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Hi!

I have one Template for the main content and another for the side bar. I’d like the side bar Template to know what’s in the main content Template. Is this possible? I imagine it is.

Yep you’re right! One way is to use conditionals in your sidebar template to evaluate the URL segment, something like this:

Say you have a page mysite.com/index.php/news/entry

{if segment_2 == "entry"}
This is an entry page
{/if}

Yep you’re right! One way is to use conditionals in your sidebar template to evaluate the URL segment…

Thanks for the reply, what you’ve suggested was / is my backup plan!

I thought there might have been a smarter way, in which one Template could grab the details of another.

Because of what I’m doing, conditionals will be monumentally messy. I need something that is dynamic, so the side bar Template grabs content automatically, without me creating a long list for it to sift through.

There are a few approaches to making things dynamic but without any detailed info conditionals are nearly always the obvious choice 😊

Can you elaborate a bit on what you want to achieve, code samples are a good start…?

Can you elaborate a bit on what you want to achieve…

I don’t think there’s much else I can say, really. What I’ve explained is all there is to say. I’m just using the Channel tag for both Templates to grab content specific to each.

Look in the User Guide, Embed Variables for the Embedded Template

Look in the User Guide, Embed Variables for the Embedded Template

Hi Paul, since I’m new to this, it’s not easy finding something when you don’t really know how to describe what you’re looking for.

That aside, Sub-Templates looks to be what I need, so thanks!