Add Link Field in Template in Drupal 6 with CCK

Question

Good Evening,

I'm using Drupal 6, CCK Module, and the Link Field Type. All are installed and activated.

I created a custom content type called Slider. A user can upload an image, a title, and a teaser. I created a custom field for that slider content type as well as one called Link with the field name: "field_link_test".

I created an entry, filled in all of the data including a URL for that link field type and clicked "Save". In views-view-table--slider.tpl.php, I added:

 <a href="<?php print $node->field_link_test[0]['url'] ?>">Learn More</a>

but on the front end, everything shows except for that link. I also tried emptying the Drupal cache.

Any ideas?

Update template code below, which all works fine, except for the new link value outputs nothing.

<div id="slider">
<div class="slider-holder">
    <?php foreach($rows as $row): ?>
    <div class="slide">
        <?php print $row['field_image_fid'] ?>
        <div class="info-slide">
            <h2><?php print $row['title'] ?></h2> 
            <p><?php print strip_tags($row['teaser']) ?></p>
            <a href="<?php print $node->field_link_test[0]['url'] ?>">Learn More</a>
        </div><!--INFO-SLIDE-->
    </div><!--SLIDE--> 
    <?php endforeach ?>
</div><!--SLIDER-HOLDER-->
<div id="control">

</div>
</div><!--SLIDER-->

g_thom g_thom · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-06T08:23:26

The easy possibilities (which you've probably checked, but just to get them out of the way):

you need to allow the field to be viewable by anonymous/authenticated users in User Management - Permissions

Otherwise, it's hard to tell without some code to analyse. Could you post your entire views-view-table--slide.tpl.php and if possible, your exported view or a link to the exported view?

EDIT

Now that I've had a chance to look at your view, I've made a couple of changes that should help.

The reason your link URL isn't showing is that you're including the "Node: Link" field in your View instead of the "Content: Link (field_link_test)" field. The first one will just link back to the original node rather than your custom link. Also, I don't think you can call the $node variable from views-view-table (at least, I don't get anything when I print it. Instead, you can use the $row variable.

I have a version of your template that prints out the URL in the field "link_test" with the label "Learn More." I put the "Learn More" text in the View itself as that'll be easier to edit and works better with the Link CCK type (which by default will want to add a title you add in the node edit screen).

The view export is here: http://pastebin.me/0ed2942f6953cb00cab1bd5386058a13. You can import this back into your site, but you may want to clone your original View first to make a backup, so that if this isn't what you want, you can use your old version.

The updated tpl is:

<div id="slider">
<div class="slider-holder">
    <?php foreach($rows as $row): ?>
    <div class="slide">
        <?php print $row['field_image_fid'] ?>
        <div class="info-slide">
            <h2><?php print $row['title'] ?></h2> 
            <p><?php print strip_tags($row['teaser']) ?></p>
            <?php print $row['field_link_test_url'] ?>
            <?php //print_r($row); ?>

        </div><!--INFO-SLIDE-->
    </div><!--SLIDE--> 
    <?php endforeach ?>
</div><!--SLIDER-HOLDER-->
<div id="control">

</div>
</div><!--SLIDER-->

Let me know if you have any issues/questions.

Add Link Field in Template in Drupal 6 with CCK

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