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EE 2.4:

{exp:channel:entries channel="performances" 
        sort="asc" 
        limit="5" 
        paginate="both" 
        dynamic="no"
        category="4"
}

In my channel entries tag, I have paginate=“both”.  I’d like the code within my {paginate}{/paginate} tags to show up even if there is only one page available for styling purposes.  Everything works great when there are indeed multiple pages.  Is there some kind of parameter I’m missing?

Pagination code is kind of long but doesn’t contain any conditionals.  The general gist is:

{paginate}
<unrelated html>
  {pagination_links}
    {previous_page}...{/previous_page}
    {page}...{/page}
    {next_page}...{/next_page}
  {/pagination_links}
<unrelated html>
{/paginate}

Hi PhireGuys,

Try the following:

{exp:channel:entries channel="performances" sort="asc" limit="5" paginate="both" dynamic="no" category="4"}  

...some EE and html code here

{paginate}
{if next_page || previous_page}
<unrelated html>
  {pagination_links}
    {previous_page}...{/previous_page}
    {page}...{/page}
    {next_page}...{/next_page}
  {/pagination_links}
<unrelated html>
{if:else}

...put your custom no pagination html here

{/if}
{/paginate}

{/exp:channel:entries}

The if statement in the pagination tag checks to see if we can go next or previous which will be true if we have pagination and displays the pagination buttons as usual. But if we can’t go next or previous that means it’s a short list and displays your custom pagination in the else. Put your custom html in the else above and you should be able to display pagination even when you don’t have enough entries. I hope that helps.

Mike

Hi PhireGuys,

Mike’s suggestion is spot on, thanks Mike!

Let me know if you need alternatives!

Cheers,