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Hi everyone,

im working on a blog that has single entries which need to link between ‘next/previous’ entries. I’ve successfully used the channel next_entry & previous_entry tags, but the problem im having is trying to show the custom channel fields for those entries (in my case ‘{sub_title}’ and also the entry dates for those entries.

I couldn’t find any parameters that will help me pull the specific channel field of the entries:
http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/modules/channel/entry_linking.html

I’ve been trying to fiddle with using channel tags and the orderby & sort tags without luck

{exp:channel:prev_entry channel="restaurant_reviews" status="open"}
<div class="footer-back"><a href="http://{path=food/review}">BACK</a></div>

<div class="footer-left">
 <strong>{title}</strong> {sub_title}
 <a href="http://{path=food/review}">view post</a> | {entry_date format="%m-%d-%Y"} | {total_results} Comments
</div><!-- end .footer-left -->
{/exp:channel:prev_entry}


{exp:channel:next_entry channel="restaurant_reviews" status="open"}
<div class="footer-nextpost"><a href="http://{path=food/review}">NEXT POST</a></div>
<div class="footer-right">
 <strong>{title}</strong>  {sub_title}
 <a href="http://{path=food/review}">view post</a> | {entry_date format="%m-%d-%Y"} | 3 Comments
</div><!-- end .footer-right -->
{/exp:channel:next_entry}

please let me know if there is a workaround that i haven’t been able to find or code that Im missing out on

Thanks!

This might be a case where you’ll have to use an embedded template that contains a channel:entries tag and pass the entry_id through from the (exp:channel:next_entry loop) as an embed variable.

Your embedded template will then actually be displaying your custom fields/date.

thanks for the reply Boyink!

are you talking about using the pagination code and using if statements for prev/next page?

Im a bit confused as what you mean, how would i use the entry_id as an embed variable?

Holy delayed response Batman! 😊

The basic approach would be:

{exp:channel:next_entry}
    Next entry: <a href="http://{path=site/comments}">{title}</a>
{embed="embeds/gimme_custom_fields" my_entry_id='{entry_id}'}
{/exp:channel:next_entry}

Then in the embedded ‘gimme_custom_fields’ template:

{exp:channel:entries channel="whatever' entry_id='{embed:my_entry_id}'}
  {custom_field}
{/exp:channel:entries}

Thanks Robin!

I have the ‘embed/gimme_custom_fields’ showing the custom field, but the {embed} is not pulling the custom field from ‘embed/gimme_custom_fields’

Here’s my code:

next/previous post:

{exp:channel:next_entry channel="inthecity" status="open"}
{embed="embed/subtitle_custom_field" my_entry_id='{entry_id}'}
{/exp:channel:next_entry}

“embed/subtitle_custom_fields”

{exp:channel:entries channel="inthecity' entry_id='{embed:my_entry_id}'}
  {sub_title}
{/exp:channel:entries}

Is there something im missing?

Thanks again!
-Dark Knight

Try adding ‘dynamic=“no” to the channel entries loop in the embedded template.

Which channel entries loop are you referring to?

I added it to the channel:next_entry loop with no results:

next/previous post:

{exp:channel:next_entry channel="inthecity" status="open" dynamic="no"}
{embed="embed/subtitle_custom_field" my_entry_id='{entry_id}'}
{/exp:channel:next_entry}

“embed/subtitle_custom_fields”

{exp:channel:entries channel="inthecity' entry_id='{embed:my_entry_id}'}
  {sub_title}
{/exp:channel:entries}

What happened when you tried the other one? 😉

still no luck :(

i also tried adding ’ related_categories_mode=“yes” custom_fields=“yes”  ’ to the code, shooting in the dark

Have you confirmed the embed variable is passing through ok?

Yes, when i use:

{embed="embed/subtitle_custom_field"}

it pulls each of the custom field data loop

Only when i add in my_entry_id=’{entry_id}’ it doesn’t pull anymore

The basic debug process here:

- Eliminate the embed variable
- Hard-code a known good entry ID into the second loop.
- Get content returned.
- Put the embed variable back in place
- Display the embed variable visually in the second loop - so you can see what value it has.
- Then put the embed variable in place as a parameter.

Have dynamic==“no” in the second loop, and get rid of those other parameters. Just channel, entry_id, and dynamic=“no”.

First debug process didn’t work:

{exp:channel:next_entry channel="restaurant_reviews" status="open"}
{embed="embed/subtitle_custom_field"}
{/exp:channel:next_entry}

embed:

{exp:channel:entries channel="restaurant_reviews' entry_id='18' dynamic="no"}
{sub_title}
{/exp:channel:entries}

and entry_id 18 has a {sub_title} field

should i not be using ‘next_entry’ as the channel entry loop?

even when just loading up the embed page itself it’s not pulling the {sub_title} since i put in the entry_id=“18”

okay i got it working when i took out ’ dynamic=“no” ’ from the embed loop, going to try debugging again