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I haven’t been able to get simple {if} statements to work in the template for my index, using a custom global variable.

I have setup {sitenotice}, and then in my template I have:

{if sitenotice != ''}
<h4>{sitenotice}</h4>
<p>{/if}

I’ve also tried

{if sitenotice}
<h4>{sitenotice}</h4>
<p>{/if}

But neither of these generate the contents of site notice.

Is there some place I need to enable this option?

No need to enable anything.

{if foo != ""}
<h4>{foo}</h4>
<p>{/if}

should definitely work.

I switched my single quotes to double quotes (though, I doubt that’d make a difference), but to no avail.

http://twitpic.com/3cc8vq

The picture shows exactly what’s going on .. I don’t have anything complicated in the template, as far as I can tell it should be working.

I switched my single quotes to double quotes (though, I doubt that’d make a difference), but to no avail.

http://twitpic.com/3cc8vq

The picture shows exactly what’s going on .. I don’t have anything complicated in the template, as far as I can tell it should be working.

Do you’ve got a link to the site? I suppose you have made sure to use “straight” quotes instead of curly “typographical” ones?

Yes, you can view the site via:

http://soccerink.com/index.php

(P.S. I tried to post this before and I wasn’t allowed to, I get a “Forbidden” error, I also can’t seem to view my own profile?)

If you look at the source, you can see that the {if} has been removed, so I’m assuming that means that the engine is interpreting the template, just for some reason thinks the variable is empty even though it’s not.

Thanks
Ramiro Jr. Franco

rjfranco,

You can’t use a conditional with a global variable like this

You can use it like this testing the condition of something else no problem but not a condition of itself

{if foo != ""}
<h4>{sitenotice}</h4>
<p>{/if}

Easiest solution here would be to change your global variable content to

<h4>Free shipping on orders over $50</h4>

Then you don’t need any conditional in your template. Just add {sitenotice}. If it has content it will show and if not it won’t

Well, I really think I’m going about this the wrong way. What would you consider best practice for creating a segment .. or blog, or variable or something that my customer can update, or clear, without knowing any html, and publishing it on the site? and if it’s clear, the segment would disappear from the site.

Actually, some best practice methods documentation in general would be really nice, I’m really unsure of how to use EE 1.7 to best utilize it with something like CartThrob.

Thank You
Ramiro Jr. Franco

Hi rjfranco,

I can’t offer any specific advice about integration with CartThrob but can you explain exactly what it is that you are trying to do? Is this information related to specific weblog (product) entries or general notices?

Cheers

Greg

Hi there guys,

I am also trying to do the same thing like so:

{if address_1 != ''}<address>{/if}
{if address_1 != ''}{address_1}
{/if}
{if address_2 != ''}{address_2}
{/if}
{if address_3 != ''}{address_3}
{/if}
{if address_4 != ''}{address_4}
{/if}
{if address_5 != ''}{address_5}{/if}
{if address_1 != ''}</address>{/if}

Its pretty obvious what I want to do. I don’t want my customer to have to know any html. With your way if the variable is empty the <h4> tags still exist in the code.

Cheers.

I am not following. Regardless of whether you have <h4> in your snippet / variable or show it conditionally, it won’t be shown if the variable is empty. That said, were you just chiming on or do you have issues of your own?

I do have an issue of my own.

I have created several global variables for a postal address.

{address_1}
{address_2}
{address_3}
{address_4}
{address_5}

I would like these variables not to contain any html as my customer doesn’t know any. I also want these variables to be optional hence wrapping each in an {if}.

{if address_1 != ''}<address>{/if}
{if address_1 != ''}{address_1}
{/if}
{if address_2 != ''}{address_2}
{/if}
{if address_3 != ''}{address_3}
{/if}
{if address_4 != ''}{address_4}
{/if}
{if address_5 != ''}{address_5}{/if}
{if address_1 != ''}</address>{/if}

This however is not working at all. Is there a better way to do what I am trying to achieve?

What’s it doing instead?

I am having the same issue. What it is doing instead is not outputting the value of the global variable. If I place the same global variable alone in the template it outputs. If it is wrapped in an if statement it does not.

This works if it is a snippet:

{if phone_800_number}
{phone_800_number}
{/if}

But not if it is a global variable.