Nav Block Show When Question

[pdunton]

I would like to show the News Nav Block in the right side column but ONLY if no other nav blocks are there.

In other words, display the News block until some other nav block (Preview, ETC.) is called.

Seem to be in a mental block here.

Need input.

Phil
Tucson

[Jamie]

This is tricky. You could try this:

1. Put this at the top of the nav_block.tpl.php template file:

<?php $GLOBALS['nav_block_count']++ ?>

This will increment that variable for each nav block.

2. Make sure the News nav block is positioned so it is listed at least second or lower on your theme record

3. Put this in the Show When field for the News nav block:

$GLOBALS['nav_block_count'] !>= 1 

I think that will work, though I didn't test it.

[pdunton]

That was not quite right but gave me the start I needed.
Jamie:
Can't you put a list of the Squirrelcart variables in the documentation?
If I had those at hand, half of my questions would be easily answered!

Thanks.
Phil
Tucson

[Jamie]

You're welcome.

Can't you put a list of the Squirrelcart variables in the documentation?

That would be a huge undertaking. We aren't marketing our software as an API, and this would be very difficult to manage.

You can find every variable stored in the $SC array at any given time by putting this in any template file:

<?php sc_print_array($SC); ?>

For globals:

<?php sc_print_array($GLOBALS); ?>

For any template that is displaying a record from a table in the control panel, you will usually find a variable corresponding directly to the name of every column in that table.

[pdunton]

Thank you Jamie.
Sometimes all I need is that little "push" to get moving forward again.

I'm thinking in terms of a little stand alone php module to just print out the variables after every upgrade. Hhmmm....Shouldn't be that hard, you've given me the code.
Now where did I put that "Php For Dummies" book?