I would recommend no using rendertag to loop a list due to the famous rendertag cache issue.
I would recommend a combination of using list blockmarks to loop the list, pull placeholder through and use rendertag if else conditionals. On Feb 12, 10:11 am, Mark Radford <[email protected]> wrote: > No problem. Glad it worked :) > > Mark > > On Feb 11, 4:12 pm, bobbykjack <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Brilliant. I could have sworn I tried that, but I guess I probably > > left the ".Value" out - grrr.... > > > Thanks, > > > - Bobby > > > On Feb 8, 2:51 pm, Mark Radford <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'd try the following: > > > > <%!! Context:CurrentPage.Elements.GetElement(lst_events).Value.Count !! > > > %> > > > > I've used that for a container and it returns the number of items in > > > the container. > > > > Hopefully that's helpful? > > > > Mark > > > > On Feb 8, 1:19 pm, bobbykjack <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > I have a tempate, containing a list, which is reused by a few pages. > > > > Within that template, I wish to hide certain contents if there are no > > > > items in the list. Since I can't just wrap the contents in a standard > > > > RedDot conditional block, I need to use render tags. > > > > > I'm using the method discussed previously on this group: looping > > > > through the list and examining the result of the counter: > > > > > <reddot:cms> > > > > <foreach itemname="item" > > > > object="Context:CurrentPage.Elements.GetElement(lst_events).Value" > > > > countername="counter"> > > > > <htmltext>Store:item[Int32:counter]</htmltext> > > > > </foreach> > > > > </reddot:cms> > > > > > There are <%!! Store:counter !!%> (+ 1) items. > > > > > However, if there are no items in the list at all, and the foreach > > > > effectively doesn't execute, the counter appears to take its value > > > > from the previous execution! I.e. if I switch between pages, my page > > > > with an empty list uses the value of the previous non-empty list. > > > > > Is there a way around this? Make 'Store' local to each page view, for > > > > example? > > > > > Regards, > > > > > - Bobby -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RedDot CMS Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/reddot-cms-users?hl=en.
