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How do I use a custom template for a blog post?

We use multiple blogs and one blog uses the default template (post.html) for my detail post page. Like:

<?php perch_blog_post(perch_get('s')); ?>

I like to use a custom template for the other blog. Something like:

<?php
perch_blog_custom(array(
'filter' => 'slug',
'blog' => 'news',
'template' => 'post_en.html',
'filter' => 'slug',
'match' => 'eq',
'value' => perch_get('s'),
'count' => 1,
));
?>

By using this code we manage to get the correct template but it doesn't show any content. How is this possible?

Thanks!
Stig Tafto

Stig Tafto 0 points

  • 4 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

What's in your template? Did you start with a copy of post.html?
Stig Tafto

Stig Tafto 0 points

4 years ago

Yes, did start with a copy. Here is the customized template:

<article class="news">
    <img src="<perch:blog id="hovedbilde" width="1000" height="650" crop="true" type="image" output="url"/>" alt=""/>
    <h2><perch:blog id="postTitle" /></h2>
    <p><perch:blog id="ingress" type="textarea" words="20" append="..."/></p>
    <p><a href="/en<perch:blog id="postURL"/>">More</a></p>
</article>
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

Ok, that looks ok.

Do you get any output at all?
Stig Tafto

Stig Tafto 0 points

4 years ago

Debug message shows two templates being used.

Debug Message - Perch Runway 3.0.2
[77] SELECT p.pagePath, pr.routePattern, pr.routeRegExp, p.pageTemplate, pr.routeOrder, s.settingValue AS siteOffline FROM perch2_pages p LEFT JOIN perch2_page_routes pr ON p.pageID=pr.pageID LEFT JOIN perch2_settings s ON s.settingID='siteOffline' UNION SELECT NULL AS pagePath, pr2.routePattern, pr2.routeRegExp, pr2.templatePath AS pageTemplate, pr2.routeOrder, NULL AS siteOffline FROM perch2_page_routes pr2 WHERE templateID!=0 ORDER BY routeOrder ASC, pagePath ASC
Matched route: en/news/[slug:s]
Using master page: /templates/pages/news/post.php
Page arguments:
Array
(
    [0] => /en/news/17-04-2017-english
    [s] => 17-04-2017-english
    [1] => 17-04-2017-english
)
[4] SELECT regionKey, regionHTML FROM perch2_content_regions WHERE regionPage='/en/news/news-detail' OR regionPage='*' ORDER BY regionPage DESC
[1] SELECT * FROM perch2_blog_posts WHERE postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2017-04-25 09:29:00' AND postSlug='17-04-2017-english'
[28] SELECT DISTINCT settingID, settingValue FROM perch2_settings WHERE userID=0
[1] SELECT * FROM perch2_blog_sections ORDER BY sectionTitle ASC
[2] SELECT * FROM perch2_blogs ORDER BY blogTitle ASC
Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
[1] SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT tbl.* FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, main.*, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM perch2_blog_index idx JOIN perch2_blog_posts main ON idx.itemID=main.postID AND idx.itemKey='postID' JOIN perch2_blog_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey='postID' AND idx2.indexKey='_id' WHERE 1=1 AND ((idx.indexKey='postSlug' AND idx.indexValue='17-04-2017-english')) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey=idx2.itemKey GROUP BY idx.itemID, idx2.indexValue, postID ) as tbl WHERE (postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2017-04-25 09:29:00' ) GROUP BY itemID, sortval ORDER BY sortval ASC LIMIT 0, 10
[1] SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS `count`
[1] Using template: /addons/apps/perch_blog/templates/blog/meta_head.html
[4] SELECT * FROM perch2_blog_authors ORDER BY authorFamilyName, authorGivenName ASC
[28] SELECT DISTINCT settingID, settingValue FROM perch2_settings WHERE userID=0
[1] SELECT regionID, regionTemplate, regionPage, regionRev AS rev FROM perch2_content_regions WHERE regionKey='Language link' AND (regionPage='/en/news/news-detail' OR regionPage='*')
[1] SELECT * FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, c.regionID, idx.pageID, c.itemJSON, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM perch2_content_index idx JOIN perch2_content_items c ON idx.itemID=c.itemID AND idx.itemRev=c.itemRev AND idx.regionID=c.regionID JOIN perch2_content_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemRev=idx2.itemRev AND idx2.indexKey='_order' WHERE ((idx.regionID=162 AND idx.itemRev=1)) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemRev=idx2.itemRev ) as tbl GROUP BY itemID, pageID, itemJSON, sortval, regionID ORDER BY sortval ASC
[1] Using template: /templates/content/general-language.html
[1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM perch2_pages WHERE pagePath='/en' OR pageSortPath='/en' LIMIT 1
[7] SELECT * FROM perch2_pages WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-002%' AND pageDepth >=1 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
[1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM perch2_pages WHERE pagePath='/en/news/news-detail' LIMIT 1
[3] SELECT pageID FROM perch2_pages WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-002-004-001', '000-002-004', '000-002', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
[6] Using template: /templates/navigation/navigasjon.html
Using template: /templates/search/search-form.html
[1] SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT tbl.* FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, main.*, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM perch2_blog_index idx JOIN perch2_blog_posts main ON idx.itemID=main.postID AND idx.itemKey='postID' JOIN perch2_blog_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey='postID' AND idx2.indexKey='_id' WHERE 1=1 AND ((idx.indexKey='postSlug' AND idx.indexValue='17-04-2017-english')) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey=idx2.itemKey GROUP BY idx.itemID, idx2.indexValue, postID ) as tbl WHERE (postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2017-04-25 09:29:00' ) GROUP BY itemID, sortval ORDER BY sortval ASC LIMIT 0, 10
[1] SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS `count`
[1] Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
[1] SELECT blogID FROM perch2_blogs WHERE blogSlug='news' LIMIT 1
[nil] SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT tbl.* FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, main.*, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM perch2_blog_index idx JOIN perch2_blog_posts main ON idx.itemID=main.postID AND idx.itemKey='postID' JOIN perch2_blog_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey='postID' AND idx2.indexKey='_id' WHERE 1=1 AND ((idx.indexKey='slug' AND idx.indexValue='17-04-2017-english')) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey=idx2.itemKey GROUP BY idx.itemID, idx2.indexValue, postID ) as tbl WHERE ( blogID=4 AND postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2017-04-25 09:29:00' ) GROUP BY itemID, sortval ORDER BY sortval ASC LIMIT 0, 1
[1] SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS `count`
Using template: /templates/blog/post_en.html
Request time: 0.0521
Process time: 0.0518
Memory: 3.282
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

