Topic Tag: Views

Problem:
pagination items styles are not updating when going through pages

Solution:
The pagination shortcodes were not in the right place, and because of the user requirements, we'll need to implement a custom solution. Check this reply https://toolset.com/forums/topic/pagination-items-styles-are-not-updating-when-going-through-pages/#post-1782555

Problem:
The user wanted to display the last commented posts.

Solution:
As you can see in the WordPress database structure, comments are stored in another table than the one for posts. Currently, Toolset does not query/create/update/delete comments. It only acts on the posts and taxonomies tables. https://codex.wordpress.org/Database_Description
There are no shortcodes that will allow you to pull the comments data, either directly, or from posts on a view's query.

I actually did not test the solution, I have suggested on that ticket. You may be right, and "comment_post" is probably not the best hook to use. "transition_comment_status" seems to be a good candidate. This pseudo-code may help:

// update post last comment field when a comment is approved
function update_last_comment_field( $new_status, $old_status, $comment ) {
    // Only when the status is approved.
    if( 1 === $new_status ){
        // get the post ID
        $post_id = $comment->comment_post_ID ;
         
        // get the post object
        $post = get_post( $post_id );
         
        // only for post type "post"
        if ( $post->post_ype == "post" ) {
            // update custom field. Toolset field slug is prefixed with "wpcf-"
            update_post_meta( $post_id, 'wpcf-last-comment-time', time() );
        }
    }
}

// Execute this action when a comment is saved
add_action( 'transition_comment_status', 'update_last_comment_field', 10, 3 );
I might also suggest creating a custom shortcode that will return the IDs of the recently commented posts. Check this StackOverflow thread that explains how to get these IDs https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/105534/how-to-get-most-recent-commented-post-above-new-submitted-post-in-wordpress
Then pass the results of this shortcode to a view using an argument:

[wpv-view name="my-view" ids="[my-last-commented-posts-ids]"]

The view needs to be filtered by the IDs passed in a shortcode argument.

Or you may use a 3rd party plugin such as https://wordpress.org/plugins/basic-recent-commented-posts-widget/

Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views/passing-arguments-to-views/

Problem:
The user is following this tutorial to create a comparison page https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSuY4QF812s
When he selects more than 2 posts, the view works as expected. When he selected one post or none, the view displays all the posts.

Solution:
We'll need to implement a custom code that will check how many posts are passed to the comparison page. Then we can conditionally display the comparison view or a message.
This a sample code for the shortcode:

add_shortcode( 'compared-post-ids-count', 'compared_post_ids_count_func' );
function compared_post_ids_count_func () {
  $post_ids = isset( $_GET['post_ids'] ) ? $_GET['post_ids'] : array();
  return sizeof( $post_ids );
}

The shortcode needs to be registered in Toolset->Settings->Front-end Content to be used in conditions.

Then we can display a view or a message, like this:

[wpv-conditional if="( [wpv-search-term param='post_ids'] ne '' )"][wpv-view name="scholen-vergelijken-po"][/wpv-conditional]
 
[wpv-conditional if="( [wpv-search-term param='post_ids'] ne '' )" evaluate="false"]You will need to select at least two posts to compare[/wpv-conditional]

Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views/conditional-html-output-in-views/using-shortcodes-in-conditions/

Problem:
Get url parameter for cred form taxonomy and select it

Solution:
To set the default option for the taxonomy select added to Toolset forms, you will require to add custom JS code to your form's JS box.

You can find the proposed solution in this case with the following reply:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/get-url-parameter-for-cred-form-taxonomy-and-select-it/#post-1778423

Relevant Documentation: