How can I determine if the 404 template is being displayed?
How Do I?
EE 6, noticing that when the 404 template is returned due to a bad URL (not a redirect tag inside an exp:channel:entries tag with require_entry, for example), that the original URL remains in the browser, but the 404 template content is displayed.
I have a site with ads that are displayed globally.. I want to prevent the ads from being displayed on that 404 page.. Initially, I approached it with a conditional like :
{if segment_1 != "404"}But, since the 404 doesn’t redirect (change the URL), that approach won’t work.. Any thoughts of how I Can determine if the 404 template is being displayed, so I can do a similar conditional around the google ad code?
I wonder if there’s a way to check the http_header
or…
just check the template name
{if '{template_name}' == '404'}
This is 404 template
{/if}
{if '{template_name}' != '404'}
This is not 404 template
{/if}
AH! THanks @Jared I’ll give that a try.. that’s what I was looking for.
Tried it and it does parse
Yep.. that works.. However, i have ea 404 template group, and the template name is “index”.. BUt, I can use {template_group} as the variable and that works.
Yeah, seems like that would work.
Ok.. Well, not working directly inside the layout.. I think I’ll have to set it up as a layout variable. But, this takes me where I need to go..Thanks again!
I think another option might be to use the request addon…
{exp:request:get name="status"}
Yep.. Just confiming.. I set up a layout:set variable in my 404 template and then use that to test on the layout.. perfect.
Nice. I’m testing the request addon… not doing what I thought.
or anything at all