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Since I need bits and pieces of a channel entry on various parts of my page, is it possible to store the channel entry in one big variable that contains everything? That way, I can access it throughout the template (and embedded templates)?

I've used Stash for variables, usually for one field value only. Now I want the entire channel entry - all the fields.

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You can use Stash for this as well. Just create a variable for each value from the channel entry that you want to use.

It seems like you want a less manual process, but there isn't a default EE way of doing that. You probably could build a third party add-on to do something like this, but there aren't any that I know of that have this functionality.

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  • The "each value from the channel entry" is the approach I want to avoid. Tough.
    – ExpressionEngineNewbie
    Feb 5, 2013 at 20:32
  • You don't have to do it for each custom field. Just set a stash variable that has all the custom fields and html in one chunk (wrap it all with stash:set).
    – Alex Kendrick ♦
    Feb 5, 2013 at 20:33
  • No, I don't want mark up. I want to be able to access the individual pieces of information so I can use it throughout the page.
    – ExpressionEngineNewbie
    Feb 5, 2013 at 20:36
  • In that case, go with Trevor's suggestion. Or as others have mentioned elsewhere, Global Variables (or Low Variables or Republic Variables) are a good way to handle this scenario instead of a Channel entry.
    – Alex Kendrick ♦
    Feb 5, 2013 at 21:01
  • You could probably build a custom add-on that loads the channel module and then work in the functionality that you need, but I don't know if that is worth the time it would take.
    – Trevor Davis
    Feb 5, 2013 at 21:12

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