Hi all,

Sorry if this has been answered before, but I am not able to find it neither here or the documentation.

Is there a way to get the “weblog_id” variable outside an “exp:weblog:entries” call? Like a global?

I have multiple weblogs and I use the same templates for all of them. I need to know the id of the weblog I am, so I can use conditionals to modify the presentation.

For example, to highlight the weblog I am in the menu:

Thanks for your help.

Is there nothing unique about the URL that allows you to know which weblog you are “in”?  Generally you would handle something like this with URL segments, or many will even use separate template groups for each weblog, so they have a firm and definite structure to the site.

Thanks for your reply Derek.

If we use different template groups for each weblog, the URL would contain the template group name in it. In this case, which global would tell me the template group am I “in”? Or is there another method to achieve the same goal?

There’s no need to use different templates if you don’t want to.  I generally pass the weblog shortname in the second segment of the url- pull that out to specify my weblog parameter- and you could use it for active state as well.

If you ARE using different templates for each- you could just use a global at the top and hard code it, which is what I’d do.

Make sense?

You could then use {segment_1}.  Or if you are clever and name your template groups identically to your weblog short name, all manner of nifty things can be done.  I know this is the approach that Lisa uses.  There’s not really a right or wrong way to do things—though some may be simpler or afford greater possibilities.

Robin,

If you ARE using different templates for each- you could just use a global at the top and hard code it, which is what I’d do.

That sounds interesting. You mean hard code it with PHP code? I’ve been using EE for a week and I am still understanding how it works. Could you please give me an example?

Derek, thanks! That did the trick. Indeed, with the “segment” global variable (why isn’t it in the quick reference?) we can do all the presentation tricks we need.

I will also try Robin’s suggestion, it is always nice to have more than one option to do things.