Conditional display using Taxonomy Term Fields

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Problem:
How to use taxonomy term fields in a conditional test on a taxonomy archive page so that the field can be tested to see if it has a value set before trying to display it?

Solution:
The usual format for custom fields in wpv-conditional shortcodes doesn't work for term fields on a taxonomy archive page, and it is necessary to insert the full types shortcode in the if condition, such as in this example:

[wpv-conditional if="( '[types termmeta='hex-colour' output='raw'][/types]' ne '' )"]
<p>We have a hex value</p>
[/wpv-conditional]

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Tagged: Setting up custom fields, Setting up custom taxonomy, Types plugin, Views plugin

This topic contains 2 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by Bruno 6 years, 9 months ago.

Assisted by: Nigel.

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April 26, 2018 at 7:32 am #740061

Bruno

-- Tell us what you are trying to do?

Display (or not) a content depending of a series of taxonomy term field.

On my archive page result displaying a specific VFX Studio, if there is no logo or link or description or video [...] set for this "vfx-studio" taxonomy, I don't want to display anything.

-- Is there any documentation that you are following?
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/conditional-html-output-in-views/
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/conditional-html-output-in-views/displaying-taxonomies-conditionally/#specific
... but no success so far.

-- Is there a similar example that we can see?
n/a

-- What is the link to your site?
What I want (all fields set) : hidden link
What I want to avoid (no fields set): hidden link

thank you!

April 26, 2018 at 3:17 pm #743618

Nigel

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Hi Bruno

It seems that for term fields you can't readily insert them using the GUI, and the same format used for Types post fields (with the $ sign) doesn't work.

So I tried using the full version of the types shortcode used to output the term field itself, and that worked.

So here is a simple example from one of my test sites, where I have a "colour" taxonomy and the terms have a "hex-value" term field.

<p>Here is the hex value: [types termmeta='hex-colour' output='raw'][/types]</p>
[wpv-conditional if="( '[types termmeta='hex-colour' output='raw'][/types]' ne '' )"]
<p>We have a hex value</p>
[/wpv-conditional]

Do you want to try the same?

April 27, 2018 at 7:41 am #746890

Bruno

Thanks Nigel! That's exactly what I needed! Too bad it's not available directly in the GUI... hopefully in a future update!
Cheers.