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Hi!

I am displaying multiple draft-entries in which basically coming from different channels. Is there a way that I can generate the live-look template link like {live-look-link}? Check the code below and thanks in advance.

{exp:channel:entries status="draft"}
 <tr>
  <td>{entry_date format="%d.%m.%Y"}</td>
  <td><a href="http://{blive_look/b}">{title}</a></td>
  <td>{channel}</td>
 </tr>    
{/exp:channel:entries}

best regards,
James

Hi James,

I think in this context, you would just need to use the standard path variable to set the template you want to use. No need for a special tag. Check this:

{exp:channel:entries status="draft"}
 <tr>
  <td>{entry_date format="%d.%m.%Y"}</td>
  <td><a href="http://{path=private/live-look}">{title}</a></td>
  <td>{channel}</td>
 </tr>    
{/exp:channel:entries}

In that, you would have a “private” template group and a template named “live-look”.

Cheers,

Thanks Dan!

Sorry for the late reply..
But what if I am generating lists from different template groups?

best regards,
James

Hi James,

You could build the template group based on a URL segment:

<a href="http://domain.dev/private/other-template-group">http://domain.dev/private/other-template-group</a>

And the template would be modified like this:

{exp:channel:entries status="draft"}
 <tr>
  <td>{entry_date format="%d.%m.%Y"}</td>
  <td><a href="http://{path={segment_2}/live-look}">{title}</a></td>
  <td>{channel}</td>
 </tr>    
{/exp:channel:entries}

This would be the index template of the private group. With that, you can look in segment 2 for the template group you want to list.

What do you think?

Cheers,

Thanks Dan but the I came to a solution using {channel_url} tag whereas every channel have their own default template groups. By executing channel_url tag, then I were able to get the template group.

Here is the solution. Just in case someone might need it too.

{exp:channel:entries status="draft"}
 <tr>
  <td>{entry_date format="%d.%m.%Y"}</td>
  <td><a href="http://{channel_url}/live-look/{url_title}">{title}</a></td>
  <td>{channel}</td>
 </tr>    
{/exp:channel:entries}

Best regards

Hey James.Lex,

I am glad to see that you found a solution. Nice work!

If you need anything else, please just let me know by opening a new thread.

Cheers,