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Using Select Entries in Template

Tinch 27 Jun 2012 22:40 question, complete

I'm using the Select Entries variable type to power the sub-menu of each section on our website, but I haven't found a way to get the template to work. This is what I have now:

 
 <ul class="nav nav-list"> 
 <li class="nav-header">About Section</li> 
 {exp:channel:entries channel="ffest_pages" entry_id="{lv_menu_about}"} 
 <li class="active"><a href="{permalink=about}">{title}</a></li> 
 {/exp:channel:entries} 
 </ul> 
 

Replies

1. Low 27 Jun 2012 23:04

   You're using the var as input for a tag, so make sure Early Parsing is enabled.
   
   Also make sure the separator is the Pipe character.
   
   Lastly, if you want the entries in the selected order, use the parameter fixed_order="" instead of entry_id="".

2. Low 27 Jun 2012 23:08

   And dynamic="no" might help, too.

3. Tinch 27 Jun 2012 23:12

   Ok, it's outputting entries now, but it's outputting every entry in that channel rather then the ones that are selected. Here's how I've got it:
   
   

    
    {exp:channel:entries channel="ffest_pages" fixed_order="{lv_menu_about}" dynamic="no"} 
    <li><a href="{permalink=about}">{title}</a></li> 
    {/exp:channel:entries} 
    

   
   
   Early Parsing is enabled and the seperator is set to the Pipe character.

4. Low 27 Jun 2012 23:20

   If you turn on template debugging, you should be able to see the channel:entries tag with all its parameters filled out. What does that tell you?

5. Tinch 27 Jun 2012 23:35

   Actually another way that I was doing this was using the Tables variable type, that worked really well. I could just type in a Menu Item Title and then a Menu Item URL for each Menu Item. But I was trying to find a way to match the {cell_2} to the current URL so I could set an active class on the menu. Any thoughts on that direction?

6. Tinch 27 Jun 2012 23:38

   For example:
   
   

    
    {exp:low_variables:pair var="lv_menu_about"} 
    {if count == 1} 
    <div class="well whiteBg" style="padding: 8px 0;"> 
    <ul class="nav nav-list"> 
    <li class="nav-header">About section</li> 
    {/if} 
    <li {if "{cell_2}" == ""}class="active"{/if}><a href="{cell_2}">{cell_1}</a></li> 
    {if count == total_results} 
    </ul> 
    </div> 
    {/if} 
    {/exp:low_variables:pair} 
    

7. Low 28 Jun 2012 06:45

   The Select Entries way should work, too. But the Table type will be slightly more efficient. I'd probably just use a value you can use in a {path=""} variable, like this:
   
   

   {exp:low_variables:pair var="lv_menu_about"} 
      <a href="{path="{cell_2}"}" {if segment_1 == cell_2} class="active"{/if}>{cell_1}</a> 
    {/exp:low_variables:pair}