[vB4] Template condition to know where I am in the CMS

[Jamsoft]

I have a need to know, inside the vbcms_page template, what page I am on. Am I on the home page, or in an article? I have tried using a conditional to check RELPATH like I might try THIS_SCRIPT, but this didnt work.

I have some template tweaks to make that are different between the 2 types of page. Please assist!

[Wayne Luke]

Try $node[nodeid] to check for a specific node. $node[contentid] to check for a specific piece of content. $node[issection] to determine if you're in a section or on a content page.

[Jamsoft]

Try $node[nodeid] to check for a specific node. $node[contentid] to check for a specific piece of content. $node[issection] to determine if you're in a section or on a content page.

so something like "<vb:if condition="$node[issection] == FALSE"> would tell me that I was in an article page?

[Wayne Luke]

The field holds 0 for false and 1 for true so the above should work. If it doesn't then use <vb:if condition="$node[issection] === 0">.

[Jamsoft]

It's not working. The following code:

<!-- 

<vb:if condition="$node[issection] === 0">

Article page

<vb:else />

Not Article

</vb:if>

-->

Shows "Not article" on the home page and on content pages. Also, I tried to do a vb:raw output on those variables, and got nothing each time.

[Jamsoft]

$node['contenttypeid'] would do it, too, since i can specify content type of article.

Ive tried getting node data to show in a vb:raw statement with:

{vb:raw $node[nodeid]}
{vb:raw $node.nodeid}
{vb:raw node[nodeid]}
{vb:raw node.nodeid}

and even

{vb:raw $cms_node[nodeid]}
{vb:raw $cms_node.nodeid}
{vb:raw cms_node[nodeid]}
{vb:raw cms_node.nodeid}

Nothing shows for any of them. Are they exposted in the vbcms_page template?

[Wayne Luke]

Unfortunately, you'd have to look at the PHP to see the scope of the variables made available. I don't have such a list.

[Jamsoft]

I finally found a work around. I made a new plugin, using the hook "vbcms_section_populate_end". This only fires on section pages. In it, I had this code:

$wp = "section"; 
vB_Template::preRegister('vbcms_page',array('whatpage' => $wp));

Then, in my vbcms_page template, i could simply do a:

<vb:if condition="$whatpage == 'section'"> 
.. logic for sections..
<vb:else />
.. logic for non-sections (articles)..
</vb:if>

Kind of a cheat, but it does no extra i/o and lets me know the pages apart.

[brandondrury]

Unfortunately, you'd have to look at the PHP to see the scope of the variables made available.

Which PHP file would that be?

Brandon