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Hi-

I don’t often use related_entries functionality, but I need it now. I’ve read all the EE documentation, but I’m not getting the expected results from my templates. I’m banging my head against a wall trying to understand the logic / syntax.

In short, I have a “products” channel with a relationship field from the same channel. This relationship allows a subproduct to be connected to a main product when appropriate. For example, “Louvered Interior Shutters” as a subproduct entry of the “Interior Shutters” entry (both of which are in the “Shutters” Channel.

I want my template to test whether the current entry is a “parent” page. If so, show some of its relevant “parent page” fields, and then list links to the subordinate pages. If it’s not a parent page, then go ahead and show a different set of details of the page. I’m using the same template for both conditions.

In the code I’ve created, nothing in the “if no_reverse_related_entries” conditional is being parsed. No custom fields, and not even fields like {title}. Those fields get sent as plain text, and render as “{title}” right on the page.

Aside from the specific issues with the reverse_related_entries conditional, am I even approaching this the right way logically, or is there a cleaner, more intuitive solution?

Thanks for your help.

My products/index.html template looks like this:

{exp:channel:entries channel="products"}
{reverse_related_entries}

<a href="http://{url_title_path=products}">{url_title}</a>  {!-- build some links to the subproduct pages if appropriate --} 

{if no_reverse_related_entries} {!-- its an end level page, so show a bunch of details --}
    <div class="span5">
        <h2 class="underline">{title}</h2>
        {page}
        {edit_this}
    </div>
    <div class="span6 offset1">
        <ul class="thumbnails">
            {exp:channel_images:images entry_id="{entry_id}"}
                <li class="span2"><a href="http://{image:url:medium}" rel="group" title="{image:description}" class="thumbnail fancybox">{image:url:small}</a></li>
            {/exp:channel_images:images}
        </ul>
    </div>
{/if}  {!-- no_reverse_related_entries --}     
{/reverse_related_entries}                    
{/exp:channel:entries}

Specifically, it seems that nothing inside the {if no_reverse_related_entries} conditional gets parsed. Am I not allowed to use any EE variables or custom fields inside that conditional?

At a guess it may be related to parse order?

Have you tried conditionals here?

{exp:channel:entries channel="products"}
{reverse_related_entries}

{if count >= 1}
<a href="http://{url_title_path=products}">{url_title}</a>
{/if}

{if count == 0}
No reverse related entries code
{/if}

{/reverse_related_entries}                    
{/exp:channel:entries}

Thanks, bluedreamer. I hadn’t tried that. I actually just used PHP to solve the problem, but next time I’ll try using a conditional with count.

Hey guys,

Nice work here. You guys are a great example of why the community here is so awesome.

If you need anything else, please just let me know by opening a new thread.

Cheers,