I need to have a list of authors on blog posts, with the first author having a different style. It needs to be easy for the user to re-order authors, or add new ones, but I can't find a way to let the user easily order post references, or to sort them by their order. Without really overcomplicating things, can I set it up so the user can re-order referenced posts, and have a view sort by that order?
Hello,
I assume we are talking about this case:
Two post types:
- authors
- posts
There is a Reference Field "related-author" in posts.
Toolset Reference Field is based on one-to-may relationship, as a workaround, you can try with nested view, for example:
1) Parent post view:
- query the "authors" posts, here you can order the result by fields of authors post type,
- in view's loop, display below child post view
2) Child post view,
- query the "authors" posts,
- Filter by post type relationship between "authors" and "posts"
- In view's loop display "posts" information
My posts can have multiple authors, so it needs to be easy for editors to move them around (make someone the first/primary on one article, but the secondary on another). I've found a way to do this by using a number field on an intermediary table of a many-to-many relationship, but that's very cumbersome and not user friendly. Ideally I would want to be able to drag and drop names (post titles) in a list or something.
Yes, you are right, you can setup many-to-many relationship between post types "authors" and "posts", and add a number field on an intermediary post type.
So in the single post, you can add a post view:
- Query posts of intermediary post type
- Filter by relationship between post types "authors" and "posts"
- In view's loop, display related "authors" post information
https://toolset.com/course-lesson/displaying-related-posts/
And there isn't such kind of built-in feature in many-to-many relationship: drag and drop names (post titles) in a list or something
You can add a feature request for it:
https://toolset.com/home/contact-us/suggest-a-new-feature-for-toolset/
Our developers will evaluate it
