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Low Variables - displaying an entry based on a LV drop-down

Jim Riley 21 Jul 2012 09:01 question, complete

Just getting to grips with LV here and combining with Low Events

I've created a dedicated events channel

One channel field - {event_venue} - is selected in the channel entry from a drop-down list linked to a Low Variables group called "Venue Details".

the Venue Details items show up nicely in the channel entry form and it is easy to pick one:



However, I'm not sure I've got the code right to display the LV variable in the entry page: displaying like this:



using this code:

any thoughts on what i'm getting wrong?

Jim

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  1. Low 21 Jul 2012 09:34

    Hi Jim,

    By default, the LV fieldtype will return the variable name only. To return the variable (which will get replaced by the template parser later), use the {my_channel_field:var} syntax.

    http://gotolow.com/addons/low-variabl...