# Help creating extra view mode - template

**URL:** <https://tainacan.discourse.group/t/help-creating-extra-view-mode-template/1752>\
**Category:** Suporte\
**Created:** [Janeiro 31, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://tainacan.discourse.group/t/help-creating-extra-view-mode-template/1752 "2024-01-31T15:33:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![mateus.m.luna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/tainacan.discourse.group/mateus.m.luna/32/3_2.png) [@mateus.m.luna](https://tainacan.discourse.group/u/mateus.m.luna)\
**Post date:** [Fevereiro 5, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://tainacan.discourse.group/t/help-creating-extra-view-mode-template/1752/21 "2024-02-05T14:12:17Z")

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uhmm… will take a look later this week. But now that I understand what you are building I can help better. The next few days I’m participating on an event, will be harder to answer.

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**Author:** ![argeifontesfunes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@argeifontesfunes](https://tainacan.discourse.group/u/argeifontesfunes)\
**Post date:** [Fevereiro 5, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://tainacan.discourse.group/t/help-creating-extra-view-mode-template/1752/22 "2024-02-05T16:18:09Z")

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I hope you can relax during the conference. In case you see this message before leaving, I know now how to pass the id of an element to the tainacan\_the\_metadata function. I would like to use slugs. I can see something related to slugs in the source code of an element page. It is something like this: metadata-slug-tipo-de-documento-2. Do I use the whole text or only the tipo-de-documento-2 string? Do I enclose it in single quotations?

Best regards,

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                    Pedro

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**Author:** ![mateus.m.luna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/tainacan.discourse.group/mateus.m.luna/32/3_2.png) [@mateus.m.luna](https://tainacan.discourse.group/u/mateus.m.luna)\
**Post date:** [Fevereiro 5, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://tainacan.discourse.group/t/help-creating-extra-view-mode-template/1752/23 "2024-02-05T23:57:53Z")

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If you pass the slug of a metadata as an argument like this:

```php
tainacan_the_metadata( array(
    'my-metadata'
));

```

It is an alternative for passing the ID or the metadata object.

It should fetch the “My Metadata” metadata. What you may be a bit confused by is that the default value for the `before` attribute (`<div class="metadata-type-$type">`) makes that the HTML wrapper of the returned metadata contains a class that is in fact the slug of the metadata prepended by `metadata-type-`.

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**Author:** ![mateus.m.luna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/tainacan.discourse.group/mateus.m.luna/32/3_2.png) [@mateus.m.luna](https://tainacan.discourse.group/u/mateus.m.luna)\
**Post date:** [Fevereiro 8, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://tainacan.discourse.group/t/help-creating-extra-view-mode-template/1752/24 "2024-02-08T14:29:06Z")

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Tried this code and it is “working”. The regex however may not be returning the desired result, but when I do return the output it seems fine. What exactly are you looking for here? Because if you just want to get rid of the `<h4>` wrapper (render just the metadata content) you can simply pass:

```php
  tainacan_the_metadata(array(
        'metadata__in' => array($metadata_id),
        'exclude_title' => true,
        'before_title' => '<span hidden>',
        'after_title' => '</span>',
        'before_value' => '',
        'after_value' => ''
    ));

```

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**Author:** ![argeifontesfunes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@argeifontesfunes](https://tainacan.discourse.group/u/argeifontesfunes)\
**Post date:** [Fevereiro 8, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://tainacan.discourse.group/t/help-creating-extra-view-mode-template/1752/25 "2024-02-08T17:35:49Z")

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Dear Mateus:

I am using the ‘exclude\_title’ option, but I am not able to get only the metadatum value. That is why I had to add the `<h4>` so that I can look for it in the regex.

I have an alpha version of the template view. If you have a moment, you can try it here:

> **[Funes • Documentos](https://funesfrpre.uniandes.edu.co/funes-documentos/?order=DESC&view_mode=referencias&perpage=96&paged=1&fetch_only_meta=&orderby=title&fetch_only=thumbnail%2Ccreation_date%2Ctitle%2Cdescription)**
>
> Documentos en Educación Matemática

The view is called “Referencias”.

