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Podcast not passing 'show' through to episode

Hi,

I have a strange one with the Podcast app. I installed the app on a site and all seemed to be working fine ... however we didn't launch it. Now the client wants it live and there seems to be a bug. I've tried re-installing the Podcasts app, and replacing all my templates with the example ones - but same issue.

Podcasts home page is fine: https://www.calvarycambridge.uk/podcasts/

The Shows page displays the episodes: https://www.calvarycambridge.uk/podcasts/show.php?s=calvary-cambridge-uk

BUT when you click and episode it doesn't pass the "show" through (s= blank) and the page is empty: https://www.calvarycambridge.uk/podcasts/episode.php?s=&ep=5

IF I manually add the "show" to the URL it works fine: https://www.calvarycambridge.uk/podcasts/episode.php?s=calvary-cambridge-uk&ep=5

I'm a bit lost, because I thought it was something I'd done while customising the templates, but I think I've gone back to a stock install and I'm getting the same issue.

Anyone had similar or any ideas on what to try next?

Thanks! Elliot
Elliot Wilsher

Elliot Wilsher 0 points

  • 4 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

How are you forming your link?
Elliot Wilsher

Elliot Wilsher 0 points

4 years ago

I'm assuming it's coming from the episodes_list.html template

<perch:before>
    <div class="modules">
</perch:before>

<div class="module">
    <a href="episode.php?s=<perch:podcasts id="showSlug" type="slug" />&amp;ep=<perch:podcasts id="episodeNumber" type="text" />">
        <img src="<perch:podcasts id="image" width="1600" height="1600" type="image" />" alt="<perch:podcasts id="showTitle" type="text" escape="true" />" />
        <h3>
            <perch:podcasts id="episodeNumber" type="text" label="Episode number" size="s" />
            <perch:podcasts id="episodeTitle" type="text" label="Title" />
        </h3>
    </a>
    <perch:podcasts id="episodeDate" type="date" label="Date" format="d F y" time="true" />
    <perch:podcasts id="summary" type="textarea" editor="markitup" textile="true" label="Description" size="m" import-from="itunes:summary" />
    <p>Duration: <perch:podcasts id="episodeDurationHMS" type="text" label="Duration" size="m" help="hh:mm:ss" /></p>

</div>

<perch:after>
    </div>
</perch:after>

so

<a href="episode.php?s=<perch:podcasts id="showSlug" type="slug" />&amp;ep=<perch:podcasts id="episodeNumber" type="text" />">
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

If you add <perch:showall /> do you see the show slug as part of the output?
Elliot Wilsher

Elliot Wilsher 0 points

4 years ago

Slug appears empty

https://www.calvarycambridge.uk/podcasts/show.php?s=calvary-cambridge-uk
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

Are you passing it into the template? I can't remember how this works exactly, but if you have it in the query string then you can pass it into the template without too much trouble.
Elliot Wilsher

Elliot Wilsher 0 points

4 years ago

Not sure - I'm using the example pages and stock templates that come with the app - I wanted to get it working before doing any major customisation.
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

The example pages should just work, yes. They should list by show and then by episode when you drill down into a show.
Elliot Wilsher

Elliot Wilsher 0 points

4 years ago

Any suggestions ... I think I'm just using the shipped pages / templates ?

Is it possible to completely uninstall the app and start again? and if so, what's the best approach.
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

The most likely candidate if things are messed up is the database tables. They're all perch3_podcast something. If you delete those (make a backup first) the app will install itself fresh.