Do you get any output at all?
Stig Tafto

Stig Tafto 0 points

4 years ago

Yes, now we manage to output the content, but it uses the default template (post.html), not the post_en.html that we like to use.
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

What does your page function look like?
Stig Tafto

Stig Tafto 0 points

4 years ago

Do you mean this one?

<?php perch_blog_custom(array( 'filter' => 'slug', 'blog' => 'news', 'template' => 'post_en.html', 'filter' => 'slug', 'match' => 'eq', 'value' => perch_get('s'), 'count' => 1, )); ?>
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

Yes, that's the one. So you're saying that even though you're specifying post_en.html a different template is being used? Does that match what the debug output says?
Jonathan Elliman

Jonathan Elliman 27 points

4 years ago

Is the repeated 'filter' in the array doing something funny here?
Stig Tafto

Stig Tafto 0 points

4 years ago

Yes, that match what the debug output says. Removed the repeated «filter» without any new result.
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

Can you show us the debug?
Stig Tafto

Stig Tafto 0 points

4 years ago

Yes, here:

Debug Message - Perch Runway 3.0.2 
[77] SELECT p.pagePath, pr.routePattern, pr.routeRegExp, p.pageTemplate, pr.routeOrder, s.settingValue AS siteOffline FROM perch2_pages p LEFT JOIN perch2_page_routes pr ON p.pageID=pr.pageID LEFT JOIN perch2_settings s ON s.settingID='siteOffline' UNION SELECT NULL AS pagePath, pr2.routePattern, pr2.routeRegExp, pr2.templatePath AS pageTemplate, pr2.routeOrder, NULL AS siteOffline FROM perch2_page_routes pr2 WHERE templateID!=0 ORDER BY routeOrder ASC, pagePath ASC Matched route: en/news/
[slug:s] Using master page: /templates/pages/news/post.php Page arguments: Array ( 
[0] => /en/news/17-04-2017-english 
[s] => 17-04-2017-english 
[1] => 17-04-2017-english ) 
[4] SELECT regionKey, regionHTML FROM perch2_content_regions WHERE regionPage='/en/news/news-detail' OR regionPage='*' ORDER BY regionPage DESC 
[1] SELECT * FROM perch2_blog_posts WHERE postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2017-04-25 09:29:00' AND postSlug='17-04-2017-english' 
[28] SELECT DISTINCT settingID, settingValue FROM perch2_settings WHERE userID=0 
[1] SELECT * FROM perch2_blog_sections ORDER BY sectionTitle ASC 
[2] SELECT * FROM perch2_blogs ORDER BY blogTitle ASC Using template: /templates/blog/post.html 
[1] SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT tbl.* FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, main.*, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM perch2_blog_index idx JOIN perch2_blog_posts main ON idx.itemID=main.postID AND idx.itemKey='postID' JOIN perch2_blog_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey='postID' AND idx2.indexKey='_id' WHERE 1=1 AND ((idx.indexKey='postSlug' AND idx.indexValue='17-04-2017-english')) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey=idx2.itemKey GROUP BY idx.itemID, idx2.indexValue, postID ) as tbl WHERE (postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2017-04-25 09:29:00' ) GROUP BY itemID, sortval ORDER BY sortval ASC LIMIT 0, 10 
[1] SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS `count` 
[1] Using template: /addons/apps/perch_blog/templates/blog/meta_head.html 
[4] SELECT * FROM perch2_blog_authors ORDER BY authorFamilyName, authorGivenName ASC 
[28] SELECT DISTINCT settingID, settingValue FROM perch2_settings WHERE userID=0 
[1] SELECT regionID, regionTemplate, regionPage, regionRev AS rev FROM perch2_content_regions WHERE regionKey='Language link' AND (regionPage='/en/news/news-detail' OR regionPage='*') 
[1] SELECT * FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, c.regionID, idx.pageID, c.itemJSON, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM perch2_content_index idx JOIN perch2_content_items c ON idx.itemID=c.itemID AND idx.itemRev=c.itemRev AND idx.regionID=c.regionID JOIN perch2_content_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemRev=idx2.itemRev AND idx2.indexKey='_order' WHERE ((idx.regionID=162 AND idx.itemRev=1)) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemRev=idx2.itemRev ) as tbl GROUP BY itemID, pageID, itemJSON, sortval, regionID ORDER BY sortval ASC 
