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Vinny Hebert
Vinny Hebert
I'm trying to use Articles Anywhere to list the episodes an actor or a crew member (different subforms) are listed in. I have a subform "Cast" that contains "character" (text) and "actor" (articles). I'm trying to filter base on categories && [cast]="this:id" but it's never going to be equal so is there a CONTAINS function?
Now, you'll probably point out that if I have the Pro version of the articles plugin, which I do, that I can use the artcleslinked plugin. Which is probably the way I should do this. However, I'm using YooTheme and I can't figure out how to call the info from that field cause it displays it as "Name of Field" - Count
Peter van Westen
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Peter van Westen
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Have you tried:
Vinny Hebert
Vinny Hebert
It was one of the first I've tried. I've tried a variety of different things.
Peter van Westen
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Peter van Westen
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Ah, only now do I fully realize this is a Subform field (like in the title!). So a nested field.
No, Articles Anywhere cannot filter on fields within subform fields.
Peter van Westen
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Peter van Westen
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Yes, it can show articles that link to it from an Articles Field in a subform.
Vinny Hebert
Vinny Hebert
I'm having difficulties displaying the articles linked field. How do I call it from the article template (I'm using YooTheme)? I've always had trouble with this particular functionality.
Peter van Westen
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Peter van Westen
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Using Articles Anywhere?
Otherwise: you'll have to ask YooTheme about this.
Vinny Hebert
Vinny Hebert
I'm mostly using Article Anywhere anyway. HTML field and run AA. So this is not a YooTheme thing.
[episodes-cast] is the articleslinked field. Just getting a bunch of blank lines
Peter van Westen
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Peter van Westen
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Can you reproduce the issue on a clean website not using YooTheme stuff?
Vinny Hebert
Vinny Hebert
I switched templates to Cassiopeia and it published the list of episodes using the custom field display option (so now I know that the field does work) but when I used the Articles Anywhere code it just listed the blank <li> tags.
Peter van Westen
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Peter van Westen
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Can you give me (super) admin and (s)ftp access so I can take a look?
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Vinny Hebert
Vinny Hebert
I haven't deactivated your account from the Advanced Modules Issue.
Peter van Westen
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Peter van Westen
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I would also need the (s)ftp access...
Peter van Westen
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Peter van Westen
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The output is as expected:
The "episodes-cast" field is only available on articles in the "Cast & Crew" category.
You are telling Articles Anywhere to output all articles in these categories: Episodes, Special, Vintage Radio Club
So not in the "Cast & Crew" category!
Then for every article output the "episodes-cast" field in a list item.
Seeing none of those articles have the "episodes-cast" field, it outputs nothing.
Vinny Hebert
Vinny Hebert
So I changed the Category (I'm so dumb sometimes) and viola! articles appeared, however it's every article, not just the one with that actor.
Peter van Westen
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Peter van Westen
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Correct, as expected.
Either use filters, if structures or custom html overrides for the field.
Please read the docs to understand how Articles Anywhere works:
docs4.regularlabs.com/articlesanywhere
Vinny Hebert
Vinny Hebert
I thought putting the articleslinked field would just list the Episodes that the article (Actor) is linked to, not everyone.
Peter van Westen
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Peter van Westen
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No, you are doing this:That will output '<li>...</li>' for every article returned by the {articles} tag (based on your filters).
You have no condition in there to tell it to only output articles that have an output through the [episodes-cast] field.
Also, the [episodes-cast] field is an "Articles Linked" field, that in it's raw value only has a true/false value (whether to show it or not).
So you would have to check the actual output of the field, not just the value.
But again:
Please read the docs to understand how Articles Anywhere works:
docs4.regularlabs.com/articlesanywhere
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Vinny Hebert
Vinny Hebert
Now, you'll probably point out that if I have the Pro version of the articles plugin, which I do, that I can use the artcleslinked plugin. Which is probably the way I should do this. However, I'm using YooTheme and I can't figure out how to call the info from that field cause it displays it as "Name of Field" - Count
Peter van Westen
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Peter van Westen
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cast="this:id"
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Vinny Hebert
Vinny Hebert
Peter van Westen
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Peter van Westen
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No, Articles Anywhere cannot filter on fields within subform fields.
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Vinny Hebert
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Peter van Westen
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Otherwise: you'll have to ask YooTheme about this.
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Vinny Hebert
Vinny Hebert
{articles category="Episodes,Special,Vintage Radio Club" ordering="original-air-date ASC"}
<li>[episodes-cast]</li>{/articles}[episodes-cast] is the articleslinked field. Just getting a bunch of blank lines
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The "episodes-cast" field is only available on articles in the "Cast & Crew" category.
You are telling Articles Anywhere to output all articles in these categories: Episodes, Special, Vintage Radio Club
So not in the "Cast & Crew" category!
Then for every article output the "episodes-cast" field in a list item.
Seeing none of those articles have the "episodes-cast" field, it outputs nothing.
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Vinny Hebert
Vinny Hebert
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Peter van Westen
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Peter van Westen
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Either use filters, if structures or custom html overrides for the field.
Please read the docs to understand how Articles Anywhere works:
docs4.regularlabs.com/articlesanywhere
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Vinny Hebert
Vinny Hebert
Peter van Westen
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Peter van Westen
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{articles category="Episodes,Special,Vintage Radio Club" ordering="original-air-date ASC"}
<li>...</li>
{/articles}You have no condition in there to tell it to only output articles that have an output through the [episodes-cast] field.
Also, the [episodes-cast] field is an "Articles Linked" field, that in it's raw value only has a true/false value (whether to show it or not).
So you would have to check the actual output of the field, not just the value.
But again:
Please read the docs to understand how Articles Anywhere works:
docs4.regularlabs.com/articlesanywhere
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