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Having a small issue with some conditionals on a weblog entry.

Essentially I have a series of entries in a weblog and the client has asked that certain ones appear on certain pages. I have therefore created the following:

{if segment_1 == ""}
    {assign_variable:entryid="53"}
{if:elseif segment_1 == "about"}
    {assign_variable:entryid="99"}
{if:elseif segment_1 == "whatwedo"}
    {assign_variable:entryid="71"}
{if:elseif segment_1 == "venues"}
    {assign_variable:entryid="103"}
{if:elseif segment_1 == "wowfactors"}
    {assign_variable:entryid="98"}
{if:elseif segment_1 == "news"}
    {assign_variable:entryid="107"}
{if:elseif segment_1 == "contact"}
    {assign_variable:entryid="53"}
{/if}
                
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="whatwedo" entry_id="{entryid}" disable="member_data|pagination|trackbacks|categories|category_fields" limit="1"}
......
{/exp:weblog:entries}

However, whatever page I’m on - the value of entryid always seems to be 53.

Alternatively, I’ve tried unsucessfully to try it as follows :

{exp:weblog:entries 
    weblog="whatwedo" 
    limit="1" 
    dynamic="off" 
    disable="member_data|pagination|trackbacks|categories|category_fields"
                        
{if segment_1 == ""}
    entry_id="53"
{if:elseif segment_1 == "about"}
    entry_id="99"
{if:elseif segment_1 == "whatwedo"}
    entry_id="71"
{if:elseif segment_1 == "venues"}
    entry_id="103"
{if:elseif segment_1 == "wowfactors"}
    entry_id="98"
{if:elseif segment_1 == "news"}
    entry_id="107"
{if:elseif segment_1 == "contact"}
    entry_id="53"
{/if}
                        
}

...

{/exp:weblog:entries}

I don’t really want to have to repeat my {exp:weblog:entries} and HTML for *every* if statement - I’m sure I’ve done it like this similar in the past, but can’t for the life of me remember….

Cheers!

C.

1st example should work without need for weblog tag.
What is the actual URL structure?
site.com/index.php/segment_1/segment_2/segment_3 is the approach.

yup - it’s http://www.site.com/about/ for example…

I thought it *should* work as well, but I’m not understanding why it doesn’t…. debug doesn’t give me anything useful to go on :(

It shouldn’t work, see the docs on assign variable:

Variable assignment and replacement occurs instantly when the template is loaded and may not be affected by the result of another tag’s output.

ahhh balls :(

So whats the recommended way of doing it - loading the entire block of code based on the slug entry? PHP?

Why not make Pages of those?  Then their URI will be in segment 1 natively.

yes, I had thought of that - however, if I hadn’t already created the articles/content and the client been trained on how to use the system, thats probably what I’d be doing :/

You can add Pages URIs so the existing content by clicking on the Pages tab.  It’s just one more step to add to the client’s workflow, so shouldn’t be that hard to train…

How about some PHP on input?

<?php
global $IN;

switch($IN->fetch_uri_segment(1))
{
    case 'about':
        $entry_id = 99;
        break;
    default:
        $entry_id = 53;
}
?>
{exp:weblog:entries entry_id="<?php echo $entry_id; ?>"}

Also, I think your second example might work if you converted your advanced conditionals to simple:

{if segment_1 == ""}
    entry_id="53"
{/if}
{if segment_1 == "about"}
    entry_id="99"
{/if}
{if segment_1 == "whatwedo"}
    entry_id="71"
{/if}

Rob’s code will definitely work but for these “my client wants to control this…” have a look a Low Variables which can be made to parse early so they can be used as parameters in entry tags.
http://loweblog.com/software/low-variables/