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Prefixing custom fields

February 26, 2014 5:00am

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  • #1 / Feb 26, 2014 5:00am

    kenny2

    90 posts

    Can the new Template Layouts be used to prefix custom fields?

    I have 2 product channels that have virtually identical fields, but because of the way CartThrob tracks inventory I cannot share a field group over these two channels. This leads to some bloat in my templates that I would like to cut down.

    I was about to look in to the technique that uses Stash..
    http://expressionengine.stackexchange.com/questions/12261/set-custom-field-prefix-with-stash

    .. but if Template Layouts can be used it would make sense to use what is built in.

  • #2 / Feb 28, 2014 1:30pm

    Rob Allen

    3105 posts

    I haven’t seen the docs for Page layouts yet so don’t know.

    Have you looked into Preload Text Replacements for prefixes? http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/templates/globals/preload_replacement.html

  • #3 / Mar 10, 2014 6:42am

    kenny2

    90 posts

    Hi Rob,
    this gives an idea of what I am trying to do, my problem is getting the prefix in the field=”” parameter. I don’t believe preload replace can be used for this?

    What I have..

    {exp:tag:related_entries channel="ch1|ch2|ch3|ch4"}
 {if channel_short_name == "ch1"}
  {exp:channel_images:images entry_id="{entry_id}" field="ch1_gallery" cover_only="yes"}
  <a href="http://{path={channel_short_name}/{url_title}}">{title}</a>
  {/exp:channel_images:images}
 {/if}
 {if channel_short_name == "ch2"}
  {exp:channel_images:images entry_id="{entry_id}" field="ch2_gallery" cover_only="yes"}
  <a href="http://{path={channel_short_name}/{url_title}}">{title}</a>
  {/exp:channel_images:images}
 {/if}
 {if channel_short_name == "ch3"}
  {exp:channel_images:images entry_id="{entry_id}" field="ch3_gallery" cover_only="yes"}
  <a href="http://{path={channel_short_name}/{url_title}}">{title}</a>
  {/exp:channel_images:images}
 {/if}
 {if channel_short_name == "ch4"}
  {exp:channel_images:images entry_id="{entry_id}" field="ch4_gallery" cover_only="yes"}
  <a href="http://{path={channel_short_name}/{url_title}}">{title}</a>
  {/exp:channel_images:images}
 {/if}
{/exp:tag:related_entries}

    What would be better..

    {exp:tag:related_entries channel="ch1|ch2|ch3|ch4"}
  {exp:channel_images:images entry_id="{entry_id}" field="{channel_short_name}_gallery" cover_only="yes"}
  <a href="http://{path={channel_short_name}/{url_title}}">{title}</a>
  {/exp:channel_images:images}
{/exp:tag:related_entries}

     

  • #4 / Mar 10, 2014 8:53am

    ahmad saad

    364 posts

    Hi,

    try to use parse=“inward” in ur code:

    {exp:tag:related_entries channel="ch1|ch2|ch3|ch4" parse="inward"}
  {exp:channel_images:images entry_id="{entry_id}" field="{channel_short_name}_gallery" cover_only="yes"}
  <a href="http://{path={channel_short_name}/{url_title}}">{title}</a>
  {/exp:channel_images:images}
{/exp:tag:related_entries}

    if this don’t work u can always use embed template.

    Regard’s.

  • #5 / Mar 10, 2014 10:15am

    kenny2

    90 posts

    Great, Parse Inwards works for that scenario, but further down in my code I also have:

    {exp:tag:related_entries channel="ch1|ch2|ch3|ch4"}
..
{if channel_short_name == "ch1"}
    {ch1_stub}
{/if}
{if channel_short_name == "ch2"}
    {ch2_stub}
{/if}
{if channel_short_name == "ch3"}
    {ch3_stub}
{/if}
{if channel_short_name == "ch4"}
  {ch4_stub}
{/if}
{/exp:tag:related_entries}

    I am pretty sure {{channel_short_name}_stub} will not work

  • #6 / Mar 10, 2014 10:47am

    ahmad saad

    364 posts

    Hi,

    the general way is to use your code or use embed template to avoid {if} statement.

    anyway from some time I find this addons http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/entry-data

    and I add get custom field future to it.

    I upload my version in this post , when u use this plugin u can write ur code as following:

    {exp:tag:related_entries channel="ch1|ch2|ch3|ch4" parse="inward"}
   {exp:entry_data:custom_field url_title="{url_title}" field_name="{{channel_short_name}_stub}" channel="{channel_short_name}"}
{/exp:tag:related_entries}

  • #7 / Apr 03, 2014 11:44am

    kenny2

    90 posts

    Thanks Ahmad, I have tried your plugin but using your example I am still getting a problem passing the field name:

    {exp:tag:related_entries channel="ch1|ch2|ch3|ch4" parse="inward"}
   {exp:entry_data:custom_field url_title="{url_title}" field_name="{{channel_short_name}_stub}" channel="{channel_short_name}"}
{/exp:tag:related_entries}

    Gives me this in the debugger:

    {exp:entry_data:custom_field url_title="my-title" field_name="{ch1_stub}" channel="ch1"}

  • #8 / Apr 03, 2014 1:25pm

    ahmad saad

    364 posts

    Hi Kenny2,

    yes this is my fault just remove the parentheses.

    {exp:tag:related_entries channel="ch1|ch2|ch3|ch4" parse="inward"}
   {exp:entry_data:custom_field url_title="{url_title}" field_name="{channel_short_name}_stub" channel="{channel_short_name}"}
{/exp:tag:related_entries}

    Regard’s.

  • #9 / Apr 04, 2014 7:06am

    kenny2

    90 posts

    Awesome, that works really well and also inside relationships, but I am struggling to apply it to a Grid field and a CE Image field. Is this stretching what the plugin can do? (The XX is where I want the prefixed channel short name to be).

    {exp:channel:entries channel="ch1" entry_id="10"}
 {relationship_field}
  <div>
   {relationship_field:XX_main_image limit="1"}
    {exp:ce_img:single src="{relationship_field:XX_main_image:key_image}" title="{relationship_field:XX_main_image:description}"}
   {/relationship_field:XX_main_image}
   {exp:entry_data:custom_field url_title="{relationship_field:url_title}" field_name="{relationship_field:channel_short_name}_stub" channel="{relationship_field:channel_short_name}"}
  </div>
 {/relationship_field}
{/exp:channel:entries}

  • #10 / Apr 04, 2014 8:36am

    ahmad saad

    364 posts

    Hi ,

    I don’t think this can be done , this plugin is return a single value fields.

    maybe you use embed variable here.

    Regard’s.

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