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Ticket: short template tag for a file field has stopped working (outputs a blank path)?

Status Resolved
Add-on / Version Bloqs 5.0.10
Severity
EE Version 7.3.8

Rick Harrison

Jul 28, 2023

Hello
We have a bloq that has a ‘file’ field type in it called ‘icon’, we’ve just upgraded to the latest EE and bloqs and noticed the icon images now weren’t appearing on the website front end. In the template we had :

{bloq_name}
   <img src="{icon}" ... />
{/bloq_name}

the file field short-tag ( {icon} ) has seemingly started outputting empty string for the file path (was working okay in the previous version we had installed of Bloqs/5.0.6 and EE/7.2.10)

We’ve worked around it by substituting to {icon}{url}{/icon} for now instead

Kind regards,
Rick.

 

#1

BoldMinded (Brian)

Jul 28, 2023

Take a look at this thread: https://boldminded.com/support/ticket/2702

#2

BoldMinded (Brian)

Jul 28, 2023

I also updated the docs with examples https://docs.boldminded.com/bloqs/docs/template-tags

#3

Rick Harrison

Jul 28, 2023

@Brian
Fair enough if it’s EE causing it - cheers for replying so quickly!
I might raise a new bug report with ExpressionEngine for it given they closed yours saying they couldn’t replicate it - we mostly use the file tag pair, but obviously we’ll need to do a full audit of all the templates for all our client websites to make doubly sure theres no stray single-tag uses, unless EE fix it (given the EE docs still give the example of short-tags)

Cheers!
Rick.

#4

Rick Harrison

Jul 28, 2023

Actually, i’ve just tried adding a test file field to a channel (outside of bloqs) and referenced it in a template, and it seems to work okay via that route, so it only appears to be failing within a bloq for me?

Ie i just added this to the homepage template and added a “test_file” field to the homepage channel, and outputted the image url correctly?

{exp:channel:entries id="1"}
{test_file}
{/exp:channel:entries}
#5

BoldMinded (Brian)

Jul 28, 2023

You’ll want to compare Bloqs to Grid, not a standalone File field in a channel.

#6

BoldMinded (Brian)

Jul 28, 2023

I actually just tested this again locally and it appears to be working fine now. Bloqs 5.0.10 and EE 7.3.8.

#7

Rick Harrison

Jul 28, 2023

Ah okay, if i get a little time over the weekend i’ll try comparing a grid field to see if there’s a difference (if not, on monday) .
I’m also running ee7.3.8 with bloqs5.0.10 confusingly.
I tried a simplified template of :

{exp:channel:entries id="10" dynamic="no"}
{bloqs}
{icon_nav}
Test: |{testy_image}| vs |{testy_image}{url}{/testy_image}| .
{/icon_nav}
{/bloqs}
{/exp:channel:entries}

and still got blank for the single-tag version and the path for the tag pair 😕

Leave with me and i’ll try a fresh EE site install when i get chance and see if i can narrow it down or make it replicable.

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