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losttrip

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[solved] NIA in code2 section - only show section if there are posts

I have a page utilizing News with Images Anywhere (code2) in a section, and I'm trying to implement this:

Headline News (pinned news always at the top - Tag=Headline) code2 section
News code2 section (all other news posts)

I have both working, but when I do not have any posts tagged as "Headline", then the Headline News section outputs the default:

Headline News
No news available yet.

followed by:

Latest News
All the news stories follow

I would like to hide the top "Headline News" section, when there are no posts tagged with "Healine"

Is this possible with NWI or NIA?

If not, I was thinking about the has_block_content module ( https://forum.wbce.org/viewtopic.php?pid=22263#p22263 ).  Could there be such a function to only show a "section" if it has content?

Thank you.

Beitrag geändert von florian (18.09.2021 07:45:27)

florian

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Re: [solved] NIA in code2 section - only show section if there are posts

In the display_mode_xx.htt, you can check the variable newsItems, e.g.

{% if newsItems %}
	<h2>{{ lang.TXT_HEADER }}</h2>
          ... your code for the "Headline" tagged news output  ....
{% endif %}
... your code which should always appear ...

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losttrip

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Re: [solved] NIA in code2 section - only show section if there are posts

Works perfectly, thank you!

Is there a list anywhere of variables like this that can be checked in this way?
For instance, there have been times when I wanted to exclude certain lines from display_mode_xx.htt  IF there is only 1 News post.

Or, there are times when I want to exclude or include elements AFTER the LAST News Post.

Things like that.  I am happy to play around, and not have to ask for help EVERY time I want to try something, but I don't know what variables I can check for.

florian

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Re: [solved] NIA in code2 section - only show section if there are posts

Look at the output of /modules/news_img_anywhere/display_mode_99.htt (e.g. set up a test environment and call NIA with the diaplay mode 99)

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Re: [solved] NIA in code2 section - only show section if there are posts

Thank you, that will come in handy.

But, I was looking for a variable that I could use to test:
"IF there is more than one news post - show this line of code."

I naively tried this:

{% if newsItems > 1 %}
<hr />
{% endif %}

But of course that didn't work.

florian

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Re: [solved] NIA in code2 section - only show section if there are posts

{% if newsItems | length > 1 %}
	so many news
{% endif %}

Beitrag geändert von florian (14.09.2021 10:04:23)

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Re: [solved] NIA in code2 section - only show section if there are posts

Thank you, that works perfectly.

Here's a naive question... are these generic php coding structures, or are they specific to WBCE and NWI (or whatever other module we might be discussing)?  In other words, if I had a better grasp of PHP in general, would I be able to come up with these solutions more easily myself, or does it take more knowledge about specific coding in the module in question?

florian

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Re: [solved] NIA in code2 section - only show section if there are posts

It's a combination from twig template language and module specific variables. That means, you can only use the variables which are defined in the news_img_anywhere/include.php

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Re: [solved] NIA in code2 section - only show section if there are posts

Thank you for the helpful direction.  I have some learning to do.