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Hi,

I need to create a 2 column list. It’s for a list of board members of an organization. They want 2 categories, “board member” and “board officer”. So, I created 2 categories, and assigned at least 1 person to each category. I have a number of custom fields I want to show. So, it would be a page with two columns, in one column, are the “board member” folks. In the other list, would be the “board officer” folks including custom fields.

Here’s the code I am using. It’s not showing me any of the fields, just the category title.

{exp:channel:categories channel="board"}
  <h1>{category_name}</h1> 
  {exp:channel:entries channel="board" category="{category_id}" sort="asc" dynamic="off"} 
    {title}, {board_position}, {board_bio}
  {/exp:channel:entries}
{/exp:channel:categories}

I’ve tried replacing {category_id} with the actual category number, still nothing.

Is there a better way? Running 2.5.2 newest version.

Hi Evoir,

The problem here is nesting. You can’t nest a channel entries tag inside a channel categories tag, at least not directly. You can do this with an embed:

{exp:channel:categories channel="board"}
  <h1>{category_name}</h1>
{embed="board/members" cat_id="{category_id}"} 
{/exp:channel:categories}

Then the embed template:

{exp:channel:entries channel="board" category="{embed:cat_id}" sort="asc" dynamic="off"} 
    {title}, {board_position}, {board_bio}
  {/exp:channel:entries}

Let me know if that works.

Cheers,

Nevermind. It worked perfectly. Thank you.

Hi Evoir,

Excellent!

If you need anything else, please just let us know.

Cheers,