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  • January 9, 2014 at 7:24 am #14048
    bfeather
    Participant

      [mashup query="post_type=church"] works as expected.

      But, when I add a taxonomy, I get no results.
      [mashup query="post_type=church&fellowship=rpca"]

      Both custom post type and taxonomy are created by Types/Views Toolkit.

      What am I doing wrong?

      Thanks.

      January 9, 2014 at 7:53 am #14049
      Chris
      Keymaster

        Hi,

        The query looks OK. Double check that:
        – fellowship and rpca are the corrent name and slug for that taxonomy
        – you have maps in the posts with taxonomy fellowship = rpca

        If you’re still getting a blank map, there is probably an issue with the query. One way to validate the query is correct is to try it in your browser. For example:

        http://www.example.com/church/?fellowship=rpca

        Another way to test it is to output the query result in the theme. Add this to a template file such as ‘index.php’ or ‘footer.php’:

        <?php 
  $wpq = new WP_Query("fellowship=rpca");
  print_r($wpq);
?>
        January 9, 2014 at 8:05 am #14050
        bfeather
        Participant

          Chris,

          Typing the query into the browser results in a map for each of the rpca churches, as expected I believe. They are in groups of 10, also as expected.

          What else could be wrong?

          Thanks for helping.

          January 9, 2014 at 10:18 am #14051
          bfeather
          Participant

            Chris,

            For some reason, taxonomy maps are working now!
            The only thing I’ve changed is the shortcode, no change to theme or plugins.
            Anyhow, thanks for holding my hand through this; and consider this resolved.
            Til next time I mess things up.

            January 12, 2014 at 5:26 pm #14063
            bfeather
            Participant

              Chris,

              Thanks to you the taxonomy listings work great.
              Now, what if I want to list by the field “state” in the custom post type?
              Entering this in the browser gives results from various states:
              http://domain/church/?state=GA

              (Eventually, I will want to list by both the field “state” and a custom taxonomy.)

              January 13, 2014 at 1:40 am #14070
              Chris
              Keymaster

                Hi,

                The syntax for querying by a custom field is different – you need to set ‘meta_key’ and ‘meta_value’.

                See the MapPress documentation for some examples, or here for the WordPress codex:
                http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query

                I think your query will look something like this:

                [mashup query="post_type=church&fellowship=rpca&meta_key=state&meta_value=GA"]

                January 13, 2014 at 2:27 am #14071
                bfeather
                Participant

                  Thanks, Chris.
                  Both quick and accurate!
                  I’d never have figured it out.

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