[Resolved] Conditional display of taxonomy data

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[johnB-43]

I have a taxonomy in which I have one general item, and multiple others that are more particular. I would like to display the general item in a separate line when it's present, but not have a skipped line when it's not present. That is, display something like this:

Label: General Item
item 1, item 2, item 3

But when the general taxonomy item is not checked, I'd like the template to display the other items in line, eg.:

Label: item 1, item 2, item 3

Is this possible?

[Shane]

Hi John,

The general Item is the Taxonomy correct? I'm assuming Item 1, Item 2, Item 3 are the posts?

Please let me know.

Thanks,
Shane

[johnB-43]

They are all taxonomies. Maybe it will be easier to explain with the specifics. The site is for students going for a year abroad. The issue arises because:
(1) some universities will accept them for an exchange only in some subjects, e.g. just physics or law
(2) others offer a university-wide exchange,
(3) yet others offer university-wide, but only some subjects are available in English.

I'd like 'University-Wide', 'Physics', 'Law', Subject X' ... to be all part of the same 'Subjects' taxonomy. The reason for this is that I would like them to work as filters on a search page, allowing students to choose whether they're looking for their specific subject, or a university-wide exchange.

And then:

In case (1), I'd like the site to display (that's easy):
Subjects: Law, Physics, Subject X

In case (2), I'd like the site to display (that's easy):
Subjects: University-Wide

In case (3), I'd like the site to display (this is the only problematic one):
Subjects: University-Wide
Law, Physics, Subject X

Currently in case (3) it displays:
Subjects: Law, Physics, Subject X, University-Wide

So basically I need a conditional of the shape: 'if post has category 'University-Wide', then display 'University-wide' first, then skip to the next line and display the remaining categories.

I hope this is clearer! Is this possible using the [wpv-conditional]? If not, would there be some other way? Thank you!

[johnB-43]

Alternatively, this could be approached from another way. I could make 'University-Wide' to not be a part of the taxonomy, and instead be a custom checkbox field. But then what I would need is that whenever a student selects a subject in the search filter, the search displays all posts with this subject category, AND all posts with the 'University-Wide' checkbox ticked.

This would actually be a preferable option, now that I think about it! Is that possible?

[Christian Cox]

Hi, Shane is on public holiday today and will return tomorrow to continue assisting you with this ticket.

[Shane]

Hi John,

Ok, I see the issue now. Seeing that University wide is a taxonomy then we could sort it alphabetically given that this will be ok for you.

I'm assuming you're using the [wpv-post-taxonomy] shortcode, then you can just use the attribute order='desc' to sort it.

Please let me know if this helps.
Thanks,
Shane

[johnB-43]

Thanks! I don't think this will work, because it'll still display as part of the same line. If I have, say, Business and Zoology listed, whichever way I do the alphabetical order, 'University-wide' will always end up in the middle. And I want to make sure it's always visible as first.

What do you think of the other approach I mentioned?

[Shane]

Hi John,

The approach of having the checkbox for it is good but if you display it you will need to add the shortcode for it before the taxonomy shortcode.

Also on the frontend filter it will be a single checkbox by itself.

Is this ok for you to just have the single filter for this ?

Please let me know.
Thanks,
Shane

[johnB-43]

Hi Shane,

Not really - as I mentioned, the whole point of this is to allow users to select specific subjects or 'University-wide' from a single dropdown. I take it from your reply that this simply won't be possible? Is there no way to merge the two filters into one?

[Shane]

Hi John,

In this case no it won't be possible since for your scenario it will be 2 different fields, so you wouldn't be able to combine them.

Thanks,
Shane

[simonF-5]

OK, thanks! It's a shame, I think this would be a useful functionality. Please note it as a dev suggestion!
Thanks for your help!