[Resolved] Template assignement dosn't work

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[mikkoP]

Hi,

We have custom post types that all have their own content templates assigned.

However when saving posts the content templates dosnt get assigned in the right way.

It says "Template Dynamically Assigned by Toolset" but the template dosnt work and we have to manually select the template every time.

Do you know any solution to fix this issue?

[Waqar]

Hi,

Thank you for contacting us and I'd be happy to assist.

If a content template is globally assigned to a single post type, it shouldn't be required to be assigned to individual posts, manually.

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Waqar

[mikkoP]

Hi,

I managed to debug this problem

We where checking for possible templates in our theme code like this

if (function_exists("render_view_template") && get_post_meta($post->ID, '_views_template', TRUE) && get_post_meta($post->ID, '_views_template', TRUE) !== 0) {

For some reason the automatically assigned template dosn't have _views_template meta in post meta anymore

It seems this still works so I'll use it instead

has_wpv_content_template($post->ID);

[Waqar]

Thanks for the update and your observation is correct.

In Toolset Blocks 1.5 / Views 3.5, some changes were added to the content assignment mechanism, to introduce the conditional assignment feature.
( ref: https://toolset.com/2021/04/toolset-blocks-1-5-custom-woocommerce-product-and-shop-pages/ )

The assigned template's ID is no longer saved in the "_views_template" meta, but it is still safe to use the "has_wpv_content_template" function.
( ref: https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/views-api/#has_wpv_content_template )