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I’d like to change the category shown of a exp:channel:entries tag based on the page it is on.

Something like this:

{exp:channel:entries channel="news" dynamic="no" limit="12" {if segment_1 == "ps3"} category="28" {if:elseif segment_1 == "xbox-360"} category="29" {/if}  paginate="bottom"}

OR:

{if segment_1 == "ps3"}

{exp:channel:entries channel="news" dynamic="no" limit="12" category="28" paginate="bottom"}

{if:elseif segment_1 == "xbox-360"}

{exp:channel:entries channel="news" dynamic="no" limit="12" category="29" paginate="bottom"}

{if:else} 

{exp:channel:entries channel="news" dynamic="no" limit="12" paginate="bottom"}

{/if}

But neither of those are working. I’m new to EE so I’m not sure if they’re correct, but I’m not sure what else I could do. Any suggestions?

Hi kohnt01,

Try the following:

{exp:channel:entries channel="news" dynamic="no" limit="12" category="{if segment_1 == 'ps3'}28{if:elseif segment_1 == 'xbox-360'}29{/if}"  paginate="bottom"}

The reason why your alternate method is not working is because of EE’s parse order. I hope this helps.

Cheers,

Mike

Hi kohnt01,

Try the following:

{exp:channel:entries channel="news" dynamic="no" limit="12" category="{if segment_1 == 'ps3'}28{if:elseif segment_1 == 'xbox-360'}29{/if}"  paginate="bottom"}

The reason why your alternate method is not working is because of EE’s parse order. I hope this helps.

Cheers,

Mike

Thanks for the quick response, but unfortunately it’s just not working.

For some reason when I enter your code it’s not showing the entries at all. I’ve tested the ps3 segment_1 and that’s working fine so the condition itself shouldn’t be the issue.

Any idea?

Does this work:

{exp:channel:entries channel="news" dynamic="no" limit="12" category="{if segment_1 == 'ps3'}28{/if}"  paginate="bottom"}

If so, then change your code to the following:

{exp:channel:entries channel="news" dynamic="no" limit="12" category="{if segment_1 == 'ps3'}28{/if}{if segment_1 == 'xbox-360'}29{/if}"  paginate="bottom"}

Cheers,

Mike

Does this work:

{exp:channel:entries channel="news" dynamic="no" limit="12" category="{if segment_1 == 'ps3'}28{/if}"  paginate="bottom"}

If so, then change your code to the following:

{exp:channel:entries channel="news" dynamic="no" limit="12" category="{if segment_1 == 'ps3'}28{/if}{if segment_1 == 'xbox-360'}29{/if}"  paginate="bottom"}

Cheers,

Mike

It worked, looks like it doesn’t like the elseif condition lol.

Many thanks,

I’m glad that fix it for you. All the best.