[Resolved] Display fiction or non-fiction parent post values

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[christineC]

Trying to display the author of a non-fiction book, or the author of a fiction book in the same view. Currently I have:

Live: Authors - > Book (Fiction or Non fiction, separate post types with the same parent) -> Additional book info
So: Grandparent($authors) -> parent($fiction or $non_fiction) -> current post (additional info)

Inside of each post in additional book info, I have followed the rules to get the book author as a grandparent item per https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/displaying-fields-grandparents/ :

View on additional info post: [wpv-post-body id="$fiction" view_template="get-author-grandparent"]

Content template: [wpv-post-link id='$authors']

Ideally, to get the additional info page to pull either fiction or non-fiction authors based on whether a relationship is null or not, the code would look something like:

[wpv-conditional if="((empty($(_wpcf_belongs_fiction_id))))"]
[wpv-post-body id="$non_fiction" view_template="get-author-grandparent"]
[/wpv-conditional]

[wpv-conditional if="((empty($(_wpcf_belongs_non_fiction_id))))"]
[wpv-post-body id="$fiction" view_template="get-author-grandparent"]
[/wpv-conditional]

So on this fictional work, the author's name is correct: hidden link

But on this non fiction post child, the author is incorrect because it's looking for a fiction relationship author, not non-fiction: hidden link (parent non fiction post hidden link)

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

[Christian Cox]

Hi, I don't see anything inherently wrong with this logic, so I suspect there is something else going on. Please add debug="true" to turn on debugging for these conditionals, then copy + paste the evaluation output for me to review:

[wpv-conditional if="((empty($(_wpcf_belongs_fiction_id))))" debug="true"]
[wpv-post-body id="$non_fiction" view_template="get-author-grandparent"]
[/wpv-conditional]

[wpv-conditional if="((empty($(_wpcf_belongs_non_fiction_id))))" debug="true"]
[wpv-post-body id="$fiction" view_template="get-author-grandparent"]
[/wpv-conditional]

Please include the debug information from both a fiction and a non-fiction example.

[christineC]

Great, thanks.

I put it in and the only issue is that both values show up on either page, so fiction tries to get the fiction author and does so successfully: hidden link; but not before it tries to get the non_fiction author

Conversely, a non-fiction book does the same thing...just in the opposite order (hidden link) – perhaps I just need to find another way of using the conditional tags?

[Christian Cox]

I'm still quite lost, sorry! Please answer these questions in detail:
1. What is wrong with this page: hidden link , and why? Tell me all the parents and grandparents of this Additional Info post.

2. What is wrong with this page: hidden link , and why? Tell me all the parents and grandparents of this Additional Info post.

3. Can a single Additional Info post have both a Fiction and a Non-Fiction parent?

4. If yes, which one's parent Author should be shown on each of the Additional Info posts above, and why?

[christineC]

It turns out it was user error, we got it resolved. Thank you so much!