Thread

Hi friends,

I’m a EE newbie. I have a template for subpage. all subpages use same subpage template. But for some sub pages I need to put an extra div (kinda info box), how can I put a condition? do I have to create a separate template only for a small div difference?

urls are consistent, so if i can make a url check and display div for right urls, it would work out for me, but can I put any php if {} condition into template?

Appreciate helps so much!!!

[Mod Edit: Moved to the EE 1 Technical Support forum]

Hi art.mania,

I don’t think this really is a pre-sales question, but here goes;

You could use conditional variables. Lets say you have a custom field called “info_box”, then you can use this in your template:

{if info_box !=""}
<div id="extra-div">
{info_box}
</div>
{/if}

The template system will then check to see if your custom field is empty or not, if the custom field is empty, it will not show anything in between the {if} and {/if} variables. If your custom field has content it will show:

<div id="extra-div">
info_box custom field content
</div>

Check out the user guide for more info: http://expressionengine.com/legacy_docs/templates/globals/conditionals.html

I could not post to anywhere else at the forum :/ I was allowed to post only here.

Appreciate for your time to reply. So I can check the current url in if. I have been researching the variable to get url, could not find yet. :/

http://www.blabla.com/xxx/yyy/

how to get xxx and yyy in a variable? {site_url} gives http://www.blabla.com but how to get others?

You can check on those with URL segment variables:
{segment_1}
{segment_2}
etc.. etc..

See: http://expressionengine.com/legacy_docs/templates/globals/url_segments.html

yesss! here http://expressionengine.com/legacy_docs/templates/globals/url_segments.html#536

Thanks!!

Glad to see that works for you, art.mania! Thanks for the assist, Benjamin. Please post again as needed.