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Hi,

I’ve modified an EE install to add an entry date to its urls. However, some things have stopped working on my single entry pages:

- the total_comments variable always equals to 0.
- my tell-a-friend form won’t show up any more (it should be rendered in the sidebar directly under the social icons).

Live links:

http://klanten.taggetig.be/toasted/forty_sixty_tees/ (works just fine)
http://klanten.taggetig.be/toasted/2009/05/20/forty_sixty_tees/ (breaks total_comments & tell-a-friend)

My guess is all this is caused by the fact that using the date segments makes EE render the page like a category page. I tried countering this with some dynamic=“off” & url_title=”{segment_4}” parameters but no luck.

Are there any options left or do I have no other choice than to ditch the date segments?

edit: double post, please remove

Untested, but try {segment_5} instead.

no changes I’m afraid Sue

probably should have mentioned EE is running in the ‘toasted’ subdir.

Hmmm… have you considered using the Pages module for this?

What are the advantages in this case? I know how the Pages module works but have I have zero experience using it.

You’d create a template for your single entries, and use that.

http://eehowto.com/2009/05/20/free-or-trial-versions

I did just that.. /2009/05/20/free-or-trial-versions is what I set the page to be.

NOTE: I’m removing index.php via .htaccess.

Sure, it takes an additional minute to set this up, but it works well.

Ah I see, all segments, including the dates, would have to be added manually. That seems a little to much effort for my client so I’ll stick to the date-less urls. Thanks Sue.

Works for me. 😊 Don’t hesitate to post again as needed.