I am attaching the current version of the plugin. I know that it is not efficient, but it is working. Beside the getting the metadatum value problem, I was not able to get several metadata values into variables in one unique call of the tainacan\_the\_metadata function. That is why the plugin calls that function several times. I will be very interested in your comments.

Best regards,

```
                    Pedro 

```

[tainacan-lista-de-referencias.zip](https://tainacan.discourse.group/uploads/short-url/bHgQrC43jYvpF2eTwLryBTFqIIl.zip) (11.0 KB)

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**Author:** ![mateus.m.luna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/tainacan.discourse.group/mateus.m.luna/32/3_2.png) [@mateus.m.luna](https://tainacan.discourse.group/u/mateus.m.luna)\
**Post date:** [Fevereiro 9, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://tainacan.discourse.group/t/help-creating-extra-view-mode-template/1752/26 "2024-02-09T13:51:59Z")

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The `exclude_title` is there for avoid fetching the Core Title metadatum. It does not hide the metadatum label, this you can achieve with the `before_title => '<span style="display: none;">'`.

Will take a look at the link and file later, ok?

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**Author:** ![argeifontesfunes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@argeifontesfunes](https://tainacan.discourse.group/u/argeifontesfunes)\
**Post date:** [Fevereiro 9, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://tainacan.discourse.group/t/help-creating-extra-view-mode-template/1752/27 "2024-02-09T21:13:59Z")

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Dear Mateus:

Thank you for the tip for getting the metadatum value. It works, but I have not been able of striping the linefeeds before and after the value. I have tried ‘’ and ‘’ in the before-value and after-value, and the trim function but it did not work.

Best regards,

```
                    Pedro

```

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**Author:** ![argeifontesfunes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@argeifontesfunes](https://tainacan.discourse.group/u/argeifontesfunes)\
**Post date:** [Fevereiro 9, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://tainacan.discourse.group/t/help-creating-extra-view-mode-template/1752/28 "2024-02-09T21:46:58Z")

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I have solved the linefeeds problem. I needed the strip\_tags function.

I can get rid of the regex in the previous code.

Best regards,

```
                    Pedro

```

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**Author:** ![mateus.m.luna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/tainacan.discourse.group/mateus.m.luna/32/3_2.png) [@mateus.m.luna](https://tainacan.discourse.group/u/mateus.m.luna)\
**Post date:** [Fevereiro 12, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://tainacan.discourse.group/t/help-creating-extra-view-mode-template/1752/29 "2024-02-12T13:26:07Z")

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I’m glad you did it @argeifontesfunes! Can you share you with me the latest version of your code so I can take a look and see if I can give any other suggestion?

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**Author:** ![argeifontesfunes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@argeifontesfunes](https://tainacan.discourse.group/u/argeifontesfunes)\
**Post date:** [Fevereiro 12, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://tainacan.discourse.group/t/help-creating-extra-view-mode-template/1752/30 "2024-02-12T19:07:16Z")

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Hi Mateus:

At the end, I was not able to use your suggestion, because I need to get the bare metadatum value. With your suggestion, I get a “div” code, even though the page displays only the value. So I kept the “h4” strategy before and after the value so that I can look for the value with the regex. I am attaching the latest version of the plugin.

I have started with my next project: It aims at including in the items’ list links with which the user can download citation RIS file, and an APA reference RTF file for each item. For that purpose, I want to write a script that will generate those files in the server every night for the newly published items. For doing that, I want to call the tainacan\_the\_metadata function outside the loop. I haven’t been able to. My best try gives me the “no script kiddies, please” message. Could you tell me how I can do that?

Best regards,

```
                    Pedro 

```

[tainacan-lista-de-referencias.zip](https://tainacan.discourse.group/uploads/short-url/uQ7tnFieoSmtqgIBZ8KhM8eZUGr.zip) (11.3 KB)

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**Post date:** [Fevereiro 17, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://tainacan.discourse.group/t/help-creating-extra-view-mode-template/1752/31 "2024-02-17T19:07:23Z")

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