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business catalyst unable to output webapp description with liquid

I am using liquid to cycle through all the items of a webapp and output the various fields. This works fine but for some reason I cannot output the description field.

The following code is a simplified version of what I am using:

{module_webapps id="26025" collection="tutors" filter="all" template=""}

{% for tutor in tutors.items %}
  {{tutor}}
  {{tutor.name}}
  {{tutor.description}}
  {{tutor.["external website"]}}
{% endfor -%}

The {{tutor}} tag outputs an array of all the fields for the current web app item except the description, so I guess it is unsurprising that {{tutor.description}} also does not work. Why is this?

When using the template layout (which I don't want to do) {tag_description} and {{description}} work as expected.

Does anyone know how can I access the description field when using liquid in this way outside of a template layout?

Solution

  • There's currently an issue with the description field and fields of type Image - they aren't made available for use unless there is some Liquid markup in the standard list template file (at /Layouts/Webapps/WEBAPPNAME/list.html). Adding a comment such as this should resolve it: 

    {% comment %} This is to get the description and image fields to work {% endcomment %}

    This issue is being discussed on the official Adobe Business Catalyst forums: https://forums.adobe.com/ideas/4133