Profile: stephenL-4

Problem:

I am trying to: allow front-end user to custom sort a view with the controls proviced

I expected to see: However, I have provided controls to change between Price and Post Date, and also Ascending and Descending, but these controls have not effect

Instead, I got: the same price ascending output, which is the default. The custom sort controls are ignored. The other filters work just fine against custom fields and taxonomies.

Solution:

I have checked it in your website, after submit the search form, there is a URL parameter missing:
wpv_view_count=94-TCPID91

Please try this:
Edit the view "Search View", in section "Filter Editor", add below codes just before [wpv-filter-end]:

<input class="wpv_view_count wpv_view_count-94-TCPID91" type="hidden" name="wpv_view_count" value="94-TCPID91" />

And test again.

Relevant Documentation:

Problem: I am showing a View of Media posts. In that View, I would like to display the caption associated with the post.

Solution: Use this custom shortcode to access a Media post's caption:

add_shortcode( 'toolset_get_image_caption', 'toolset_get_image_caption_func');
function toolset_get_image_caption_func($atts)
{
  global $wpdb;
  $url = $atts['url'];
  $id = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare ("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE guid=%s ORDER BY `ID` DESC", $url ) );
  $excerpt = get_the_excerpt($id);
  if($excerpt)
    return $excerpt;
  $attachment_meta = get_post_meta( $id, '_wp_attachment_metadata', true );
  if (isset($attachment_meta['image_meta']))
    return $attachment_meta['image_meta']['caption'];
}

Add that code to your child theme's functions.php file. Then in a loop of Media posts, you can use the shortcode like this:

[toolset_get_image_caption url="[wpv-post-url]"]