SOLVED: embed variables - do they work with hidden .includes? | ExpressionEngine 2 Tech Support

#1 / Apr 20, 2011 2:38pm

willrice

9 posts

I’m trying to pass the current year into my footer (includes/.footer) and for some reason I keep getting the tag, rather than the value displayed in my footer…

In my main template:

{embed="includes/.footer" the_current_year="{current_time format='%Y'}"}

And in includes/.footer:

<div id="footer" class="clearfix">
     • Website designed by William Rice, powered with <a href="http://www.expressionengine.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expression engine</a> & hand coded in <a href="http://www.panic.com/coda/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coda</a> • All content © William Rice 2010 - {embed:the_current_year} •
</div><!-- footer -->

Renders this to the page:

• Website designed by William Rice, powered with expression engine & hand coded in coda • All content © William Rice 2010 - {embed:the_current_year} •

What am I doing wrong? Is it because my footer include is hidden (prefixed with a ‘.’)?

Note: I have even tried changing the code in my main template to:

{embed="includes/.footer" the_current_year="2011"}

but the outcome was the same.

Thanks in advance for the help!

Will

#2 / Apr 20, 2011 2:47pm

willrice

9 posts

SOLVED:

In template manager I had the template type set to “static” for .footer. Changing this to “web page” solved the issue.

Having fixed this, I was also able to change the code to simply:

{embed="includes/.footer"}

<div id="footer" class="clearfix">
     • Website designed by William Rice, powered with <a href="http://www.expressionengine.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expression engine</a> & hand coded in <a href="http://www.panic.com/coda/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coda</a> • All content © William Rice 2010 - {current_time format="%Y"} •
</div><!-- footer -->

#3 / Apr 20, 2011 3:02pm

Sue Crocker
26054 posts

Glad you have a solution.. Feel free to start a new thread if you have any more questions.

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