[Solved]Trying to Hide Empty Content Blocks

[jasnick]

I added <h1>Test</h1> to the next content block then removed it. Then had a look at Page Source as you suggested: the tag was still there although the actual word 'test' was gone.


<div class="box">

<h1> </h1>
</div>

[velden]

Obviously the variable contains '<h1></h1>' which is not an empty string.

So now you have to check why that content stays in there.

You are aware of the 'view html' checkbox below the wysiwyg editor while changing page content? If checked I expect the '<h1></h1>' to be there.

Choose select all (ctrl-a) and delete all content. Mind that a single space or enter is content too.

[Dr.CSS]

I always use...

{content block='newsblock' assign='test'}
{if !empty($test)}
<div class="content">
{$test}
</div>
{/if}

Test if it's not empty, if not show it...

[jasnick]

You are aware of the 'view html' checkbox below the wysiwyg editor while changing page content? If checked I expect the '<h1></h1>' to be there.

Sorry if I haven't made myself clear.Yes I am aware of the html checkbox - that is what I have been using myself to remove the left-over tags. it is just that I don't want the editor to use it.

Choose select all (ctrl-a) and delete all content. Mind that a single space or enter is content too.

I wonder if that is the problem. Yes, the text and image are indented and spaced. I'll check it when I start work this morning.

Thanks Dr.CSS - I'll also check that out this morning.

[jasnick]

Choose select all (ctrl-a) and delete all content. Mind that a single space or enter is content too.

Yes - that was it! I was deleting them in the editing box one at a time (text and image) instead of selecting both together which of course incorporated the indenting space and the line space.

I won't forget THAT in a hurry!

Thank you so much for your patience, Velden and for the input from Rolf, Paul, Rotezecke and Dr.CSS.

[calguy1000]

something like this should work:

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{content assign='foo'}
{assign var='foo' value=$foo|strip_tags|strip}
{if $foo != ''}<div id="foo">{$foo}</div>{/if}

[jasnick]

Thanks Calguy1000 - I'll try that too!

[velden]

something like this should work:

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{content assign='foo'}
{assign var='foo' value=$foo|strip_tags|strip}
{if $foo != ''}<div id="foo">{$foo}</div>{/if}

But this will give you unformatted text when you DO want content, doesn't it?

What about this:

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{content assign='foo'}
{assign var='foo_stripped' value=$foo|strip_tags|strip}
{if $foo_stripped != ''}<div id="foo">{$foo}</div>{/if}

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