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Show a single entry in a view filtered in the URL

By: Shawn Fawcett | Asked: 06/10/2022
Forums › Category: How-to › Show a single entry in a view filtered in the URL
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Shawn Fawcett asked 2 years ago

I have a page where I just want to display a person's name and phone number.
eg Hi Bob. Your phone is 123-4567. This is entry 37
 
Q1: what short code would I need to put in the page to achieve this?
Q2: could I filter to this entry in the URL? If so, how?

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Victor Font answered 2 years ago
First, do you have a Plus license or higher? This is required to create views.
  1. If you have a Plus license or higher, when you Create/Edit a View, the shortcode to display it on a page is listed in the left column under the View Name field. (See image).
  2. To pass a value through a URL, you use the [get param] shortcode in the View filter and pass the filter value in a query string. See this knowledge base article: Get a parameter from the URL
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Shawn Fawcett replied 2 years ago

Thanks Victor. I’ll have a go at it. Seems straightforward

Shawn Fawcett replied 2 years ago

Right, I actually had that already but how do I specify which entry? This just shows 1 entry but not a specific one

Victor Font replied 2 years ago

The value you pass in the query string can be the record's entry_id or another value that's unique to the entry. It could be the phone number, if you want. The query string is formatted as /yourdomain/your view page/?entry=37.

In the View filter you set entry id is equal to [get param = entry].

That's all there is to it.

How are you sending the URL to the user to click on?

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