Questions tagged [playa]
A commercial add-on for creating relationships.
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Playa: Specify a default child entry if none is selected
I have a channel with a playa field where users can select a block of content to insert into a page.
Is there a way that I can specify a default child entry to display if the playa field is left ...
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Playa not displaying entries from different site within multi site manager
I have site 1 and site 2.
Site 2 has a Playa field related to a channel in site 1. I cannot get the related entries from site 1 to display in site 2.
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Best way to access entry data from within Playa field?
I have a channel items and a channel colors, and the items channel has a Playa field item_colors that links to the colors channel. What is the best way to loop through the items entries and output a ...
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Help with Matrix->Playa->Matrix while using Stash for {image_1} shortcode replacements
No, it's actually not as convoluted as it sounds... ;)
Got two channels: News, and News Commentary. News entries are published multiple times per day; News Commentary is published once a week and ...
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Finding entries an entry is related to in Playa
I'm not sure how best to ask this question, hopefully I do it justice...
On this page: http://www.aribalive.com/las-vegas-2014/agenda I use Playa to relate breakout sessions to specific agenda items (...
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Get entries in fixed order with Stash/Playa
So I have the following snippets of code which contain a matrix field {people} with a nested playa field {section_people}
{!-- Get people sections --}
{exp:stash:set_list name="people_sections" ...
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Nested lists with Stash, Playa, and Channel Videos
I have a channel of Events, which has a videos field. Videos is a playa field which relates to a Videos channel. The Videos channel has a field which uses Channel Videos to display the video. I'm ...
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Matrix < > Playa check for empty cells
I am having a Matrix fieldtype with two cells: text and Playa. The text field serves as the title for different rows. It's setup like this in my code:
{my_matrix_field}
<div class="products"&...
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Low Variable / Matrix Blank Screen
We have a Low Variable using Matrix with 3 columns.
Two columns are raw text and one is a playa list of channel entries.
All has been working fine, there were about 60 rows so far - all of a sudden ...
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Limiting results returned by nested playa parents tags
I'm hoping someone can give me a pointer on narrowing my returned entries on the basis of nested playa parent relationships. Here's the scoop:
I have a 4 inter-related channels: companies, people, ...
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low variables / playa / matrix
I'm stuck on something that will probably be very easy to resolve but I just don't see it anymore.
I'm using low variable to create the content of a carousel slider. For each slider the information ...
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Display a list of allowed entries in a different channel's field for a selected author
I get stucked.
I've to do this:
I've a channel "Projects" where a Super Author write a list of projects.
I've another channel "Articles" where Authors can write articles and make a unique relationship ...
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Stash & EE - compare 2 lists?
Can’t seem to find out how this is possible, but is there a way to compare and see differences between 2 stash set_list arrays?
For instance:
{exp:stash:set_list name="location_list" parse_tags="yes"...
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Resolving conflict between variables between main loop and playa:parents loop
Playa experts out there: I thought variable prefix parameter would solve this one, but perhaps I'm misunderstanding how it's intended to be used. Here's what I'm trying to do:
{exp:channel:entries ...
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playa:child_ids parameters are not working
we have a big issue with the following code:
{event_related_media:child_ids limit="2" status="Archived" channel="video" show_expired="no" show_future_entries="no"}
With the following code, I get all ...
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A list of entries inside Playa tags
In the below I need the field {link_rhs} to display a link to any page or entry on the website. Previously we were using StructureFrame which was perfect for displaying pages, but it doesn't display ...
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Matrix and Playa | Loop Through Row As Many Times as Playa Relationships that Exist
I've run into a bit of a roadblock. I'm relating two channels via a Playa relationship. The two channels are 'positions' and 'locations'. The 'locations' channel contains a Matrix field with a Playa ...
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How to make Playa drop down wider?
I have a Playa field associated with a channel of entries that have long names, often identical for much of the first 20/30 characters. My Playa field is configured to not allow multiple values and is ...
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Getting count to work for playa field within Matrix
I've got a page which is displaying information based on a playa entry within a matrix field, when using the matrix :search parameter, this works as intended. But I need to be able to use the {count} ...
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Can't achieve conditional within Playa using {count}
I'm trying to apply a class of odd or even based on the count within a playa field. My website is for a company with 13 branches & 15 products. Not all branches sell all products so I have created ...
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playa template tags being ignored
EE 2.7.2
Playa 4.4.5
I have two playa fields in my Recipes channel field group.
One is called similar_recipes, which relates to other entries within the recipes (which happens to be the channel this ...
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Passing entry_id to json to get Playa children
I need to be able to do pass the entry_id of the page being viewed into a json file to build a query.
I currently have a page setup that has a Playa field. I need to have a JSON file that will get ...
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Category Tag Pair Vars not Parsing when Stashed into a Nested List
Coming across a parsing problem when trying to get related Playa entries categories in a nested list with Stash. The setup involves Playa pulling related entries (videos) from a parent entry (feed) as ...
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Grouping Matrix rows based on Playa relationship field
I have my Field groups set up like so;
Trail
title
related_things [Playa]
Thing
title
content [Matrix]
content_text [Wygwam]
content_trail [Playa, assigns a Trail above]
When I edit a 'Thing', ...
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Using {switch} to Repeat Divs at Intervals
I have a loop of entries using a playa field to show multiple entries. I would like certain formatting to happen every 3 intervals. I found what I believe to be the solution to my issue here:
https://...
