I’m trying to get the related entries tag to work here, as shown below the post here:

http://www.golfblogger.com/index.php/golf/comments/callaway_microfiber_windshirt/

But it only shows the current entry.

I’d like it to show four different entries related to the current topic.

Here’s the code I’m using:

Build:  20070726

Thanks for your help

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OK- let’s see- double check the docs on related entries- many of the parameters you’re trying to use don’t exist in the related entries tag pair.  Further, the tag goes INSIDE a weblog tag- like:

That said- I’m not sure you’re really wanting ‘related entries’- are you wanting to show other entries that are in the same category as the golf shirt?  If so, there’s a new syntax- you use the related categories parameter- like:

That would show 4 entries that are in the same category as the shirt.

Make sense?

Ok, here’s my new code:

It’s now showing only a single entry, of the same title as the original post.

Yes, that would probably be because I SAID to add the related_categories_mode parameter and then for some reason did NOT add it to my example code.  Clearly, I need more caffeine.

Try it like:

Sorry about the goof, jretzer.

Ok. Here’s what I have in there now

Its still showing only the current post.

Hi, jretzer - can we go back a moment to exactly what it is that you wanted to do? In plain English, no code.  Did you actually have related entries, or did you want to show all entries in the same category as the main entry on that page?  Or something else entirely?

I’m trying to get it to show four other posts from the same category or categories, selected at random.

The code I started with I just took from another EE site I have where it works fine. But that install is older—I haven’t upgraded it in a while ... so perhaps that code doesn’t work any more.

“That code”?  What code is it?  Related categories mode was handled differently in older versions of EE so it is quite possibly you’re using the older way.  But without seeing the code, I’m just guessing.

The code I had in the first post is the code that is currently working on my other blog, and is the code that I copied into my new blog. On the other one, it works, giving me four random entries selected from the associated   categories. But it doesn’t work on GolfBlogger.

Ah yes, sorry about that.  Yes, I think that is older code that was replaced with the use of the weblog entries tag with related_category_mode.  I say “I think” because it’s been well over a year since that change. What version is that site on?

You’ll need to use the correct code for the correct version.

Right. So here’s my new code. And it doesn’t work. All I get is a single link to the current post.

What build of EE are you running?  If you aren’t on the latest?  I’d suggest upgrading, as the code above should currently work.

Here’s the build I’m running:

Build:  20070726