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Ok, lets see if I can explain this.

I’m trying to set a template, i.e. blog, to act as a single entry page so I can use the prev_entry and next_entry tags to move between posts.

In other words, I have the blog template created and it pulls the latest entry just fine. However, when the template is called directly, the URL is /blog/, not /blog/post_title as a single entry page would be. Since this is not treated as a single entry page, the prev_entry and next_entry tags do not work. I am trying to figure out a conditional or some other way of forcing this. Maybe even a redirect. No dice yet.

I am not looking to actually display the URL as /blog/post_title - just to act like it - although that would work if there was a way to do it.

I’ve tried using pagination but that throws me into the loop of /blog/p1, /blog/p2 and so on .. not what I’m looking for.

This is not an issue linking to the blog template from another template since I can set the link to include the title and the prev_entry/next_entry tags work as expected. Its just that first time if someone calls the blog template directly that I’m stumbling on.

I would think has to be some kinda voodoo that will get this working. Any ideas?

Duh, got it. Must have been a long night.

{if segment_2 ==''}
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="blog" orderby="date" limit="1"}
{redirect='/blog/{title}'}
{/exp:weblog:entries}

{if:else}

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="blog" orderby="date" sort="desc" limit="1"}
<strong>{title}</strong>
{summary}
{body}
{/exp:weblog:entries}

{exp:weblog:prev_entry}
Prev entry: <a href="http://{path=blog}">{title}</a>
{/exp:weblog:prev_entry}

{exp:weblog:next_entry}
Next entry: <a href="http://{path=blog}">{title}</a>
{/exp:weblog:next_entry}
{/if}

And .. if anyone else finds it useful .. I should point out a correction.

I’m actually using the url_title field and not the title field to generate the redirect.

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="blog" orderby="date" limit="1"}
{redirect='/blog/{url_title}'}
{/exp:weblog:entries}

Have you got a comment submission form working somewhere, somwicked? Could you post the code for me if so? Despite being at the sort of level where I write plugins for EE, I can’t get the comment submission form to display, even though comments are allowed in CP. I pass all the parameters it requires: weblog, entry_id, preview, url_title. It’s doing my head in, so I’m hoping seeing an example would help me identify what’s going on!

Nice tip, I was wondering how to do this with out using pagination which would have left my uri’s ending in /P1 etc

And .. if anyone else finds it useful .. I should point out a correction.

I’m actually using the url_title field and not the title field to generate the redirect.

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="blog" orderby="date" limit="1"}
{redirect='/blog/{url_title}'}
{/exp:weblog:entries}

When I try this I get a warning: Too many HTTP redirects.

Any idea why that is happening?