How to display first based on relationship

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Problem: I would like to sort the results of a View based on the owner's membership level.

Solution: Use a custom field on the post to store a value that represents the owner's membership level. Sort the View by this custom field.

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Tagged: Custom search, Displaying post relationships, Setting up custom fields, Setting up custom types, Setting up post relationship, Types plugin, Views plugin

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Last updated by Christian Cox 6 years, 5 months ago.

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July 16, 2018 at 3:37 pm #948432

A. Ku

Tell us what you are trying to do?
I'm trying to setup a touristinformation site with some hotspots which can be queried and mapped in Google Maps.
The idea is to sell partnerships to location owners like restaurants. If they choose for example a Gold partnership they will be shown first on an overviewpage. But how would I setup types and views so that it displays a gold membership partner location if there is a gold partnership location?

Is there any documentation that you are following?
No, but if you could give me some links?

Is there a similar example that we can see?
Not yet.

What is the link to your site?
Not yet.

July 16, 2018 at 6:24 pm #948512

Christian Cox

You could handle this in different ways. One way is to create a custom "select" field that allows you to choose a level for each post. The default option can be the basic level (value = 1), and another option for the premium level (value = 2). When a partner pays for a premium listing or downgrades to a basic listing, you can modify their post and set the custom field value as needed. Then in a View of these posts, you can use the OrderBy option to sort by this custom field.