2 questions regarding Multi Drop-Down list

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Posted: 03 November 2006 07:37 AM

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Hi there (markhuot),

I use your Multi Drop-Down list extension to sort of create extra categories in our portfolio:
The original EE categories are used as clients. Our Portfolio projects are linked to certain categories.
But each project also belongs to a certain type of work: Professional, Consumer, etc.

Now that’s where i use the Multi Drop-Down list.

My 2 questions:
- If i decide to change a value of the list, will it change evrywhere, or just with entries updated from then on?

- (How) Can i display all entries belonging to a certain value of the list?
E.g. output a list for each item with all entries occuring with it ...

Thanks.

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Posted: 03 November 2006 04:39 PM

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* If you change a value in the Admin » Weblog Fields it will not change for the entries (this is part of EE’s core functionality, you’ll find the same behavior in the Drop-down List)
* There’s no easy answer to the second part. Personally I would do it with some PHP and an extra database call, but if you don’t have too many entries you could do a simple conditional:

{exp:weblog:entries}
{if my_multi_drop_down_list == "custom value"}
display the entry with "custom value" selected
{/if}
{/exp:weblog:entries} 

I also just made up this code, so if it doesn’t copy and paste exactly, you’ll have to modify it a little.

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