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I do not think this is possible, but I figure I’ll post it to the boards see what comes up. I have a {exp:weblog:entries} tag that is grabbing information from two different weblogs, “Blog” and “Events.” I have a custom date field in “Events.” Is there a way to kinda combine the default entry_date of “Blog” and this custom_date of “Events” so that I can “orderby” the entry_date if it’s an entry from “Blog” and the custom_date if it’s an entry from “Events.”  So, conceptually (obviously, this code doesn’t work), something like:

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="weblog1|weblog2"
{if weblog=='weblog1'} orderby="date"
{if:elseif weblog=='weblog2'} orderby="custom_date_field"{/if}}

post content

{/exp:weblog:entries}

If not, it’s not a big deal. I guess I’m more curious for future reference.
Thanks!
~dk

I’ve seen a couple of different ways to do this:

{if weblog=='weblog1'}
{assign_variable:orderby="date"}
{if:elseif weblog=='weblog2'}
{assign_variable:orderby="custom_date_field"}
{/if}
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="weblog1|weblog2" orderby="{orderby}"}

post content

{/exp:weblog:entries}

Or…

{if weblog=='weblog1'}
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="weblog1" orderby="date"}

post content

{/exp:weblog:entries}

{if weblog=='weblog2'}
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="weblog2" orderby="custom_date_field"}

post content

{/exp:weblog:entries}
{/if}

In another thread, though, it was explained that you can’t do what you posted. It’s probably a good thing, too, since it makes the template code hard to read if you have that in there.

Am I correct in assuming you can’t use a pipe to separate weblogs within the conditional?

Meaning this won’t work:

{if weblog_id=="1|2|3"}

Instead, you should use the OR operator:

{if weblog_id=="2" OR weblog_id=="2" OR weblog_id=="3"}

The former isn’t working for me, but the latter is. Is this right?

Yes, that’s correct.

Thanks Ingmar.