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Hi, i use embed:foobar and then modify the template if needed to add/remove something.
But i was wondering is there a more simple way to handle all, cos i have 2-4 actual templates that i embed into sidebar of my sites pages, some has 2 some 4.

cheers
-pete

If I have a sidebar that could have 3 or 4 different blocks depending what pages it’s being displayed on, I’ll often use one embed and inside it add a conditional or two depending what I want to show. Other times however I will embed 2 or 3 templates - it really depends on the needs of the site, what’s easiest to manage, and of course what is most efficient.

can you give some simple example how you would do that? thanks.

Ok, call a single embed…

{embed='inc/.sidebar'}

Then in the .sidebar template

<aside id="sidebar">

{!-- only show on the home page --}
{if segment_1 == ""}
Hello and welcome to my home page
{/if}

{!-- show categories always, no conditional --}
<h2>Categories</h2>
<p>{exp:channel:categories channel="blog"}<br />
<a href="http://{path=blog/index}">{category_name}</a><br />
{/exp:channel:categories}</p>

<p>{!-- only show recent posts if not in the blog section --}<br />
{if segment_1 != "blog"}</p><h2>Recent posts</h2>
<p><ul><br />
{exp:channel:entries channel="blog" dynamic="off" limit="5"}<br />
<li><a href="http://{url_title_path=blog/story}">{title}</a></li><br />
{/exp:channel:entries}</ul><br />
{/if}</p>

<p></aside>

Does that give you an idea Pete?