How do I Call Custom fields For Categories or Products?

[Siamese-Dream.Com]

Hi all:

Is there a way to call category and product custom fields natively in MM9?

I had been using toolkt to call them using the toolkit.

while it still works, I would like to switch to native miva merchant functionality wherever possible.

So if I have a custom field with the code of:

CAT_NEW_TITLE

How would I call it on the category page?

thanks in advance.

[Dan - Glendale Designs]

Re: How do I Call Custom fields For Categories or Products?

Here is the custom field reference guide for the new method: https://docs.miva.com/template-langu...-documentation

This works for 5.5 and M9.

[dcarver]

Re: How do I Call Custom fields For Categories or Products?

Hi Mark,

You could do the following

<mvt:item name="customfields" param="Read_Category_Code( g.Category_Code, 'CAT_NEW_TITLE' )" />
The custom field value is &mvte:customfields;

Also here is more information on Custom Fields

[Siamese-Dream.Com]

Re: How do I Call Custom fields For Categories or Products?

Thank you both, Dan and David.

So basically to summarize:

1) first, one has to READ the custom field using an mvt item and a read parameter, and then

2) they have to DISPLAY the field value using an &mvte

Is that correct?

Thanks in advance.

[Brennan]

Re: How do I Call Custom fields For Categories or Products?

Yes that is correct. There are also some good videos walking though how to use these custom field functions. See the Custom Fields section on this page:

https://docs.miva.com/dts/developer-training-series

[Siamese-Dream.Com]

Re: How do I Call Custom fields For Categories or Products?

Thanks for the link to the DTS videos, Brennan.

it sure answers a lot of questions.

Thanks again.

[cway]

Re: How do I Call Custom fields For Categories or Products?

When I try this, it prints my code to the page. I'm trying to display a Pinterest button. It prints the coding to the page, instead of displaying my button.

See http://dev.paulamontgomery.com/produ..._Necklace.html (the Pinterest button that is showing currently, is from Toolkit)

Can anyone help?
Thanks!

<mvt:item name="customfields" param="Read_Product_Code( g.Product_Code, 'pinterest' )" />
&mvte:customfields;

[Brennan]

Re: How do I Call Custom fields For Categories or Products?

It is because the output is being encoded since you are using &mvte: vs &mvt:

See here:

https://docs.miva.com/videos/output-encoding

[cway]

Re: How do I Call Custom fields For Categories or Products?

Thanks, Brennan!

[cway]

Re: How do I Call Custom fields For Categories or Products?

In the video for Custom Field Functions, it says the same coding could be used anywhere. I put it on my CTGY page template, but it doesn't work.

This is working, however:

&mvt:product:customfield_values:customfields:pinterest;

[lesliekirk]

Re: How do I Call Custom fields For Categories or Products?

Hi Mark,

You could do the following

<mvt:item name="customfields" param="Read_Category_Code( g.Category_Code, 'CAT_NEW_TITLE' )" />
The custom field value is &mvte:customfields;

Also here is more information on Custom Fields

Color me confused. I'm trying to pull in a custom category code into the subcategory_listing field - I've tried a couple different variations but nothing is working.

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

Re: How do I Call Custom fields For Categories or Products?

Try:

<mvt:item name="customfields" param="Read_Category_Code( l.settings:category_code, 'custom_field_code', l.settings:customfields )" />

where

l.settings:category_code is a LOCAL variable of the current sub cat. (assuming you might be still looking for the global, which could still be the parent cat.

[lesliekirk]

Re: How do I Call Custom fields For Categories or Products?

Thanks Bruce, I wound up going old school.

<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="customcategory|cust1|l.all_settings:sub_category:id|catadd1" />
<h4>&mvte:global:cust1;</h4>

Guess I'll have to retake the class...

[afiumano]

Re: How do I Call Custom fields For Categories or Products?

I too have been struggling with this for several hours. I have setup a category custom field called "mobile_cat_image" for an image upload.

I have uploaded an image to the custom field in a category and assigned the 'Store' item to the page. (It happens to be the Mobile Category Tree Page)

I have tried many variations - too many to list or remember but this is my latest:

<mvt:item name="customfields" param="Read_Category_Code( g.Category_Code, 'mobile_cat_image', g.mobile_cat_image )" />
<img src="&mvte:global:mobile_cat_image;">

[Brennan]

Re: How do I Call Custom fields For Categories or Products?

That code looks correct. Where are you use it on. The Category page or Product page? You need to make sure g.Category_Code is available on the page.