Tips tagged “Entries”
- How to embed weblog:entries tags
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Posted on June 10, 2009 by Andy Harris
In ExpressionEngine, you cannot embed exp:weblog:entries tags. For example, this will not work:
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="parent"}
<h1>Title</h2>
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="children"}
{details}
{/exp:weblog:entries}
{/exp:weblog:entries}In order to make it work, you have to
- Display entries from one weblog based on the results of another
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Posted on June 09, 2009 by JonnyUK
How do you display entries from one weblog based on the results of another?
The ideal situation would be to be able to nest our weblog entry tags, similar to the following:
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="first_weblog"}
{title}
{body}
{if count == 1}
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="second_weblog"}
{title} - Always use the disable parameter
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Posted on June 02, 2009 by Trevor Davis
Take advantage of the disable parameter to improve performance. I always forget which aspects can be disabled, so I keep this snippet handy and just remove the items from the parameter as I need them.
{exp:weblog:entries weblog=”” - Custom counter for loops that don’t support {count}
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Posted on June 01, 2009 by JonnyUK
Every now and then you might come across a situation where you want to count within a loop but unfortunately the {count} variable is not available.
This is a common problem when dealing with related entries because they are cached internally causing various dynamic statistical variables such as
- Show Entries from Logged-in User
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Posted on May 28, 2009 by Ryan Irelan
If you ever need to show the entries from the currently logged-in user, it’s easiest to use the CURRENT_USER global variable than any other method.
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="foo" username="CURRENT_USER" limit="10"}
...
{/exp:weblog:entries}Alternately, if you don’t want to show entries from