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This is how the URL ends:

index.php/pfc/individual/1312/

But it displays two entries.  Yes, there is a template called “individual”.  This is the code it uses:

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="{master_weblog_name}" show_pages="no"}

I thought EE interpreted the URL so that it only produced the one entry.  Am I wrong?

Can you post the rest of your template code, so we can see the output you’re going for?

Also, as a general rule, I would always add the limit parameter with a value of 1 (limit=“1”) to this page even thought it’s an individual entry page. If someone comes to your site on a incorrect URL like http://example.com/index.php/pfc/individual/foo EE will display every entry it has. For large sites with a lot of entries this can be a serious performance issue.

Here’s the code:

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="{master_weblog_name}" show_pages="no"}

<div class="entry">
<a href="http://{link}">{title}</a>

<b>{publicationauthor}, {publication}, {publicationdate format='%d %F %Y'}</b>

{comment}

<div class="rubric">
Filed in: 
{categories backspace="8"}

{category_image} <a href="http://{path=pfc/index}">{category_name}</a> •

{/categories}


Filed on: {entry_date format='%d %F %Y'} • <a href="http://{permalink=">Comment({comment_total})</a></div>
</div><!--entry-->

{/exp:weblog:entries}

What if you try:

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="{master_weblog_name}" show_pages="no" limit="1"}

Yup, that works fine and, indeed, is the workaround I am currently using.

It’s just that I’d rather not have to use the workaround.

But it isn’t a workaround. It’s the way you do a single entry page. 😊 There’s a difference.

Out of curiosity, if you remove

show_pages="no"

does it restrict to a single entry as expected?

This is what the documentation says:

http://www.example.com/index.php/blog/comments/147/

This URL tells EE to display the weblog entry number 147 using the “comments” Template in the “blog” Template Group. So, EE knows what to display and where/how to display it.

I read that as EE picking up 147 (in this example) and nothing else.

Lisa,  removing show_pages=“no” doesn’t seem to make any difference.

I should point out that I am now using limit=1 and that’s working fine.  I thought you could get the same template to alternate between displaying single and multiple entries solely by altering the URL.  If that’s not how EE is supposed to work, fine.  If it is, and I can’t get it to work that way, well, that’s fine too because it’s not, in the great scheme of things, terribly important.

It should work that way, childton.  Can you tell us your URL (the part after index.php) and what each part means? For instance, in that example:

blog = template group
comments = template name
147 = entry id

or even the full link to the page would be great?

Also, I would encourage you to create a totally blank template, and place this in it:

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="default_site" limit="10"}
{title}

{/exp:weblog:entries}

view rendered template - that should show the last 10 entries.  Then append an existing entry id or url_title, and it should show only that entry; you can read more about that in The Importance of Semantics.

Well, I never.  I tried your experiment and it worked fine.  I think I can take things from here.

Good to know, do post back if you need more help working through this. =)