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Hi all,

How can I create a URL structure like the following below?

http://www.mysite.com/art/john/prints
http://www.mysite.com/art/john/canvas

This is the code I have in my “art” template group and the “prints” and “canvas” segments work but when I remove them and only call “john” I get “front page” and another weblog entry and but not john’s entry?!

{exp:weblog:entries limit="1"}
{if segment_2 == ""}Front page{/if}
{if segment_3 == ""}{title} - Bio{/if}
{if segment_3 == "prints"}{title} - Prints information here{/if}
{if segment_3 == "canvas"}{title} - Canvas information here{/if}
{/exp:weblog:entries}

Does that make any sense? I know the code is not finished but I just can’t see what I am missing…

Thanks in advance to anyone able to help me!

Tony

You are working against how EE wants to work with URLs, so the behavior you are seeing is EE’s 404 action (which you can also affect).

Have you read the docs on URL’s?

You can work around it, but will need to build your own links (vs. using linking variables) set dynamic=“off” in your entry tags and then set url_title=”{segment_3}”, etc.

Hi boyink!

Thank you for the quick reply! I am not sure if this is what you meant but this seems to work for me now:

{if segment_3 == ""}{exp:weblog:entries limit="1" dynamic=“off” url_title=”{segment_3}”}{title} bio{/exp:weblog:entries}{/if}
{if segment_3 == "prints"}{exp:weblog:entries limit="1" dynamic=“off” url_title=”prints”}{title} - prints{/exp:weblog:entries}{/if}
{if segment_3 == "canvas"}{exp:weblog:entries limit="1" dynamic=“off” url_title=”canvas”}{title} - canvas{/exp:weblog:entries}{/if}

Is that the “right” way to work around it?

Thanks again!
Tony

Hi Tony,

I don’t know that there is a ‘right’ way to do things like this. EE is very flexible (as you’ve discovered) so you can pretty much bend it to your will. As Mike says though EE is setup to make certain configurations very easy. There is nothing inherently wrong with using a template as a kind of router (as you’re doing) but you may find this difficult to maintain in the long run and some other functions like search or commenting may be more difficult to work with.

Cheers

Greg

@Mike, thanks for the help.

Hi Greg,

I am still learning EE and there is still loads more to learn 😊 But I guess if it works it’s correct in away.

The reason I wanted to do the links in this way was for more of an SEO benefit than anything else.

Thank you both your help and feedback, much appreciated!
Tony

Yes, thanks Mike.

Tony, sounds like you have a working solution. I’ll close this out but don’t hesitate with further questions!