General content block not working in news article [solved]

[babel]

I've a global content block which my client would like to placed after every article. It's a mailchimp-form. Unfortunately it only shows

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{global_content name='nieuwsbrief'}

. Is it possible to use global content block in news-article? If yes, how?
This is the systeminformation:

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Cms Version: [b]1.12[/b]

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[Rolf]

Use eval to call the news content block in your template

[babel]

Rolf, I don't understand your answer. What is eval?

[Jo Morg]

http://www.smarty.net/docs/en/language. ... n.eval.tpl

[babel]

Sorry, I dont know much about smarty or php. I find it strange that with news articles you can not use a global content block the usual way like

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{global_content name='nieuwsbrief'}

but need some special code. Anyway, with eval I'm not able to use the global content. Is there another solution?

[Jo Morg]

I've a global content block which my client would like to placed after every article. It's a mailchimp-form.

Well, to be honest you are not providing much information on how you are using the GCB on the news template. We assumed that you were inserting the GCB tag on some field on the News submission form. But the best way is to put the tag directly on the News template... if it is not being parsed, then you must be doing something wrong, but you need to explain all the steps you are taking and where it is failing...

[babel]

The steps I take.
1. Making a global content block with the mailchimp-code in it
2. Copy the tag in the content block of an article so the mailchimp-form would show at the end of an article. Turn the wysiwyg off.
3. After submitting I see the tag

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{global_content name ="nieuwsbrief"}

but not the form.
It works when I put the global contant tag in a template, but not in a newsarticle.

[Jo Morg]

It works when I put the global contant tag in a template, but not in a newsarticle.

If you put it on the News article details template it works, of course, and if that GCB is going to be used, as you stated, on every news article that is the correct way to do it.
The eval solution along with step 2, although good for some situations is not optimal, as the field will then be evaluated creating some overhead. Additionally you are mixing content editing with presentation logic, which is not recommended.
However if you insist on using step 2, you'll have to assign the field to a smarty var and then eval that var:

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{* sample pseudo code *}
{$foo=$item.fieldname->value}{eval var=$foo}

That is pseudo code as I don't have the field calling tag present atm.
Additionally, this type of situation has been answered frequently on the forum so if you do a search you'll find answers on how to use {eval} along with News or most other modules' templates.

[babel]

Jo, thanks for your answer. I put the code in the wrong template. The details template is the correct answer. So no need for the use of eval.

Thanks again.