VM 3.0.2 - custom fields - related products not working

[stawebnice]

Hi,

Please help...
I have VM 3.0.2 on Joomla 3.3.6 and I have added a custom field type related products with these settings:
http://imtp.me/8yxw02lj3

but when I save it, I get a  lot of warnings most  of them look like (only lines differ):

Warning: SimpleXMLElement::xpath() [simplexmlelement.xpath]: Unfinished literal in ../libraries/joomla/form/form.php on line 1545

Warning: SimpleXMLElement::xpath() [simplexmlelement.xpath]: xmlXPathEval: evaluation failed in ../libraries/joomla/form/form.php on line 1545

The custom field is saved but when I go to product and want to select it, it is not available in the custom fields selection...

Please advise what is wrong...the complete screenshot with warnings is attached...

[GJC Web Design]

warnings at least reported fixed on 3.0.3 - 3.0.4 already out -- updates are for a reason......

[stawebnice]

Hi,

Thank you. I made the update, but still I cannot see the custom field in the product settings even though it is in the list of custom fields. I deleted it and added it again in  the new version, but no change...when I open the custom field again, I get little more settings, so I save it again and still no change...
is there something wrong in its settings?
http://imtp.me/8yym02lj3.p

[GJC Web Design]

does it need a layout position?  has your template custom field positions?

[stawebnice]

I don't think so, because other custom fields do not have any layout position in their custom field settings and they do show up in product settings and in front end...

[Milbo]

This is valid for normal fields. They have a fallback.

But the customfield related products needs a position. The "default" position for the normal layout is "related_products".

[stawebnice]

Thanks, Milbo, but it did not work, so I contacted the template provider

[stawebnice]

I managed to  assign the related product in back-end, but they do not show in  front-end.,here is an example:
http://www.responsive.vintagelab15.com/webshop/zitten/eetkamerstoelen/design-stoel-caprice-tube-groen

here is the screenshot from the back-end: http://imtp.me/8z1o02lj3

[GJC Web Design]

but has your template a rel prod position?

echo shopFunctionsF::renderVmSubLayout('customfields',array('product'=>$this->product,'position'=>'related_products','class'=> 'product-related-products','customTitle' => true ));

[stawebnice]

No, it was missing but I used your code and pasted it to templates/eshop/html/com_virtuemart/productdetails/default.php  like this and now it works!

Perfect, thank you very much!

[tryout]

I cannot see the related products too.
In my template related products are shown by this code in com_virtuemart/productdetails/default.php

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if (!empty($this->product->customfieldsRelatedProducts)) {
echo $this->loadTemplate('relatedproducts');
    }
and the  com_virtuemart/productdetails/default_relatedproducts.php is

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  <?php
    foreach ($this->product->customfieldsRelatedProducts as $field) {
?><div class="product-field product-field-type-<?php echo $field->field_type ?>">
    <span class="product-field-display"><?php echo $field->display ?></span>
</div>
<?php }  ?>
I've tested some changes in the code and in my opinion the problem is

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$this->product->customfieldsRelatedProducts
that isn't set (or something like this: I'm not a developer!)

[GJC Web Design]

if u are on VM3 then

if (!empty($this->product->customfieldsRelatedProducts)) {
   echo $this->loadTemplate('relatedproducts');
    }

is simply wrong - that is VM2 code - there is no default_relatedproducts.php in VM3

use

echo shopFunctionsF::renderVmSubLayout('customfields',array('product'=>$this->product,'position'=>'related_products','class'=> 'product-related-products','customTitle' => true ));

[tryout]

Thanks! I feared it would be.
Now I can see the related products but under every name there is the same sentence: (italian language) "Prototipo personalizzato per i prodotti correlati"
Can I hide ii'
Thanks

[GJC Web Design]

by css if u can target it
empty lang constant if a lang constant

[dslove]

I'm using the below code for related products in my [custom] template, but somehow it's not working for me. Any clues?
I have created a nice tabbed product page with CSS & jQuery, but I'm kinda stuck here...

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<div id="vmptab5" class="vmptab">
<?php
echo shopFunctionsF::renderVmSubLayout('customfields',array('product'=>$this->product,'position'=>'related_products','class'=> 'product-related-products','customTitle' => true ));
?>
</div>