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Is there any reason why this conditional wouldn’t work?  I can only get the affirmative portion to work (Do A).  The conditional does not work for entries that are not category 15 or 17 (Do B).

{exp:channel:entries limit="1" channel="items_of_interest" status="open|hidden"}
    {categories}
        {if category_id == "15" OR category_id == "17"}
            Do A   
        {if:else}
            Do B
        {/if}
    {/categories}
{/exp:channel:entries}

Hi, Geoff - that should work.  If you cut back to only testing for one category ID - does that work?  I just want to simplify it to see where it’s failing.

Also, are the entries in more than one category? Say a parent and child?

Thanks!

Hi Lisa,

I think I maybe figured out why it is working the way it is, but I’m not sure how to fix it.  I think the way I wrote the condition, it assumed there are three categories, when in fact there are only two (15 and 17).  My assumption was that if:else would show anything in that channel that did not have a category.

Does that sound like it could be the problem, and if so, any tips on a better way to achieve what I want?  Thanks.

Geoff,

it assumed there are three categories, when in fact there are only two (15 and 17).  My assumption was that if:else would show anything in that channel that did not have a category.

Yeah that might be your issue. Your condition is inside the entries loop so will treat each entry it comes across with your condition which is not the gist of what you wanted to achieve I gather. You could always do something like this

{exp:channel:entries limit="1" channel="items_of_interest" status="open|hidden" category="15|17"}
            Do A   
{/exp:channel:entries}  

{exp:channel:entries limit="1" channel="items_of_interest" status="open|hidden" category="not 15|17"}
            Do B
{/exp:channel:entries}

John,

Your solution works.  Thanks!

Geoff

Glad John Henry helped, Geoff!