[Resolved] Display Something in View loop if author has not made post in a certain category

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[willB]

Tell us what you are trying to do?

I have a View Loop for a CPT "Entries" - If an author viewing the loop has not made a post using a certain Custom Taxonomy I would like to display some HTML.

I am trying not to create multiple views - one for each Taxonomy Month (see below).

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Example:
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CPT Name - Entries
Taxonomy - Months (January, February, March, April, May, June....)

If in a view a user (Author) does not have an entry for "March" then I want to display HTML "Remember to enter for March" plus a link to the registration form
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Possible?

[Waqar]

Hi,

Thank you for contacting us and I'd be happy to assist.

This is possible using a single view, and here are the steps that I'll recommend:

1. You can create a new page that will only be used to create a new view for the CPT "Entries".

2. In the view's query filter, you'll include two filters:
A. Post author filter to show posts from only the currently logged-in user.
B. Taxonomy filter where target term's name in one of those set by the View shortcode attribute 'wpvlistingsmonth'.
( example screenshot attached: query-filter-example.png )

3. In the 'No Items Found Text' field in the 'View Loop' block, you can include your message and for making the taxonomy term name (month) dynamic, you can use the 'wpv-attribute' shortcode:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/views/views-shortcodes/#wpv-attribute
( example screenshot attached: no-items-found-message.png )

Remember to enter for [wpv-attribute name="wpvlistingsmonth"]

4. The last step would be to include this view for each month on the actual page, using the view's shortcode in a "Fields and Text" block:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/views/views-shortcodes/#wpv-view

Example:

[wpv-view name="Name of the view" wpvlistingsmonth="January"]

[wpv-view name="Name of the view" wpvlistingsmonth="February"]

[wpv-view name="Name of the view" wpvlistingsmonth="March"]

..............

Note: you'll change the 'Name of the view' with your actual view's name.

I hope this helps and please let me know if you need any further assistance around this.

regards,
Waqar

[willB]

Hey! I appreciate the help - have this working or my needs now with one exception - I am trying to have different HTML for the no items found from month to month.

So for example March may read:

<img src="(march's banner image URL)">
Remember to sign up for March's Competition.

[march-form-shortcode]

**Also may want some month-specific html for march**

Then April may read:

<img src="(april's banner image URL)">
Remember to sign up for April's Competition.

[april-form-shortcode]

**Also may want some month-specific html for april**

Any suggestions?

[Waqar]

Thanks for the update and glad that it worked.

To have more control over the 'no items found' text for each month, you can create a content template 'CT for no items found message'.

Inside this content template, you can add a "Fields and Text" block, and in the HTML tab, include the conditional content section for each month like this:
( ref: https://toolset.com/documentation/legacy-features/views-plugin/using-shortcodes-in-conditions/ )

[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-attribute name="wpvlistingsmonth"]' eq 'January' )"] 
This is the message for January
[/wpv-conditional]

[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-attribute name="wpvlistingsmonth"]' eq 'February' )"] 
This is the message for February
[/wpv-conditional]

[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-attribute name="wpvlistingsmonth"]' eq 'March' )"] 
This is the message for March
[/wpv-conditional]

..............

After the content template is ready, you can include its shortcode in the 'No Items Found Text' field of the view ( mentioned in step 3 of my last message):
( ref: https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/views/views-shortcodes/#wpv-post-body )

[wpv-post-body view_template="CT for no items found message"]