Dynamic = Off Explained!
If you are new to EE the dynamic=“off” parameter can be both tough to understand but also critical in getting EE to work correctly. I put together this corny little video to try and explain what the parameter does and when you want it on vs. off. Enjoy!
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by Mike Boyink (Author)
Date: Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Comment: #2
Well - yes, pre-production usually takes longer than production no matter what the subject matter or visual are.
However - these drawings came together a whole lot faster than anything I could have done on the computer.
by pab
Date: Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Comment: #3
haha brilliant, really well explained. love the drawings
by Sean
Date: Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Comment: #4
This is great - I love this style of tutorial, which I first saw on common craft http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
by Ray Brown
Date: Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Comment: #6
While I already understood everything in this screencast, I was thoroughly entertained by the presentation. I would definitely recommend you do more screencasts like these - very visually stimulating and easy to understand.
Keep up the great work, Mike!
by Gary Bennion
Date: Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Comment: #7
Great screencast mike - nice and simple whilst still getting over the info… cheers
by bradfields
Date: Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Comment: #8
Thanks, excellent screencast and explained something that I didn’t really understand.
Great use of drawings, particularly liked the blindfolding and taking his telescope away.
by Jim Woodman
Date: Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Comment: #10
Yes, very nice Mike. It’s a clever style that makes it really sink in.
by Michael Kessler
Date: Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Comment: #13
As always, very useful—and entertaining : )
by Brian Kalwat
Date: Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Comment: #16
Now whenever I type dynamic=on…. I’m going to get a mental image of mr weblog and his telescope.. Thanks Mike! haha
by summer
Date: Monday, September 28th, 2009
Comment: #17
agreed- great video! i have been playing with dynamic=“off” for awhile now and cannot get it to work.
I posted to the forums here:
http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/102985/#519415
but haven’t received a response.
I want to list an archive of all my weblog entries on each individual weblog page—dynamic=“off” should work for this, right?
this is my code:
{exp:weblog:entries dynamic=“off” weblog=”{my_weblog}”}
{date_heading display=“monthly”}
<h2>{entry_date format=”%F”} </h2>
{/date_heading}
<ul class=“arrow”>
<li>{title}</li>
</ul>
</div>
{/exp:weblog:entries}
Would greatly appreciate any advice!
thanks in advance,
-summer
by summer
Date: Monday, September 28th, 2009
Comment: #18
never mind! just figured out my quotes around “off” were curly instead of straight…
rookie mistake—fixed now! :)
by Neal Umney
Date: Friday, January 29th, 2010
Comment: #19
Brilliant, and so obvious after your explanation!
by Ralph
Date: Saturday, March 27th, 2010
Comment: #20
To be honest, I still don’t get it. If you have a menu embedded on each page, pulled from a template that is updated via a weblog, why is dynamic=“off” required? I still don’t understand the difference between having dynamic on and off in this situation. I don’t see what the url structure has to do with this.
by Mike Boyink (Author)
Date: Sunday, March 28th, 2010
Comment: #21
I’m afraid I don’t have anything to say that I didn’t say in the video. at the risk of just repeating myself…EE looks to the URL to know what content to get from the database. If the content has no direct relationship to the URL then you set dynamic to off to tell EE that. A menu should be the same no matter the URL so you turn Dynamic off.
by Erik Reagan
Date: Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Comment: #1
Very nice & visual explanation. I assume drawing the pages out took longer than the recording :)