In reading a previous post (http://formidablepro.com/help-desk/one-custom-display-using-two-forms/), I have created a custom display to house 2 other custom displays.
My “parent” display shows data from the 2 other displays BUT is loops the data from both over and over again.
Here’s what I have in the custom display:
[display-frm-data id=9 filter=1]<br />
[display-frm-data id=12 filter=1]
Here’s what I posted in my page:
[display-frm-data id=13]
I’ve experimented with removing “filter=1″ and it hasn’t changed anything.
Advice?
September 27, 2012 at 3:40 pm
Can you provide a link to your front-facing page containing this parent custom display? What type of custom displays are you using?
What happens when you set your "parent" custom display (ID 13 I believe) to "Single" type. I am guessing that You have it set to display all, so it is displaying the two child displays once for each entry.
September 27, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Steve,
Here's the link to my test site (I've changed this thread to private).
http://fg.michaelkosmala.com/field-guide-activities/ (see right sidebar)
I changed the setting to single entry for the display and it worked. Probably should have known to do that.
However, that leads me to my next question...
My display is set to show data descending by date. It does it just fine for each of my "child" display but doesn't combine when sorting. Does this make sense?
So, if child display 1 included:
Activity 1 added 9/25
Activity 2 added 9/26
And chid display 2 included:
Activity 3 added 9/25
Activity 4 added 9/27
I want it to display as:
Activity 4 added 9/27
Activity 2 added 9/26
Activity 1 added 9/25
Activity 3 added 9/25
Right now it shows
Activity 2 added 9/26 (from the first child display in my parent display)
Activity 1 added 9/25 (from the first child display in my parent display)
Activity 4 added 9/27 (from the second child display in my parent display)
Activity 3 added 9/25 (from the second child display in my parent display)
Michael
September 27, 2012 at 4:10 pm
Are you using two separate forms to collect the activities in custom displays 1 and 2 or are you using only one form? If you are using two separate forms, this probably isn't possible to achieve. Maybe provide a bit more information on your setup and we can try to find a solution.
September 27, 2012 at 5:52 pm
Steve,
I'm collecting the activities in one form. custom display 1 lists the entries for the first activity ([description] + [organization name]). display 2 lists the entries for the second activity ([description2] + [organization name2]).
Does this give you enough to suggest an approach?
September 28, 2012 at 8:11 am
In order to integrate the entries like that, you'll need to do it from a single custom display instead of using multiple.
September 28, 2012 at 8:57 am
Got it. Figured out how to get my data to work in one display and the sorting works just fine.
Appreciate your continued help (and patience as I learn the ins and outs of your plugin).
Michael
Topic closed.