Hi there,

it’s been a while since working with Expression Engine and I’m a little ashamed of asking such a simple question, but here we go…

I’m displaying entries from all channels on the frontpage and want to link from there to a single entry’s template page.

I’ve setup template groups as well as a single-entry template for each channel e.g. products_group/product_single and I can’t get the link to work dynamically.

Right now I’m using:

Using this method I have to assign products_group manually, but I need this to be assigned dynamically on a per entry basis.

How can I achieve this?

Preload_replacements are not an option because I’m displaying entries from all channels on my index page. :(

OK, I got this to work:

Is this acceptible practice or is there a better way?

Hi Heiko!

Indeed, it’s not exactly a “better” way, but it is completely automatic. You want to make use of comment_url_title_auto_path.

Here’s how it works:
Novigate to Admin->Channel Administration->Channels: Edit Preferences for one of your channels.

Look for the Path Settings Heading and the preference for “Comment Page URL”

In that preference, you supply the URL to this channels “single entry page”, don’t let “comment” in the name throw you off. So:

Then, using the comment_url_title_auto_path will automatically build a URL based on the entry’s URL title, and the auto path will be specific and unique to each channel based on the value in “Comment Page URL” for each channel.

Will generate:

What do you think?

Cheers,

Fantastic! I’d never looked for that.

Thank you!

Hey Heiko,

I am glad to see that Dan was able to help you out!

If you need anything else, please just let me know by opening a new thread.

Cheers,