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EE within if:elseif - what am I doing wrong?

April 12, 2011 2:23pm

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  • #1 / Apr 12, 2011 2:23pm

    jeremyvaught

    7 posts

    I have this code in a pages module page template:

    {if segment_1 == 'admissions'}
        {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="128" limit="1" cache="no"}
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'academics'}
        {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="129" limit="1" cache="no"}
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'faculty'}
        {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="130" limit="1" cache="no"}
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'lifeatacu'}
        {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="133" limit="1" cache="no"}
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'about'}
        {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="134" limit="1" cache="no"}
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'athletics'}
        {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="142" limit="1" cache="no"}
    {/if}

    But it always give the first entry. My first try was:

    {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" 
    {if segment_1 == 'admissions'}
         entry_id="128" 
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'academics'}
         entry_id="129" 
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'faculty'}
         entry_id="130" 
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'lifeatacu'}
         entry_id="133"
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'about'}
         entry_id="134" 
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'athletics'}
         entry_id="142" 
    {/if}
 limit="1" cache="no"}

    And it always returns the last entry.

    The other part of it is that I can run the latter If statement independent of the channel:entried before and after the code in question and the results are correct, just not where it counts.

    Clearly I’m doing something wrong but I can’t figure out what.

    For what it’s worth, here is the entire page (including extra if statements to test:

    Begin IF
<!-- for test purposes -->
    {if segment_1 == 'admissions'}
         entry_id="128" 
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'academics'}
         entry_id="129" 
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'faculty'}
         entry_id="130" 
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'lifeatacu'}
         entry_id="133"
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'about'}
         entry_id="134" 
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'athletics'}
         entry_id="142" 
    {/if}

End IF


    {if segment_1 == 'admissions'}
        {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="128" limit="1" cache="no"}
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'academics'}
        {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="129" limit="1" cache="no"}
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'faculty'}
        {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="130" limit="1" cache="no"}
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'lifeatacu'}
        {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="133" limit="1" cache="no"}
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'about'}
        {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="134" limit="1" cache="no"}
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'athletics'}
        {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="142" limit="1" cache="no"}
    {/if}

<nav class="grid_5">
<h2 class="subnav-header">{title}</h2>
    <ul class="subnav">
        {lp_subnavigation}<!-- this is a matrix loop -->
        <a href="http://{link}class=subnav-button"><li>{title}</li></a>
        {/lp_subnavigation}
    </ul>
</nav>
<!-- for test purposes -->
channel = {channel}

segment_1 = {segment_1}

entry_id = {entry_id}



Begin IF

    {if segment_1 == 'admissions'}
         entry_id="128" 
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'academics'}
         entry_id="129" 
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'faculty'}
         entry_id="130" 
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'lifeatacu'}
         entry_id="133"
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'about'}
         entry_id="134" 
    {if:elseif segment_1 == 'athletics'}
         entry_id="142" 
    {/if}

End IF
{/exp:channel:entries}

    Bottom line what I need is there are pages, so example.com/faculty the code works great. But at example.com/faculty/nextlevel I’m trying to get the nav to act like if it was back one level.

  • #2 / Apr 12, 2011 5:26pm

    jeremyvaught

    7 posts

    All right, it’s a HORRIBLE solution, but it’s all I can get to work. There HAS to be a better way to do this…

    What is the opposite of DRY?

    {if segment_1 == 'admissions'}
    {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="128"  limit="1" cache="no"}
        <nav class="grid_5">
            <h2 class="subnav-header">{title}</h2>
            <ul class="subnav">
                {lp_subnavigation}
                    <a href="http://{link}class=subnav-button"><li>{title}</li></a>
                {/lp_subnavigation}
            </ul>
        </nav>
    {/exp:channel:entries}
{if:elseif segment_1 == 'academics'}
    {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="129"  limit="1" cache="no"}
        <nav class="grid_5">
            <h2 class="subnav-header">{title}</h2>
            <ul class="subnav">
                {lp_subnavigation}
                    <a href="http://{link}class=subnav-button"><li>{title}</li></a>
                {/lp_subnavigation}
            </ul>
        </nav>
    {/exp:channel:entries}
{if:elseif segment_1 == 'faculty'}
    {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="130"  limit="1" cache="no"}
        <nav class="grid_5">
            <h2 class="subnav-header">{title}</h2>
            <ul class="subnav">
                {lp_subnavigation}
                    <a href="http://{link}class=subnav-button"><li>{title}</li></a>
                {/lp_subnavigation}
            </ul>
        </nav>
    {/exp:channel:entries}
{if:elseif segment_1 == 'lifeatacu'}
    {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="133" limit="1" cache="no"}
        <nav class="grid_5">
            <h2 class="subnav-header">{title}</h2>
            <ul class="subnav">
                {lp_subnavigation}
                    <a href="http://{link}class=subnav-button"><li>{title}</li></a>
                {/lp_subnavigation}
            </ul>
        </nav>
    {/exp:channel:entries}
{if:elseif segment_1 == 'athletics'}
    {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="142"  limit="1" cache="no"}
        <nav class="grid_5">
            <h2 class="subnav-header">{title}</h2>
            <ul class="subnav">
                {lp_subnavigation}
                    <a href="http://{link}class=subnav-button"><li>{title}</li></a>
                {/lp_subnavigation}
            </ul>
        </nav>
    {/exp:channel:entries}
{if:elseif segment_1 == 'about'}
    {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="134"  limit="1" cache="no"}
        <nav class="grid_5">
            <h2 class="subnav-header">{title}</h2>
            <ul class="subnav">
                {lp_subnavigation}
                    <a href="http://{link}class=subnav-button"><li>{title}</li></a>
                {/lp_subnavigation}
            </ul>
        </nav>
    {/exp:channel:entries}
{/if}

  • #3 / Apr 13, 2011 12:22am

    Cheif

    626 posts

    I dont know why ur using hard coded ID’s because that is going to cause a world of hurt at some stage, but try using an embed:

    {if segment_1 =="XXX"}
{embed="templategroup/template" theID="123"}
{if:elseif segment_1 =="YYY"}
{embed="templategroup/template" theID="124"}
//continue
{/if}

//Embed template
{exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" entry_id="{embed:theID}" limit="1" cache="no"}
<nav class="grid_5">
        <h2 class="subnav-header">{title}</h2>
        <ul class="subnav">
            {lp_subnavigation}
               <a href="http://{link}class=subnav-button"><li>{title}</li></a>
            {/lp_subnavigation}
        </ul>
    </nav>
{/exp:channel:entries}

  • #4 / Apr 13, 2011 6:45am

    John Henry Donovan

    12339 posts

    Excellent Cheif 😊

    Does that help you jeremy?

  • #5 / Apr 18, 2011 11:03pm

    Hop Studios

    481 posts

    You can also try using simple IF statements:

    {exp:channel:entries dynamic="no" channel="landing-page" 
    {if segment_1 == 'admissions'}
         entry_id="128" 
    {/if}
    {if segment_1 == 'academics'}
         entry_id="129" 
    {/if}
    {if segment_1 == 'faculty'}
         entry_id="130" 
    {/if}
    {if segment_1 == 'lifeatacu'}
         entry_id="133"
    {/if}
    {if segment_1 == 'about'}
         entry_id="134" 
    {/if}
    {if segment_1 == 'athletics'}
         entry_id="142" 
    {/if}
 limit="1" cache="no"}

  • #6 / Apr 19, 2011 4:03pm

    Brandon Jones

    5500 posts

    Thanks Hop Studios.

    How are you coming along with this, jeremyvaught?

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