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Currently I am working on a multi authored blog. Each author wants their own single entry page. The only difference between the two pages is the users sidebar and what gets called in the weblog:entries tag. My current thought on the best way to handle this is to have one template. And use the following URL format. Also this page will be used to show just one authors posts. So it will look like they each also have their own blog.

/template_group/Template/Author/URL_Title/

I figure when I call the sidebar I will do

{embed="template_group/{segment_3}sidebar"}

{exp:weblog:entries  weblog="{my_weblog}"  dynamic="off" orderby="date"  username="{segment_3}" url_title="{segment_4}" limit="5" }
<h3>{title}</h3>
<p>{body}<br />
...<br />
{/exp:weblog:entries}

So the only issue I can see is that sometimes Segment_4 will not be in the URL. So now after all of that here is my question. Is this the best way to go? Or is there another method I am not seeing?

That is essentially how I handled it when I set up a site for cabinet members, each which wanted to be able to highlight their posts, to discuss their area of responsibility.  I put the author in segment_4 though to use the default segment_3 handlling for comments etc.

Thanks Lisa for the quick reply. Good to know I am not crazy in my thinking.