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Problem: I am using term archives to display posts without pagination, and I would like to create Next and Previous links to paginate to another term archive page. The sort order should be determined by a custom field on the terms.
Solution:
Use Views filtered by term where the term ID is set by a shortcode attribute. Pass the current term's field value into the filter and sort by the term field value. Use the following custom shortcode to determine the current term's order.
function archive_part_num_func($atts) {
$current_taxonomy = isset(get_queried_object()->taxonomy) ? get_queried_object()->taxonomy : null;
if( $current_taxonomy == 'class-part' ) {
$id = get_queried_object()->term_id;
$partnum = types_render_termmeta( 'part-order', array('term_id'=>$id));
return $partnum;
}
return;
}
add_shortcode("archive-part-num", "archive_part_num_func");
Add to the View filter like this:
<p>← Previous: [wpv-view name="class-parts-filtered-by-part-order-previous" partnum="[archive-part-num]"]</p> <p>→ Next: [wpv-view name="class-parts-filtered-by-part-order-next" partnum="[archive-part-num]"]</p>
Register "archive-part-num" in Toolset > Settings > Front-end content > Third party shortcode arguments.
Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/passing-arguments-to-views/
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Last updated by 6 years, 4 months ago.
Assisted by: Christian Cox.
Hi there, this is for Christian Cox, please.
Hi again!
I would like help setting up "term pagination" for my term archive pages as we discussed in https://toolset.com/forums/topic/help-using-custom-taxonomies-to-create-online-tutorials-and-their-navigation/#post-1096407.
To prepare, I set up a custom number field "part order" for my custom "class part" taxonomy and set numbers 1-9 for the taxonomy terms. I set the numbers in order independent of the hierarchy levels as follows: (see Screenshot: Part Orders). I figured we could set the view to navigate to the next parent term if that's where the user is, or the next child term if that's where the user is. Let me know if you want me to set the part order numbers differently.
I then created two views of the taxonomy terms filtered by part order. See screenshots: Class Parts Filtered by Part Order - Next, and Class Parts Filtered by Part Order - Previous. I used the fake shortcode attribute "tbd" as a holding spot until you give me the right shortcode attribute(s).
I then added these view to the layout. See screenshot: Previous/Next Navigation on Layout - First Attempt. I tried to put them side by side by using 6 columns for each cell, but they ended up stacking. Obviously all the links show up right now as the filter is a fake one, but see screenshots: Current "Previous" Links and Current "Next" Links. Once we get the coding right, can you help me format the layout so that one term shows up on the left and the other shows up on the right? (as in Screenshot: Desired Layout for Next/Previous Term Links).
I think that is all I can do on my end for now, can you help me set up the shortcodes and anything else you see that I may not have done right?
Thanks!
L
Hi Christian,
I set up what you described, but when I go to the Part 3 archive, the links show as in the screenshot.
It works perfectly! Thank you so much. I included a screenshot just to show the final result.
I used the instructions from this page: hidden link to make the formatting come out right.
This is so wonderful, it's exactly what I wanted. Thank you so much for your help/doing this all for me.
Cheers,
Liat
