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Tags within Advanced Conditionals
When using an opening tag within an advanced conditional, additional conditions do not effect output.
Advanced Conditionals and Tags
When using ExpressionEngine tags within Advanced Conditionals the entire tag block must be contained within the conditional. Advanced Conditional [i]cannot[/i] be used to specify different opening tags, with shared markup for the rest of the tag block.
Right:
{if segment_3 == "foo"}
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="default_site"}
<h2>{title}</h2>
{/exp:weblog:entries}
{if:else}
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="another_weblog" category="not 6|7"}
<h2>{title</h2>
{/exp:weblog:entries}
{/if}
Wrong:
{if segment_3 == "foo"}
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="default_site"}
{if:else}
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="another_weblog" category="not 6|7"}
{/if}
<h2>{title}</h2>
{/exp:weblog:entries}