Is it possible to comment out EE Tags in EE templates?
Let’s say for example I have an {embed=embeds/gu_mod_articles}tag. Is it possible to comment it out instead of deleting it?
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May 19, 2008 9:42pm
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Is it possible to comment out EE Tags in EE templates?
Let’s say for example I have an {embed=embeds/gu_mod_articles}tag. Is it possible to comment it out instead of deleting it?
#2 / May 19, 2008 9:45pm
Sure, just use the standard html comment code. <!—&—>
Edi-Add: I believe there is a plugin also but I don’t seem to have a bookmark for it. The plugin removes all commented code from the source so it’s not even visible.
#3 / May 19, 2008 10:09pm
What about using {!—instead of <!—
This removes any trace of it in the source.
I just cut and paste into the notes section to make the code easier to read. I can just cut and paste back in later!
#4 / May 19, 2008 10:13pm
thanks a lot, that helped.
#5 / May 19, 2008 10:16pm
Really-Cool
Edit-Add: I have to may closer attention to the little things in the change logs :-(
#6 / May 20, 2008 1:47am
Yes, since EE 1.4.2 (May 2006) we now have EE style comments 😊 Glad you found it.
#7 / Jan 02, 2009 1:57pm
I just cut and paste into the notes section to make the code easier to read…
Out of curiosity, how does cutting and pasting into the notes section make the code easier to read? Is there a plug-in or something that will color code that area?
The reason I ask, is sometimes looking at a large template… I wish there was an easier way to read the code. Line numbers and color coding would be awesome!
#8 / Jan 02, 2009 4:19pm
The reason I ask, is sometimes looking at a large template… I wish there was an easier way to read the code. Line numbers and color coding would be awesome!
I don’t know how this would be done, but it would be WONDERFUL. Every template field should have line numbers and configurable color coding.
And configurable buttons similar to the HTML buttons in EE.
#9 / Jan 02, 2009 8:50pm
a text editor based template editor would be amazing. You can of course save the templates as seperate files and edit them in your own editor but this is a bit more time consuming to make edits etc.
A javascript solution to make the template editor might cause a few problems. Can you get browser plugins that achieve the same effect?
#10 / Jan 05, 2009 2:41am
You can use the firefox extension ItsAllText or use the javascript solution that I like to called EditArea.
For EditArea you will need the plugin here (mind the small change needed explained down in post#14) and the javascript plugin found here.
If you think of it….somebody probably already made it.