']

    So using the shortcode from your original post, the value would be 4. Does that help you?

    07/05/2016 at 1:55 am #381515
    Bene
    Guest

    Yes,

    I think if I add this to the if-clause then I can switch between the categories.

    I will try it this evening.

    Thanks a lot for your fast help!!

    07/05/2016 at 4:09 pm #381666
    Bene
    Guest

    Worked perfect: Final code if ( $atts[‘show_title’] && $atts[‘category’] != 3) $entry->getTitleBlock(); and for custom field: $text = $entry->getMeta( array( ‘key’ => ‘mannschaft_id’, ‘single’ => TRUE ) ); if ( ! empty( $text ) && $atts[‘category’] == 3 ) { echo ‘
    ‘ . esc_html( $text ) . ”; }

    07/06/2016 at 10:30 am #381750
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ Bene

    Great to hear!

    If you have a moment, I would truly appreciate a review as they really do make a difference. Many thanks in advance!

    https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/connections

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