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I may just be missing something, but it doesn’t seem like I can get error reporting on improper template usage.

I started wondering about this because I had the following in an EE2 project, and everything seemed to be working as expected:

{exp:channel:entries channel="contact" limit="1" dynamic="off" url_title="contact" disable="categories|member_data|pagination"}
    {simple-content}
{/exp:channel:entries}

Note the dynamic=“off”. I then modified the exp:channel:entries tag to contain blarf=“floob”, expecting to see an error somewhere, but none appeared. I searched around and turned on “Display Template Debugging?” under “Output and Debugging Preferences”, but still no dice.

My question: is there some way to make EE2 throw errors if I’m building my templates improperly?

Hi Gavin,

A misuse of a parameter like that will usually not throw an error on the front-end.
In your template editing area it checks on errors such as a misplacement or unclosed tags when you update it. These errors show up directly under your template before you save it

Your best bet would be to check each parameter is correct if you are starting out.

Does that help?

Your best bet would be to check each parameter is correct if you are starting out.

Does that help?

Hi John,

Thanks, that does help! Sorry, I hadn’t been looking at the template files though the back-end—all my templates are on the filesystem so I can easily deploy to the server with Git. I’ll be sure to sync and check the templates in the backend when I’ve got future head-scratchers.

Thanks!

Sounds good. Gavin - If anything else comes up, please do let us know in a new thread..