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Is there any way to specify the desired weblog entry directly (with dynamic=“off”) but show nothing at all if no entry_id is specified? I am using url segments to construct a url structure with more than the normal two levels, but I need to not show the most recent entry in a weblog if no url segment is specified.

Here is the code I am using:

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="documents" url_title="{segment_5}" limit="1" dynamic="off" require_entry="yes" disable="member_data|pagination|trackbacks|categories|category_fields"}

It works great, except that if there are only four segments to the url it displays the most recent entry. Does require_entry not work with dynamic=“off”? Thanks for any help.

EliVZ,

You could use some simple condtionals to achieve what you want. You may have undesitrable results if you go off the beaten track in respect to the standard URL structure of EE.
Let me know if this works for you

{if segment_5 != ""}

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="documents" url_title="{segment_5}" limit="1" dynamic="off" require_entry="yes" disable="member_data|pagination|trackbacks|categories|category_fields"} 
{/exp:weblog:entries}

{/if}

{if segment_5 == ""}

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="documents" limit="1" dynamic="off" require_entry="yes" disable="member_data|pagination|trackbacks|categories|category_fields"} 
{/exp:weblog:entries}

{/if}

I am moving this to the How to forum as it is more appropriate there.

John-

Yes, the conditionals should work. It sounds like the answer is no—the require_entry parameter has no effect when dynamic is off.

Thanks for your quick response!

Eli