Problem:
A conditional output test which checks the value of a string field can only compare the entire string, using equals, not equals, or greater/less than.
I have two custom post-types: Animal and Vegetable. Animal has two fields: Field1 and Field2; Vegetable has three fields: FieldA, FieldB, FieldC. What I want to do is create a view that does the following:
Problem: A post type called sweaters has a field called color_code that contains an alphanumeric code like "BL6". A second post type called colors contains an alphanumeric field color_code and a second field color_name with the value "blue". How can I say "when the sweater post type field 'color_code' value matches the color post type field value 'color_code', display the color post type field 'color_name'"?
Solution:
- Create a View of Colors, filtered by the custom field "color_code", where the value is supplied by a shortcode attribute "color_code"
- In the Loop Output of this View, insert a Types field shortcode that displays the value of the "color_name" custom field.
- Insert the View of Colors in the Content Template or Layout used for Sweaters. Insert a Types field shortcode to supply the value of the color_code shortcode attribute, like this:
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