I noticed when using the pages module (EE 2.0) that if I tried to add another channel of output to the template that it would not display.  The “page” content would display fine, but the additional channel output would not.  After some research I found that I needed to add dynamic=“no” to the additional channel output (the non-page output).  This works fine - my question is why is this needed?  Wouldn’t it be pretty common to have a “page” that would have “page” content and then show additional channels?  Should I be doing things differently?

Thanks,

Guy

Hi Guy,

No, it sounds as if you are doing things correctly. What you’ve experienced is a fundamental concept in ExpressionEngine; the Channel module’s output will dynamically change based upon what is in the URL unless you disable that with dynamic=“no” as a parameter.

Cheers

Greg

Thanks!  The only place I have seen this is in pages from the pages module does that make sense?  When I have made an unattached template (not a page) it seems this isn’t necessary?

Guy

Hi Guy,

That would be correct unless you wish to output data from a channel:entries tag in places (like a sidebar) that is not dependent on the URL.

Cheers

Greg