Show News articles in default language when empty

[Dutch_guy]

I have three languages.

In my template I call the newsmodule as follows:

{news category="Partners-$lang" summarytemplate="Partners" sortasc="true" }

Not all my languages have translations of the news articles.

How can I show the news articles in the default language when there is no translation in that language ?

I was thinking about the following UDT:

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global $gCms;
$smarty =& $gCms->GetSmarty(); 
$lang = $smarty->get_template_vars('lang');

  if ($lang == 'nl_NL'){    
      echo 'nl_NL';
  } elseif ($lang == 'en_US')  {
       echo 'en_US';
  }  else  {
       echo 'en_US';
  }

But How to correctly use the UDT in stead of the $lang part:

{news category="Partners-$lang" summarytemplate="Partners" sortasc="true" }

?

[alby]

But How to correctly use the UDT in stead of the $lang part:

Humm, why UDT...
I think with (in 1.8.2):

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{capture assign="news_language"}{news category="Partners-$lang" summarytemplate="Partners" sortasc="true"}{/capture}
{if $itemcount > 0}{$news_language}
{else}{news category="Partners-$lang_default" summarytemplate="Partners" sortasc="true"}{/if}

Alby

[Dutch_guy]

Works !

Thanks !

Do you have any more info on the "capture" code ?

[alby]

Do you have any more info on the "capture" code ?

http://www.smarty.net/manual/en/languag ... on.capture

Alby