Posted 11 months ago #
Hello Scribu,
I'm working with the shortcode templates. (latest version of your plugin)
With the templates, I could reach every fields of a connected post/page except the_content();
Everything else is displayed like :
the_title();
the_permalink();
the_meta();But the_content(); creates a loop.
I've tried some turnaround but as I not a dev, I'm not working in a proper way.
Do you have any suggestion for me?
Thank you,
François
Please post the relevant code (P2P filter + template file) in a http://pastebin.com
Posted 11 months ago #
Hi Scribu,
Thank you for your answer.
Currently I've made a list of p2p-....php templates linked to the shortcodes.
The code in that pages are simple like this example on pastbin.com
My first question : when I add the_content(); in that kind of template, I got kind of loop that produce an output (after 1' ) with a very long repetition of the same content.
FYI : here the p2p shortcodes are handled through the WP-VIEWS plugin (using their shortcode template mechanism).
Thank you for your time and support.
Regards
F
If you want more details
You didn't post the relevant code, i.e. the code that takes a list of connected posts and loops through them.
Also, I don't understand how P2P shortcodes are routed to templates. I assume the WP-Views plugin can only generate standard shortcodes, which implies that the code from P2P isn't used at all.
Edit: what I'm asking for is your version of the code shown here:
https://github.com/scribu/wp-posts-to-posts/wiki/Actions-and-filters
Posted 11 months ago #
In my functions.php, I've copied the shortcode handler from your wiki
And in WP-VIEWS, my template is that one.
From there, p2p shortcodes are calling the bunch of p2p-list-... .php templates that are rendered on that page.
I don't know if this method is appropriate.
Another question related to this logic, is that I'm interested to retrieve an URL value in a connected custom field, and to inject it into an other shortcode (for a video player). I retrieve the value but I don't understand yet how I will use it ... (the value is just under the picture (below VIDEO title).
I'm sorry if i'm doing dumb stuff ... :-P
F
Posted 11 months ago #
I've seen different kind of connexion like
$connected = get_posts( array(
'connected_items' => $zone_posts,
'connected_type' => array( 'CONNECTION_TYPE1', 'CONNECTION_TYPE2', ... ),
'connected_direction' => 'any',
'post_type' => 'any',
'suppress_filters' => false
) );But i don't know how to handle that with the shortcode logic. I'm sure that could help to reduce the number of queries.
And after that as for each connexion I need to extract different fields, ... I am a little bit lost :-)
F
Don't query multiple connection types unless you plan to show them together. The lower query count isn't worth the extra complexity.
Back on topic: using the_content() works fine for me, since the $post global is changed before each template load.
The only situation that I could imagine where this wouldn't work would be if you have a post connected to itself.
Posted 11 months ago #
For the topic the_content(), I understand that it works for you but I don't know how to handle it in my case.
In the "master template", I need to place different shortcodes on multiple places. And each places has different elements to render.
| p2p_cp_video_url | current_post_title + current_post_excerpt |
| p2p_cp_sales_arg_content | p2p_cp_free_training_content |
| p2p_cp_testimonial_title + excerpt | xxxx |So maybe I don't get the concept of templates for shortcodes, but I can't figure how to handle different pieces through one connexion and where to place that piece of code.
Posted 11 months ago #
or maybe the idea to use shortcodes for that kind of template is not a good one?
going straight to standard templates will simplify the process?
going straight to standard templates will simplify the process?
It might. Just don't start using p2p_list_posts(). :)
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