This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.
Problem: I have two nested Views set up to display a list of child posts. If no child posts are found, I would like to display "No items found" once. However, if I add the "No items found" message in the child View, it is repeated for each parent post. If I add it in the parent View, it is never shown because there are always parent posts.
Solution: There is not a simple way to set this up because each child View is rendered independently of the other child Views. There is no built-in way to keep a running total of all child posts across the nested Views, so a custom code solution in the classic Views editor is required. You must use a custom shortcode to add the number 1 each time a child post is displayed. Then use a conditional to test the total amount after all the child post loops have run.
First, add these two custom shortcodes in your child theme's functions.php file, or in a new custom code snippet in Toolset > Settings > Custom Code:
// https://toolset.com/forums/topic/not-found-message/
global $total;
function add_total_shortcode($atts, $content = '') {
global $total;
$total += wpv_do_shortcode($content);
}
add_shortcode('add-to-total', 'add_total_shortcode');
function show_total_shortcode( $atts, $content ) {
global $total;
$atts = shortcode_atts( array(
'decimals' => 0
), $atts );
$totalNew = $total;
$total = 0;
return number_format($totalNew, (int) $atts['decimals'] );
}
add_shortcode('show-total', 'show_total_shortcode');
Go to Toolset > Settings > Front-end Content and register show-total in Third-party shortcode arguments.
In your child View, insert the following code somewhere inside the wpv-loop tags:
[add-to-total]1[/add-to-total]
Then in the parent View, insert the following conditional shortcode somewhere outside the wpv-loop tags but inside the wpv-items-found shortcode:
[wpv-conditional if="( '[show-total][/show-total]' gte '1' )" evaluate="false"] There are NO child posts [/wpv-conditional]
You may replace the text with your own custom message as needed.
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Last updated by 4 years, 5 months ago.
Assisted by: Christian Cox.
Or course, I can take a closer look. I am currently blocked from the site by Wordfence. Can you resolve that restriction? See the screenshot here for details. Also, please provide login credentials in the private fields here, and let me know where I should see the "No results found" message on the front-end of the site once the Wordfence restriction has been resolved.
