[SOLVED] Hide empty content blocks

[newagekat]

Hi:

I'm using v1.8.

I would like to add a custom content block to a template.  Since the divs surrounding the block is styled with height and colour, I would like to add code to the template that hides the block if it contains NO entry and show if it does. 

something like this:

if content block is not empty {

{content block="optional extra heading" oneline="true"}
{content block="sidebarContent" label="Optional Extra Stuff"}

} else
{
}
end if

I'm not very good with syntax nor do i know smarty very well.  Can anyone help?

[Jos]

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Regarding to your question:

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{content block="optional extra heading" oneline="true" assign='content_heading'}
{if !empty($content_heading)}
<div class="boxwrap" style="width: 180px;">
<div class="boxhg">{content block="optional extra heading" oneline="true"}</div>
<div class="box">{content block="sidebarContent" label="Optional Extra Stuff"}</div>
</div>
{else}
...
{/if}

[newagekat]

my mistake, I'm sorry.

can you move the post somewhere else?  i have more questions.  thank you.

[newagekat]

Hi:

I've added the following code to my template:

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{content block="box4hdg" assign='box4hdg'}
{content block="box4" assign="box4"}
{if !empty($box4hdg)}
<div class="boxwrap">
<div class="boxhg">{content block="box4hdg" label="Optional Heading 1" oneline="true"}</div>
<div class="box">{content block="box4" label="Optional Content 1"}</div>
</div>
{else}

{/if}

At first I had some parsing error that said it there was either a duplicate {content} block or one was missing.  The edit page is now missing all fields below Parent.  I removed the code from the template, saved the test page, and logged out of admin.  When I logged back in, i re-entered the code in the template and saved.  i then edited the test page, which now opened with all fields present, and tried saving with and without content in my custom content blocks.  IT WORKED!  

I now apply the code to a template that exists, and I get this error:

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[color=red]An error occurred parsing content blocks (perhaps duplicated block names)[/color]

and every filed below the parent dropdown is not visible at all.

[owr_bgld]

{else}

{/if}

just4info: you don't need the {else} if you don't have any code or text (means nothing) between {else} and {/if}

[Jos]

Make it:

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{content block="box4hdg" label="Optional Heading 1" oneline="true" assign='box4hdg'}
{content block="box4" label="Optional Content 1" assign='box4'}
{if !empty($box4hdg)}
<div class="boxwrap">
<div class="boxhg">{$box4hdg}</div>
<div class="box">{$box4}</div>
</div>
{/if}

At first I had some parsing error that said it there was either a duplicate {content} block or one was missing.  The edit page is now missing all fields below Parent.  I removed the code from the template, saved the test page, and logged out of admin.  When I logged back in, i re-entered the code in the template and saved.  i then edited the test page, which now opened with all fields present, and tried saving with and without content in my custom content blocks.  IT WORKED!  

I now apply the code to a template that exists, and I get this error:

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[color=red]An error occurred parsing content blocks (perhaps duplicated block names)[/color]

and every filed below the parent dropdown is not visible at all.





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[newagekat]

JOS:

thank you, that WORKED!