Tips tagged “Segment”
- Add a {last_segment} global variable
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Posted on June 28, 2010 by Erik Reagan
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
EllisLab has added an official {last_segment} tag as of EE 2.1.1. See info here: http://expressionengine.com/blog/entry/2.1.1_release_what_will_be_there_what_will_not/—-
Sometimes it is quite handy to pull in the last segment of a URI. EE makes it easy to grab the first segment
- Dynamically Add a Body Id (or class)
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Posted on June 17, 2009 by Trevor Davis
Typically when I am creating a site, I will use an ID on the body to denote which section I am in. Then, I will also add a class of subpage to all subpages as well.
For example, a subpage may look like this:
<body id="about" class="subpage">And the homepage would look like this:
<body id= - Highlight the current page in your navigation
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Posted on June 08, 2009 by JonnyUK
Using the segment variables in your template, you can highlight the current page in your navigation.
For primary pages, this is pretty simple. All you need to do is check segment 1 to see if it matches up with a particular navigation item:
<ul>
<li class="{if "{segment_1}" == ""}selected{/if}">< - Using URL Segments for Dynamic Navigation
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Posted on June 07, 2009 by Jason Hudnutt
ExpressionEngine allows you to dynamically assign CSS navigation based on arguments passed from the URL segment.
This allows you to use CSS to display the active page based on the URL.
<a href="/about/" class="{if segment_1 == "about"}about about-active{if:else}about{/if}"></a>This is just