Possible Way Around One Author Only
Development and Programming
so i realize that EE only allows one author per entry, but i really need something that can allow multiple authors
i realize there are options like solspace’s user authors or lg’s member list
those are viable, but i need to be able to sort the weblog entries by this custom field so i can show the entries made by the artists… to clarify: there are multiple authors because some art pieces are collaborations… is there any way to do this?
i.e: custom field: user_authors
weblog code: {exp:weblog:entries weblog="exp1" orderby="date" sort="desc" user_authors="segment_3"}
and the link would be http://www.intrinsicnature.org/in/home/artist/5
if this makes any sense lol
Moved to Extensions by Moderator
dorilla:
Can you elaborate a bit on what you have tried, and what hasn’t worked, etc?
Thanks,
-greg
ok first off, this is an art community… members submit art to be displayed… the submissions are weblog entries… example: http://www.intrinsicnature.org/area51/index.php/artist/23/
the problem: some of the art are collaborations, requiring more than one author
i’ve tried the user authors like this:
Published an entry placing multiple authors with the user authors extension
This is the code i used to try and show the entry according to the artist in the url:
the link would be “http://intrinsicnature.org/in/home/experiments/artist/2” where ‘2’ is the member_id
{exp:user:stats}
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="exp1" orderby="date" sort="desc" dynamic="off"}
{if author_id == '{embed='experiments/user'}'}
<li>
{submTHUMB}
</li>
{/if}
{/exp:weblog:entries}
{/exp:user:stats}experiments/user is like this:
{exp:user:authors entry_id="{embed:entry_id}" dynamic="off"}
{member_id}
{/exp:user:authors}obviously i got an error <pre><code>Warning: Invalid EE Conditional Variable: {if "2" == '{embed='experiments/user' entry_id="{entry_id} in /home/intrins2/public_html/in/system/core/core.functions.php on line 2771
Warning: Invalid EE Conditional Variable: {if "15" == '{embed='experiments/user' entry_id="{entry_id} in /home/intrins2/public_html/in/system/core/core.functions.php on line 2771</code></pre>
this all works if i replace “{embed='experiments/user'}” with just “{member_id}” (but again, this wont solve the problem)
i think i know what im doing wrong, but dont know how to fix it/explain it lol… im trying…
if i can get the user authors “{embed='experiments/user'}” to make it choose one member according to the last segment in the link, then i believe it will work… but as of now, “{embed='experiments/user'}” , shows multiple id’s
dorilla, it looks like you asked the same question over on the Solspace forums. I’m going to move this over to the Extensions forum, since it has more to do with Solspace’s offerings.
i was simply adding what i did, responding to greg aker
i’m still open to any possible solution regarding multiple authors, and not solely solspace’s solution