How to use Advanced Custom Fields with YooTheme Pro Dynamic Content

Advanced Custom Fields is compatible with YooTheme Pro Dynamic Content allowing you to use any ACF custom field with your YooTheme Elements. Whether you have a Gallery, Image, or Map elements on your YooTheme pages, you can utilize Dynamic Content to get the value directly from your ACF custom fields.

YooTheme Pro Dynamic Content support is currently available in the latest development release.

Examples

Below we will see a few examples on how you'd use ACF fields in YooTheme elements that accept both a single content source and a multiple item source.

Example #1: ACF - OpenStreetMap

Let's see an example of how you'd use the "ACF - OpenStreetMap" custom field with the "Map" YooTheme element.

Assuming you have created an "ACF - OpenStreetMap" custom field, and have set a value in a Joomla article, you can then edit the article, add the Map element to the page and follow the steps listed below to use the "ACF - OpenStreetMap" custom field value in the element:

Add a Map element to your page
Click "Add Item" > Advanced
Under "Dynamic Content" select Page > "Article"
Then click back to the "Content" tab and click on LOCATION > "Dynamic"
Select your "ACF - OpenStreetMap" custom field

ACF OpenStreetMap YooTheme Content Source Selection

That's it! Your YooTheme Map element should now display the map as selected under the "ACF - OpenStreetMap" custom field.

Example #2: ACF - Gallery

Let's see an example of how you'd use the "ACF - Gallery" custom field with the "Gallery" YooTheme element.

Assuming you have created an "ACF - Gallery" custom field, and have set a value in a Joomla article, you can then edit the article, add the Map element to the page and follow the steps listed below to use the "ACF - Gallery" custom field value in the element: