Stash comparison

with_stash.html

<div class="section sticky_nav">
    <div class="filter_nav">
        <ul>
            {!-- category 2 -- a post type --}

            {!-- build url so far --}
            {exp:stash:set name="filter_base1"}{site_url}{segment_1}{if router_blog_name != ""}/{router_blog_name}{/if}/{if router_cat1 != ""}{router_cat1}{if:else}all{/if}{/exp:stash:set}

            <li class="{if router_cat2_category_url_title == ''}active{/if}"><a href="{exp:stash:filter_base1 random}/all/">All Results</a></li>
            {exp:channel:categories category_group="3" style="linear"}
            <li class="{if router_cat2_category_url_title == category_url_title}active{/if}"><a href="{exp:stash:filter_base1 random}/{category_url_title}/">{category_name}</a></li>
            {/exp:channel:categories}
        </ul>
    </div>
    <div>
        <ul><li>

            {!-- category 1 -- the actual category --}
            {!-- build url so far --}
            {exp:stash:set name="filter_base2"}{site_url}{segment_1}{if router_blog_name}/{router_blog_name}{/if}{/exp:stash:set}
            {exp:stash:set name="filter_tail2"}{if router_cat2}/{router_cat2}{/if}{if router_tag}/{router_tag}{/if}{/exp:stash:set}
            
            
            <select id="filter-category" class="filter-control">
                <option value="{exp:stash:filter_base2 random}/all{exp:stash:filter_tail2 random}/" class="{if router_cat1_category_url_title == ''}active{/if}">Category</option>
                {exp:channel:categories category_group="1" style="linear"}
                <option value="{exp:stash:filter_base2 random}/{category_url_title}{exp:stash:filter_tail2 random}/" {if router_cat1_category_url_title == category_url_title}selected="selected"{/if}>{category_name}</option>
                {/exp:channel:categories}
            </select>
            

            </li><li>
            
            {!-- build url so far -- build on previous base URL --}
            {exp:stash:set name="filter_base3"}{exp:stash:filter_base2}/{if router_cat1}{router_cat1}{if:else}all{/if}/{if router_cat2}{router_cat2}{if:else}all{/if}{/exp:stash:set}
            {exp:stash:set name="filter_tail3"}{/exp:stash:set}

            <select id="filter-tag" class="filter-control">
                <option>Tag</option>
                {exp:tag:cloud}
                <option value="{exp:stash:filter_base3 random}/{exp:ce_str:ing lowercase}{tag}{/exp:ce_str:ing}/{exp:stash:filter_tail random}" {if router_tag == "{tag}"}selected="selected"{/if}>{exp:ce_str:ing ucwords htmlentities}{tag}{/exp:ce_str:ing}</option>
                {/exp:tag:cloud}
            </select>

            </li><li>

            {!-- build url so far -- build on previous base URL --}
            {exp:stash:set name="filter_base4"}{exp:stash:filter_base3}/{if router_tag}{router_tag}{if:else}all{/if}{/exp:stash:set}

            <select id="filter-date" class="filter-control">
                <option>Date</option>
                {exp:channel:month_links channel="articles|products" limit="50"}
                
                <option value="{exp:stash:filter_base4 random}/{year}-{month_num}" {if "{router_date_year}-{router_date_month}" == "{year}-{month_num}"}selected="selected"{/if}>{year}, {month}</option>
                
                {/exp:channel:month_links}
            </select>

            </li>
        </ul
    </div>
</div>

without_stash.html

<div class="section sticky_nav">
    <div class="filter_nav">
        <ul>
            <li class="{if router_cat2_category_url_title == ''}active{/if}"><a href="{site_url}{segment_1}{if router_blog_name}/{router_blog_name}{/if}/{router_cat1}/all{if router_tag}/{router_tag}{/if}{if router_date_month}/{router_date_year}-{router_date_month}{/if}">All Results</a></li>
            {exp:channel:categories category_group="3" style="linear"}
            <li class="{if router_cat2_category_url_title == category_url_title}active{/if}"><a href="{site_url}{segment_1}{if router_blog_name}/{router_blog_name}{/if}/{router_cat1}/{category_url_title}/">{category_name}</a></li>
            {/exp:channel:categories}
        </ul>
    </div>
    <div>
        <ul><li>
        <select id="filter-category" class="filter-control">
            <option value="{site_url}{segment_1}{if router_blog_name}/{router_blog_name}{/if}/all/{router_cat2}/all/" class="{if router_cat1_category_url_title == ''}active{/if}">Category</option>
            {exp:channel:categories category_group="1" style="linear"}
            <option value="{site_url}{segment_1}{if router_blog_name}/{router_blog_name}{/if}/{category_url_title}/{router_cat2}/" {if router_cat1_category_url_title == category_url_title}selected="selected"{/if}>{category_name}</option>
            {/exp:channel:categories}
        </select>
        </li><li>
        <select id="filter-tag" class="filter-control">
            <option>Tag</option>
            {exp:tag:cloud}
            <option value="{site_url}{segment_1}{if router_blog_name}/{router_blog_name}{/if}/{router_cat1}/{router_cat2}/{exp:ce_str:ing lowercase}{tag}{/exp:ce_str:ing}/" {if router_tag == "{tag}"}selected="selected"{/if}>{exp:ce_str:ing ucwords htmlentities}{tag}{/exp:ce_str:ing}</option>
            {/exp:tag:cloud}
        </select>
        </li><li>
        <select id="filter-date" class="filter-control">
            <option>Date</option>
            {exp:channel:month_links channel="articles|products" limit="50"}
            
            <option value="{site_url}{segment_1}{if router_blog_name}/{router_blog_name}{/if}/{router_cat1}/{router_cat2}/{if "{router_tag}" != ""}{router_tag}{if:else}all{/if}/{year}-{month_num}" {if "{router_date_year}-{router_date_month}" == "{year}-{month_num}"}selected="selected"{/if}>{year}, {month}</option>
            
            {/exp:channel:month_links}
        </select>
        </li>
        </ul
    </div>
</div>