Custom loop help needed

[michaeloeser]

Hi,

I have a (maybe simple) question: I need to create a custom loop for a CPT archive page. I already have the archive template (archive-marketplace.php) which currently uses the default loop. I need to change that in order to display some (custom)fields that are added by using ACF.

I know there has a lot been written about custom loops but I can´t find a simple tutorial or example of such a custom loop.

This is the CPT archive so far http://www.automotiveit.eu/marketplace

Any support will be great.

Thanks y´all
Michael

[Brad Dalton]

Which theme are you using?

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[michaeloeser]

It´s custom child theme based on the default Genesis theme. Nothing spectacular.

[Brad Dalton]

For each entry?

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[michaeloeser]

I want to list the entries of that CPT marketplace on the archive page (http://www.automotiveit.eu/marketplace) in the form of showing several custom fields (like logo, some text etc.) as well as tags for each entry.

A bit as shown in this screenshot (not exactly but similar)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4814298/archive-IT4automotive.jpg

So I need to modify the loop of the CPT marketplace archive page which currently uses the default loop.

[Brad Dalton]

You want to output the custom field value in the entry for each post on the CPT archive?

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[michaeloeser]

Yes and some extra text possibly. Sounds like problem?

[Brad Dalton]

Very simple. Use this tutorial

2 Ways to use the code:

1. You can change the hook to genesis_entry_content and remove the conditional then add the code directly to your template.

Or

2. Use the code in functions.php with a conditional tag for your archive type.

Tested

add_action( 'genesis_entry_content', 'michaeloeser', 13 );
function michaeloeser() {
$cf = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'test', true );
if ( ! empty( $cf ) ) {
echo '<div class="text">'. $cf .'</div>';
    }
}

This code works with both the entry content and excerpt settings.

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[Brad Dalton]

Full tutorial

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[michaeloeser]

Thanks. Will take a look at it

[michaeloeser]

Hey Brad,

I figured everything out now except one simple thing. I created my own custom loop and that works. What currently not works is the default genesis page navigation at the end of a (archive) page. I´m talking about this "1,2,3...next page" navigation on the bottom of a default archive page (e.g http://www.automotiveit.eu/category/news) and I want to have that here as well: http://www.automotiveit.eu/marketplace

Of course it can´t work because my loop doesn´t "know" about it and I assum I need to add it to my loop. But where can I find it how does it look? Is there a piece of code that I can add to my loop which outputs the default Genesis paging?

Thanks
Michael

[Brad Dalton]

Hello Michael

Works exactly the same for CPT loops.

You'll need to check your posts per page settings as these affect all archive page types includes CPT archives unless overridden using code.

If you have set posts per page to display 10 posts and you have 10 or less posts in the archive, pagination will NOT display as there's no more posts to paginate.

You can override CPT archives using pre_get_posts.

See updated tutorial.

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[Brad Dalton]

Here's a video where i explain how to add custom fields to a custom post type archive page loop.

Includes explanation about pagination.

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[michaeloeser]

Hi Brad,

sorry for my late reply but I was quite busy in the last couple of days.

My "problem" is I do not use the default Genesis loop at all. I use a custom loop. And by removing the default loop the pagination gets removed also

remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'dp_amtv_loop_archive_marketplace' );

After that I go on with

function dp_amtv_loop_archive_marketplace() { ?>

<?php
	// the query
	$args = array(
		'post_type' => 'marketplace',
		'post_status' => 'publish',
		'posts_per_page' => 10
	);

$the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>

<?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?>

	<!-- pagination here -->

	<!-- the loop -->
	<?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
		<!-- include the archive page output -->
		<?php include( CHILD_DIR . '/inc/marketplace-stuff-archive.php' ); ?>

	<?php endwhile; ?>
	<!-- end of the loop -->

	<!-- pagination here -->

	<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

<?php else : ?>
	<p><Nothing found...</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<?php }  // end function ?>

I want the pagination where it says <!-- pagination here -->

That´s why I mean there must be some kind of code snipped for that (hopefully)

Any suggestions?

Cheers
Michael

[Brad Dalton]

Did you see this tutorial.

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