Embedding Channel Entry Tag Pair within another Channel Entry Tag Pair

Question

I am using ExpressionEngine 2.5.2.

I am trying to set up an instance where one channel entry is embedded within another. I found this question on StackOverflow and tried the method described in the answer. However, when I try this method on my site, the page is not recognizing the embedded channe. Anyone see any errors here?

Main Template (Simplified)

{exp:channel:entries  channel="events" limit="1" url_title={segment_2}}
    <div class="video-box">
       {embed="event_video"}
   </div>
{/exp:channel:entries}

Embedded Template (Simplified)

{exp:channel:entries  channel="news" limit="1" url_title={segment_2}}
    <a href="http://www.google.com">{title}</a>
{/exp:channel:entries}

Answer 1

Are those your actual templates?

I see that you're trying to access entry with same url_title ({segment_2}) but in different channels. It is unlikely that two entries with same URL title would exist.

As suggested by Andy, try adding {if no_results} no results {/if} to each loop.

Answer 2

I have discovered what was happening, and it turns out I was actually having two different problems. The embedded template was not showing up because I needed to add the parameter dynamic="no":

{exp:channel:entries  channel="events" limit="1" url_title="{segment_2}" dynamic="no"}
<div class="video-box">
   {embed="templategroup/event_video" the_id="{video_id}"}
</div>
{/exp:channel:entries}

However, I found that what I was looking for was using Relationships, not embedded templates in this case, like this:

{exp:channel:entries  channel="events" limit="1" url_title={segment_2}}
<div class="video-box">
   {related_entries id="pre_event_video"}
      <a href="http://{video_player_url}?autoplay=1"><img class="placeholder" src="{pre_event_video_thumbnail}" width="336" height="305" alt="image description" /></a>
   {/related_entries}   
</div>
{/exp:channel:entries}

Thanks for all the help, and I hope that this helps someone else out as well!

Answer 3

I believe your answer is a combination of the other answers/comments here, so I'll try to summarize. You have three potential problems:

First: url_title={segment_2}} needs to be url_title="{segment_2}"}

Second: Unless your embed is in the same template group, {embed="event_video"} won't find it, so check that.

Third, the URL segments are not going to work like this. When you call an embed, your last URL segment is the template name itself, nothing after it. In this case, if you are using a /event_video and that's the last thing in that URL. You can, however, use variables within the embed tag to pick what entries the embed shows. In the example below, I'll assume you are passing an entry ID that would pick a specific video.

Main Template (Simplified)

{exp:channel:entries  channel="events" limit="1" url_title="{segment_2}"}
    <div class="video-box">
       {embed="templategroup/event_video" the_id="{video_id}"}
   </div>
{/exp:channel:entries}

Embedded Template (Simplified)

{exp:channel:entries  channel="news" limit="1" entry_id="{embed:the_id}"}
    <a href="http://www.google.com">{title}</a>
{/exp:channel:entries}

Answer 4

I haven't tried it yet, but you may want to give More Entries a shot to avoid the embed.