[Resolved] Custom post counter

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[dariuszk]

I am trying to:

I have created a custom post type called ' postcards. I have been trying to display the postcard number ( assuming the 1st posted postcard would become nr 1; 2nd postcard nr 2 ;3rdpostcard nr 3 etc.) without any sucess. Is this possible at all to achive with views?

[dariuszk]

Could this be used to resolve my problem? Tried to implement, but doesnt seem to work with my custom post:

function updateNumbers() {
/* numbering the published posts: preparation: create an array with the ID in sequence of publication date, /
/ save the number in custom field 'incr_number' of post with ID /
/ to show in post (within the loop) use <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID,'incr_number',true); ?>
/ alchymyth 2010 */
global $wpdb;
$querystr = "SELECT $wpdb->posts.* FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE $wpdb->posts.post_status = 'publish' AND $wpdb->posts.post_type = 'post' ";
$pageposts = $wpdb->get_results($querystr, OBJECT);
$counts = 0 ;
if ($pageposts):
foreach ($pageposts as $post):
setup_postdata($post);
$counts++;
add_post_meta($post->ID, 'incr_number', $counts, true);
update_post_meta($post->ID, 'incr_number', $counts);
endforeach;
endif;
}
add_action ( 'publish_post', 'updateNumbers' );
add_action ( 'deleted_post', 'updateNumbers' );
add_action ( 'edit_post', 'updateNumbers' );

<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID,'incr_number',true); ?>

[Beda]

I am not sure how you want to display this content.

In a View, you will have Lists of those Postcards.

You can easily display a number next to them by using HTML ordered lists.
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You would wrap the content of your Postcard that you display in the View Loop with the above HTML.

I can not help with the DataBase Query you try to build above; this is not related to Toolset API.
https://toolset.com/toolset-support-policy/

Can you instead elaborate exactly how you want to show your data, maybe the solution is much easier, and we can come up with a GUI-only solution?

[dariuszk]

Probably it would be easier if you have a look at the actual page, here is a link to one of the postcards, you will see that the postcard is numbered {it is hard-coded at the moment as i have not found a way of auto numbering the postcards and then have that number printed automatically it}:

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hope this helps

[Beda]

Well, one easy solution would be using the Page number instead of a hardcoded one, since you display only one postcard per page.
Youz could use the ShortCode [wpv-pager-current-page]
https://toolset.com/documentation/views-shortcodes/#wpv-pager-current-page

But that would only work in the Paginated View, not on the single Postcard template.

I assume you also would like the number when viewing a single Postcard?

This isn't possible with Toolset.

You would need Custom Code, which is above the scope of Toolset and it's technical support.
https://toolset.com/toolset-support-policy/
This here is a Stackoverflow Post that will help you achieve the goal:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19303556/wordpress-loop-how-to-count-items

You would need to populate a field ion your Post with that number or create a ShortCode that does display the value for you

You could also use a Custom Field instead, where you enter it manually.

I apologise that this goes above the scope of Toolset.