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Filter not working in blog

Hi,

I have created a checkbox in my blog post. This checkbox is called "homefeatured" and is used to display posts on homepage or not.

on my home page i have added: <?php perch_blog_custom(array( 'template'=>'blog/post_listing_small.html', 'count'=>'1', 'filter' => 'homefeatured', 'match' => 'eq', 'value' => '1' )); ?>

but this isnt working - any ideas?

Thanks
Paul Langley

Paul Langley 0 points

  • 7 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

7 years ago

You can't do that in the current version of Blog. You can only filter on the fixed table fields. This is something we're working on.

A workaround would be to use a category or tag.
Paul Langley

Paul Langley 0 points

7 years ago

ah ok

sorry i tried tag but perhaps the syntax is incorrect - could you take a look:

perch_blog_custom(array(
 'template'=>'blog/post_listing_small.html',
 'count'=>'1',
'filter' => 'tag',
    'match' => 'contains',
    'value' => 'featured'
));
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

7 years ago

Yes, the syntax is incorrect:

perch_blog_custom(array(
    'template' => 'post_listing_small.html',
    'count' => '1',
    'tag' => 'featured',
));

The options are listed here: https://docs.grabaperch.com/docs/blog/page-functions/custom/