[1] Using template: /templates/content/general-language.html 
[1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM perch2_pages WHERE pagePath='/en' OR pageSortPath='/en' LIMIT 1 
[7] SELECT * FROM perch2_pages WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-002%' AND pageDepth >=1 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC 
[1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM perch2_pages WHERE pagePath='/en/news/news-detail' LIMIT 1 
[3] SELECT pageID FROM perch2_pages WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-002-004-001', '000-002-004', '000-002', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC 
[6] Using template: /templates/navigation/navigasjon.html Using template: /templates/search/search-form.html 
[1] SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT tbl.* FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, main.*, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM perch2_blog_index idx JOIN perch2_blog_posts main ON idx.itemID=main.postID AND idx.itemKey='postID' JOIN perch2_blog_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey='postID' AND idx2.indexKey='_id' WHERE 1=1 AND ((idx.indexKey='postSlug' AND idx.indexValue='17-04-2017-english')) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey=idx2.itemKey GROUP BY idx.itemID, idx2.indexValue, postID ) as tbl WHERE (postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2017-04-25 09:29:00' ) GROUP BY itemID, sortval ORDER BY sortval ASC LIMIT 0, 10 
[1] SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS `count` 
[1] Using template: /templates/blog/post.html 
[1] SELECT blogID FROM perch2_blogs WHERE blogSlug='news' LIMIT 1 
[nil] SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT tbl.* FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, main.*, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM perch2_blog_index idx JOIN perch2_blog_posts main ON idx.itemID=main.postID AND idx.itemKey='postID' JOIN perch2_blog_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey='postID' AND idx2.indexKey='_id' WHERE 1=1 AND ((idx.indexKey='slug' AND idx.indexValue='17-04-2017-english')) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey=idx2.itemKey GROUP BY idx.itemID, idx2.indexValue, postID ) as tbl WHERE ( blogID=4 AND postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2017-04-25 09:29:00' ) GROUP BY itemID, sortval ORDER BY sortval ASC LIMIT 0, 1 
[1] SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS `count` Using template: /templates/blog/post_en.html Request time: 0.0521 Process time: 0.0518 Memory: 3.282
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

And this is the exact code you're using?

perch_blog_custom(array( 
    'filter' => 'slug', 
    'blog' => 'news', 
    'template' => 'post_en.html', 
    'filter' => 'slug', 
    'match' => 'eq', 
    'value' => perch_get('s'), 
    'count' => 1, 
));
Stig Tafto

Stig Tafto 0 points

4 years ago

This is the correct code (removed the repeating filter):

<?php
perch_blog_custom(array(
    'filter' => 'slug',
    'blog' => 'news',
    'template' => 'post_en.html',
    'match' => 'eq',
    'value' => perch_get('s'),
    'count' => 1,
));
?>
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

Is this the path to your template?

/perch/templates/blog/post_en.html
Stig Tafto

Stig Tafto 0 points

4 years ago

No, it´s not.
Stig Tafto

Stig Tafto 0 points

4 years ago

The right path is: /dv-cms/templates/blog/post_en.html
Stig Tafto

Stig Tafto 0 points

4 years ago

Changed the filter ID from «slug» to «postSlug» and now it works fine ;-)

<?php
perch_blog_custom(array(
    'filter' => 'postSlug',
    'blog' => 'news',
    'template' => 'post-en.html',
    'match' => 'eq',
    'value' => perch_get('s'),
    'count' => 1,
));
?>