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Hi - using EE v2.1.3 build 20101220 AND MSM Version: 2.0 Build: 20101215 and trying to pull content from one site into another using the following tag

      {exp:channel:entries channel="blog" limit="15" site=""}

i have also tried

      {exp:channel:entries channel="blog" limit="15" site="default_site"}

AND
      {exp:channel:entries channel="blog" limit="15" site="not otherSite"}

In fact, only one of my sites has a “blog” channel, but that shouldn’t matter. Problem being, it doesn’t seem to pull content from the one site that has “blog” channel into any other sites as expected.

I checked and the mysql query still has the site ID of the site I am currently browsing. As Follows:

SELECT t.entry_id FROM exp_channel_titles AS t
LEFT JOIN exp_channels ON t.channel_id = exp_channels.channel_id LEFT JOIN exp_members AS m ON m.member_id = t.author_id WHERE t.entry_id !=’’ AND t.site_id IN (‘14’)  AND t.entry_date < 1300231523 AND (t.expiration_date = 0 OR t.expiration_date > 1300231523) AND (t.channel_id = ‘205’ OR t.channel_id = ‘206’ ) AND t.status = ‘open’ ORDER BY t.sticky desc, t.entry_date desc, t.entry_id desc LIMIT 0, 15

Am I missing something?

Hi skgreene,

1. The site with the content you want definitely has the short name “default_site”, correct?
2. Have you tried the exp:channel:entries tag (with the site parameter) in a template on the “secondary” site all by itself?
3. What MSM-specific values do you have in the “secondary” site’s index.php?

When I say “secondary” site I’m referring to site id 14.

I think I found the issue. In my secondary site, I am including a template from my primary site:

{embed="default_site:register/product"}

then, in my primary site product template I’m trying to pull content from the primary site only. It’s a no go no mater what combination I try. HOWEVER, if I take my whole template and copy and paste it into my secondary site, the following tag works:

{exp:channel:entries channel=“blog” limit=“15” site=“default_site”}

so it’s really just the combination of embedding a template AND garbing content from a different site that’s a problem.

summer

It may just depend on what you’re trying to embed. I was able to embed a simple text string from siteA to siteB…

Well, Site B is embedding a template from Site A. I only want that template the grab Channel content from Site A even when it is embedded in Site B. However, but it only wants to grab content from Site B. Looking at the mysql statement, I’m concluding that when you embed a template, it’s smart enough to know what site you are including from and fixes the mysql statement to say “where site=Site B” even through the exp:channel:entries tag is trying to over ride that with asking for content from Site A.

Can you confirm that there is no way around this?’

Thanks
summer

Hi, Summer -

I’m going to admit being a little bit confused.  Can you show us the exact template code you’re using, and tell us what site it’s on, and how/to what site you’re embedding it? Essentially, I need the exact step by step guide to how to reproduce your issue.

ie:

1.  Put this code in a template in site A.
2.  Put this code in a template in site B.
3.  view template from Site X.

etc.

Thank you!

OK - I’ve been going round and round, and I think I’ve got something.

Site “CA” embeds a master template from site “default_site”. Code is:
{embed="default_site:tour-blog/index"}

The “default_site” index template embeds “default_site” sub template (.leftNav). Code is:
{embed="default_site:tour-blog/.leftNav" }

The leftNav template is as follows:
        <!—START NAV—>
      <div id=“right_col” class=“slim-col”>
        <div class=“widget dark” id=“blog_sidebar”><div class=“padding-9”>

Categories

          <ul>
              {exp:channel:categories site="not JIBBERISHWORD" channel="Blog" }
              <li>{category_name}</li>
              {/exp:channel:categories}
          </ul>
          <div class=“hr”></div>

Recent Posts

          <ul>
              {exp:channel:entries site="not JIBBERISHWORD" channel="Blog" limit="5" sort="desc" dynamic="no"}
              <li>{title}</li>
              {/exp:channel:entries}
          </ul>
          <div class=“hr”></div>

Archive

          <ul>
          {exp:channel:month_links site="not JIBBERISHWORD" channel="Blog" limit="50" }
          <!—{year_heading}

{year}

{/year_heading}—>
          <li>{month} {year}</li>
          {/exp:channel:month_links}
          </ul>
        </div></div>
      </div>
<!—END NAV—>

Now - the code in .leftNav doesn’t work, until I copy it all and paste it into my default_site index template, then the exp:channel:entries tags work, but the exp:channel:categories tag still doesn’t work. I guess I can live with moving the code in .leftNav into the default_site index template, but I really need exp:channel:categories to work… Any ideas?

Hi, skgreene - let’s try this one tag at a time.

So the channel categories tag is currently the problem child, right?  Now, if you put that exact code:

{exp:channel:categories site=“not JIBBERISHWORD” channel=“Blog”}
              {category_name}
              {/exp:channel:categories}

into the the “CA” site - then your categories list comes up, is that right?

But if you then take it and put it in a template in the default_site - then pull it up on that site? What do you see?  We can get to embedding next.

Thanks!

nope -

{exp:channel:categories site=“not JIBBERISHWORD” channel=“Blog”}
{category_name}
{/exp:channel:categories} 

in the alone in the CA template returns nothing.

But that does work on default_site, skgreene? What if you switch to include site= instead of exclusive.  ie:

site="CA"

On the CA site:
{exp:channel:categories site=“CA” channel=“Blog”}
{category_name}
{/exp:channel:categories} 
is a no go because there is no Blog Channel

on the default site:
{exp:channel:categories site=“not JIBBERISHWORD” channel=“Blog”}
{category_name}
{/exp:channel:categories}

Works fine, or leaving out the site parameter all together is fine.

Ok, that makes sense.  Now if you embed

{exp:channel:categories site=“CA” channel=“Blog”}
{category_name}
{/exp:channel:categories}

from default_site to CA, you get no results still?