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First child redirect issue

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    ashfinlayson Reply #1, 17 years, 3 months ago
    Hi all,

    I’m using one document to redirect to another document, so im parsing it the id of the document that i want to go to the first child of but it doesn’t dp anything. Can anyone see what im going wrong?

    [!FirstChildRedirect &docid=`7`!]

    Cheers
    Ash
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      sottwell Reply #2, 17 years, 3 months ago
      You need to have a question mark immediately following the snippet name if there are parameters:
      [!FirstChildRedirect? &docid=`7`!]
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        ashfinlayson Reply #3, 17 years, 3 months ago
        Works great,
        thanks very much

        Ash
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          kudykam Reply #4, 15 years ago
          Redirecting doesnt work for me, dont know why...
          Call inside folder: [[!FirstChildRedirect]]
          Version:2.3.0, Revo. version 2.1.3
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            kudykam Reply #5, 15 years ago
            missing [[*content]] in template...problem solved