[Resolved] distinguish between views, layouts, and content templates

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[marthaD-2]

I am trying to display a repeating field group (focal areas) in a custom post type (sites). I have a set of fields that I only want to display for sites with status (taxonomy)=former. I'm confused about when to use views, content templates, or layouts. They all seem to do very similar things and I gather that "Views" is a legacy product now, but it's unclear what to transition to and how to transition.

I have created a content template to display single site pages with status taxonomy=former and the priority is set to 100, but it is still using the theme template for those pages.

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

You should make sure that your theme should be using the the_content() function to replace the post body (content).

More info:
- https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/theme-support-for-content-templates/

Layouts plugin is in maintenance mode and we do not encourage people to use it with their new site. You can either use the Toolset Views/Blocks plugin. Please note that both plugins are 1:1 copy and even if you installed and using Toolset Blocks plugin you can still access or build the classic view's using it.

Here is the Doc that shows information how you can achieve it.
- https://toolset.com/course-lesson/enabling-legacy-version-of-toolset-views/

At last, here is the doc that shows how you can display the repeating field group:
- https://toolset.com/course-lesson/creating-and-displaying-repeatable-field-groups/

For legacy views:
- https://toolset.com/documentation/legacy-features/views-plugin/displaying-related-child-posts/