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Version 2.0.1.1, installed direct (not upgraded).

I have set up a global content block GCB as described in the "CUSTOMER EDITABLE GCB'S" section of
http://docs.cmsmadesimple.org/introducing-cmsms-2-0
(towards the bottom).

In my "GCB" (which is a footer div) I want a second class to show on the home page, so I added:
This would work fine in V 1.x. However in V 2 it is not parsing the smarty, I am seeing the "{if $page_alias == 'home'}"...in the generated HTML.

I have searched the forum, but perhaps not using the right keywords.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

You'll need to use eval if you want to parse smarty in your GCB.

calguy posted this example over here
See - I told you GCBs are a pain in 2.0

See - I told you GCBs are a pain in 2.0

First I must admit I didn't use it much yet.
But... if you're using code like that in the 'GCB V2' I think you're doing something wrong.

The 'GCB V2' alternative is meant for user editable content. I doubt a user (editor) will/should add the {if}...{/if} code. If you're building a footer for general use in multiple template consider building it as a separate template (in stead of 'GCB V2') or think of template inheritance.

Inside those templates one could use the user editable attributes from a 'GCB V2' like e.g. a phone number, address details and such.
Imagine how cool that could be: an editor only needs to enter the minimum required information. Should not care about a line-break or font-style or.... Serve him one page with content blocks for stuff you (as a designer/developer) want to be filled. Likely it doesn't need any wysiwyg stuff. Only oneline content blocks. Or perhaps a color picker, or a checkbox or a dropdown (might need 3rd party module).

The main reason the old GCBs are now templates is because many of them ARE actually templates.

That's great, thank you both for your help, now all sorted.