[Resolved] Gutenberg: Block cannot be rendered inside itself.

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[andreaW-2]

I created a Template in Toolset in which I added a View. I then tried to add this view to a web page created in Beaver Builder. To do that, I added a text module in BB and chose "Fields and Views" from it's top menu. I chose the view called "Books - Sleep," which is what I called the template. However, the resulting output doesn't have the post title and the listing is repeated several times, whereas only one book fits the criterion I added to the template (using the custom category called Types of Books and choosing"Sleep"). When I view this same test page from inside the template creation UI, it looks better, but the post title is actualy the CPT name and the post content is completely missing, plus it is showing two listings when only one should be showing according to the criterion I set.

*** In the template creation UI, the post content block has a message in it: "Block cannot be rendered inside itself." I did some research and found other people getting that messge with Gutenberg, but there were no real solutions. I believe this is why there's no post content showing up in the view, but this makes Toolset unusable. ***

We are a small non-profit and recently received the offer of free French translations for some of our pages. However, WPML and PODS don't play well together, apparently, and all my CPTs were done in PODS with PODS templates for the output. So, knowing that WPML and Toolset work well together, I decided to buy Toolset and test it on our staging site. I thought that I could re-create some of the PODS CPTs in Toolset (e.g., Books) and we'd be good to go. But now I don't know what to do.

Thank you for any help or advice! - Andrea Wilson, volunteer Webmaster, Balance & Dizziness Canada

[andreaW-2]

I realized that I had missed watching one of the tutorial videos. Once I followed it, I was able to create a template in which all the correct information showed up. And the strange error message no longer appeared. I then made a View, but I am having some issues with that, so I will open a new ticket after I try some more things. - Andrea