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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 20, 2009 - 08:43 AM

  Here's the situation:
  
  I have two pubtypes which are related to each other. The "parent" pubtype displays the selected publication from the "child" pubtype. When viewing the child publications, the parent pubs they are related to are not shown (set to hidden in the pubtype).
  
  From a parent publication, I want to display all of the fields from the related child publication, but not all together in a list. That is, I need to display each child field in a different area of the parent full template.
  
  So in the parent's full template, the structure would be something like this:
  
  

  • some code
    
  • child pub field 'title'
    
  • more code
    
  • child pub field 'description'
    
  • more code
    
  • child pub field 'notes'
    
  • more code

  
  
  I hope that makes some sense. With some help from Darryl, I know how to display all of the child fields at once based on a special template created for the child using the createFilter and inlinePubList plugins. However, that places all of the child fields in the parent wherever I place the calls to those plugins -- I need to extract those fields one at a time throughout the parent's full template.
  
  My initial thought is to somehow pull them all into an array in the parent's full template and then display them as needed. However, I'm not sure how to do that or if it is even the proper way to do it.
  
  Thanks!!

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• arkanoyd
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 21, 2009 - 12:55 AM

  I don't know if I understood correctly and if there is an easier or better solution but usually in my sites I use more than one inlinePubList plugin.
  I copy the one in the original distribution and I call them
  
  function.pagesetter_inlinePubList2.php
  function.pagesetter_inlinePubList3.php
  function.pagesetter_inlinePubList4.php
  
  of course you have to modify the code and rename all reference inside the plugin from inlinePubList to
  
  inlinePubList2
  inlinePubList3
  inlinePubList4
  
  then you have also to create the templates with the same names
  
  yourPub-inlineList2.html
  yourPub-inlineList3.html
  yourPub-inlineList4.html
  
  and inside each templates the fields you need...
  
  
  
  edited by: arkanoyd, Sep 21, 2009 - 01:01 AM

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• vv
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 21, 2009 - 02:06 AM

  You do not need to copy plugin inlinePubList.
  Just create the templates:
  
  yourPub-inlineList1.html
  yourPub-inlineList2.html
  yourPub-inlineList3.html
  
  in the parent's full template:
  

  Code

  some code
  <!--[pagesetter_inlinePubList tid=TID filter=$f tpl=inlineList1]-->
  more code
  <!--[pagesetter_inlinePubList tid=TID filter=$f tpl=inlineList2]-->
  more code
  <!--[pagesetter_inlinePubList tid=TID filter=$f tpl=inlineList3]-->
  more code

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 21, 2009 - 05:19 AM

  vv

  You do not need to copy plugin inlinePubList.

  
  
  I had initially envisioned it being something like this, but then I got to thinking there had to be a better way. Apparently there isn't! But after reading your solution, it doesn't look quite as bad as I had expected.
  
  Thanks for the responses!

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 21, 2009 - 08:19 AM

  One thing worth noting: I added a call to the createFilter plugin to the top of my parent template:

  Code

  <!--[pagesetter_createFilter filter="FIELD:rel:`$core.pid`" assign=f]-->

  ... where FIELD is the field name in the child pubtype.

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• thilowitt
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 21, 2009 - 06:29 PM

  I have a similar constellation and use the same approach, it works well for me.
  
  Question: I have some search functionality in my parent list header, which filters for information in the parent publication type. Unfortunately, I have not been able to extend this filter system to also search through the child publication type. Any suggestions?

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