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Posted: 07 August 2012 01:30 PM

[ Ignore ]

Joined: 2010-07-03
21 posts

very stumped.

{exp:channel:entries channel="body" dynamic="no" orderby="title" sort="desc"} 

works fine. returns all entries.

{exp:channel:entries channel="body" dynamic="no" orderby="title" sort="desc" limit="5"} 

returns nothing. I’m not sure what’s going on. Here’s the full code:

<div class="clear lightgrey_div">/div>
<div class="clear green_div">/div>
<div class="darkgrey_div footer t4">
      <div> 
          <div class="whitetext left">
              <a href="/index.php/main/about-us/">
      about
     </a>
     <ul>
     {exp:channel:entries channel="body" dynamic="no" }
      {if footer_submenu=="About"}
       <li>
        <a href="/index.php/main/{url_title}/">
         {title}
        </a>
       </li>
      {/if}
      {/exp:channel:entries}
     </ul>
          </div>
          
          <div class="whitetext left ">
              <a href="/index.php/main/our-wines/">
      wines
     </a>
     <ul>
     {exp:channel:entries channel="body" dynamic="no" orderby="title" sort="desc" limit="5"}
      {if footer_submenu=="Wines"}
       <li>
        <a href="/index.php/main/{url_title}/">
         {title}
        </a>
       </li>
      {/if}
      {/exp:channel:entries}
     </ul>
          </div>
          
          <div class="whitetext left ">
              <a href="/index.php/main/events/">
      events
     </a>
     <ul>
     {exp:channel:entries channel="body" dynamic="no" }
      {if footer_submenu=="Events"}
       <li>
        <a href="/index.php/main/{url_title}/">
         {title}
        </a>
       </li>
      {/if}
      {/exp:channel:entries}
     </ul>
          </div>
          
          <div class="whitetext left ">
              <a href="/index.php/main/trade-media/">
      trade/media
     </a>
     <ul>
     {exp:channel:entries channel="body" dynamic="no" }
      {if footer_submenu=="Trade Media"}
       <li>
        <a href="/index.php/main/{url_title}/">
         {title}
        </a>
       </li>
      {/if}
      {/exp:channel:entries}
     </ul>
          </div>
          
          <div class="whitetext left textright">
              <div>
                  search box
              </div>
              <div class="clear"></div>
              <div class="greentext  t3">
                  <a href="#">
      About
     </a>
       | 
     <a href="#">
      Wines
     </a>
       | 
     <a href="#">
      Events
     </a>
        | 
     <a href="#">
      Wine Club
     </a>
        | 
     <a href="#">
      Trade/Media
     </a>
        | 
     <a href="#">
      Shop
     </a>
        | 
     <a href="#">
      Contact
     </a>
                  <br />
                  Sweet Cheeks Winery 2012. All Rights Reserved.
                  <br />
                  1-877-309-WINE (9463) or 1-541-349-WINE (9463)
                  <br />
                  <br />
                <a href="#" target="_blank">
      Like us on Facebook
     </a>
       | 
     <a href="#" target="_blank">
      Follow us on Twitter
     </a>
              </div>
          </div>
          
          <div class="clear"></div>
          
          <div class="whitetext  left">
              <a href="/index.php/main/wine-club/">
      wine club
     </a>
          </div>
          
          <div class="whitetext left ">
              <a href="/index.php/main/contact-us/">
      contact
     </a>
          </div>
          
          <div class="whitetext left t_5">
              <a href="#">
      shop
     </a>
          </div>
          <div class="clear"></div>
      </div> 
  </div> 

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srevoal

Posted: 07 August 2012 01:49 PM

[ Ignore ] [ # 1 ] [ Rating: 0 ]

Joined: 2010-07-03
21 posts

never mind. figured it out. if anyone else stumbles across this, the solution is as follows.

<ul>
     {exp:channel:entries channel="body" dynamic="no" orderby="title" sort="desc" limit="5"}
      {if footer_submenu=="Wines"}
       <li>
        <a href="/index.php/main/{url_title}/">
         {title}
        </a>
       </li>
      {/if}
      {/exp:channel:entries}
     </ul> 

doesn’t work because it loops through the first 12 body channel entries based on name. if foot_submenu doesn’t = wines, non of them will display. the desired behavior was to display the first 12 where footer_submenu = wines. because that field is a dropdown, I can use:

<ul>
   {exp:channel:entries channel="body" search:footer_submenu="Wines"  orderby="title" sort="desc" dynamic="no" limit="8"}
      <li>
   <a href="/index.php/main/{url_title}/">
      {title}
   </a>
      </li>
   {/exp:channel:entries}
</ul> 

this is also a very good method for making css menus on the fly btw. particularly functional with the playa module. you can make dynamic drop downs with several tiers this way.

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