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Slow input for Pixel and Tonic's Matrix with Playa cell
in my expressionengine backend I use matrix to create an agenda for events. The fields are:
day, time, title, description, file and speaker (using playa field).
Filling this matrix field with e.g. 24 ...
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Playa Plug in - Slows down site to a crawl?
I have a site running playa module and it's painfully slow to run any queries.
Here is my tag code:
{exp:channel:entries channel="sous_sous_categorie" url_title="{segment_4}" dynamic="no"} ...
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Information not displaying in Playa field
I'm unable to get any relationship information to display within my Playa field. I'm using ExpressionEngine 2.5.2 with Playa 4.0.5 installed and my license key input. I have an information selected ...
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Displaying list of Calendar events from a Playa field
I am needing to display a list of Calendar events that are selected from a Playa field.
Of course, I need it to not display events that has passed (by event date) and if the events in the Playa custom ...
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{exp:playa:total_children} > 1 not returning in conditional without var output
I'm trying to show data conditionally based on a relationship having more than 1 child (see below). When I output the var {exp:playa:total_children field="cf_lookbook_products" entry_id="{entry_id}"} ...
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Duplicate Entries in Backend of Playa Field 4.4.5
I'm currently working with Playa on a project and having an issue where playa is creating what looks like duplicate items in its list, when editing a entry based on any number of categories being ...
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Playa + Pagination = nothing… Why?
I guess I'm missing something obvious since I haven't found any question on this subject… I'm trying to paginate results from exp:playa:parents tags to no avail… That's what I got:
{exp:playa:parents ...
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Grouping Entries in Infinite Scroll
So I am building out a homepage that is going to have a infinite scroll of entries. Though there are entries that are apart of a parent entry, and I will be displaying the parent entries Title. And ...
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Playa: Reverse Relationship Entries without a channel entry
Is it possible to simply retrieve the entries from a Playa field that are in use?
Let's say I have a Team channel with everyone in the company's bio. 5 of those people have been selected across ...
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Playa inside Matrix with MSM
We're seeing a bit of strange behavior - perhaps our eyes are missing the obvious thing?
This block of code works correctly when used in a template in the main or default site in a MSM configuration....
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Playa Live Filters Not Working in MSM
I have an MSM installation with two sites (EE version 2.5.5, Playa version 4.4.5). I am using Playa on Site 2. When I am logged into the CP from the URL of Site 2 (i.e. http://site2.com/admin.php), my ...
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Multiple Nested "Layers" using Playa
I'm trying to build a database of K-12 schools for a directory site and wanted to organize them nicely as well as make it easy to enter information in without re-entering the same info in too much.
I ...
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Playa field not outputting expected value in zoo visitor update form
I'm trying to implement Chosen as a front to a Playa-field in my Zoo Visitor channel. Entering data isn't a problem, but obviously I want to have the currently selected entry selected as default. This ...
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Upgrade to EE2 - Playa content not displaying
I just upgraded a large site from EE1 to 2.6.1 and to Playa 4.4.3. The site was previously using Solspace's Related Entries, and Playa seemed to have converted these successfully - the related entries ...
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Assets field within Playa field + EE 2.7.1 causing template code to display on front end
I just upgraded EE to 2.7.1 and am having problems with my Playa (4.4.5) fields that pull in Assets (2.1.4) data. I have a 'homepage' channel with a Playa field that pulls articles from a 'features' ...
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Playa tag returning text string instead of entry ids
I've just upgraded a site from EE 2.1 to EE 2.7.1 and got it basically working by upgrading the associated AddOns. Playa is still having trouble (migrated from 3.1 to the latest 4.4.5).
Simple Playa ...
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Order Playa children by total_parents?
I'd like to show a listing of Playa child entries (child's title + a few custom fields), ordered by their total_parents (total number of parent entries associated with the child entry). The child ...
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Stash Nested Append List with Matrix and Playa
I have a channel with a matrix field named expedition_days, and inside of that matrix, there is a playa column named resources. I am trying to create a stash list for each row of the matrix. It seems ...
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Unique parent entries
I'm making lookbooks:
Each look has (parent) contains one or more items (children). Each item has a brand.
E.g. Picture 1 where a girls wears pants of Brand A, t-shirt of Brand B and a jacket of ...
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How to pull channel entry data from Playa Links
So have you heard about the new Playa Links add-on? It's kind of great, showing you when entry A has selected entry X in its Playa field. But how do you pull the data from entry A into entry X? Is it ...
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How deep into a Matrix field type can I go with IF statements?
Bear with me as I explain my setup...
I have a channel called Speaker and a channel field called speaker_media that is a matrix field type. Inside the matrix I have a channel field for speaker_audio, ...
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Is there a way to display playa fields inside my matrix field?
I have searched high and low for answers to why my fields are not displaying properly or displaying data I need.
I am basically trying to get the url for the playa entry selected in the backend to ...
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Populate a playa hidden input field
How must I populate a playa hidden input field (in a safecracker form) with multiple entries? I tried passing the entry IDs separated by comma, semicolon, bar, but nothing seems to work. Only the ...
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Zoo Visitor with playa and shared entries
I have a Zoo Visitor (ZV) channel with different member groups (teachers, students). Within the channel, I have a playa field pulling in the ZV teacher entries. When students register they’ll select ...
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Playa field explodes Matrix field
I have an issue with an old build.
EE 1.6.8 - Build 20090723
Matrix 2.0.11
Playa 3.1.2
I create the matrix field fine, but if I add a playa segment, after saving the field, I can no longer access ...
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