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Show content if number of replies in topic greater than X

Post by gerg0123 »

Hi guys,

Hoping this should be a simple one, just can't find the solution in Google.

I want to show at ad unit at the top, middle and bottom of each forum topic.

My forum shows 10 replies per topic, and to achieve this at the moment I have an ad at the top, in the template I'm using...

IF postrow.S_ROW_COUNT == 4

... to show the ad in the middle. And I have an at the bottom.

When a most has many replies this works perfect, the problem is when a post has 4 replies, the 'middle' and 'bottom' add show directly above/below each other because there aren't enough replies to create space between them.

It's just a bit of a crappy user experience to see 2 ads in a row.

What I'm trying to do is still show the 'middle' add after the 4th reply, but only show it if there have been more than say 8 replies on that page.

I would want this to flow onto subsequent pages with pagination too.

I'm assuming there is something along the lines of "if replies on page = great than X" type variable but I can't find it.
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Re: Show content if number of replies in topic greater than X

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Use another conditional statement to not show the bottom add unless the postrow count is 10.
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The problem with that is if there are 6,7,8 or 9 replies the banner doesn't show.

On shorter posts the bottom banner will not show at all and I will lose revenue. The top and bottom banners are the best performers, hiding the bottom one at any time is not a suitable solution.

I need a conditional statement on number of replies to be applied to middle banner only, as per my question.
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Re: Show content if number of replies in topic greater than X

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Someone from the brain trust here must know this :D
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Re: Show content if number of replies in topic greater than X

Post by AmigoJack »

As per /docs/coding-guidelines.html which came with your installation and lists all operators and all loop variables you can do this to avoid displaying it when the 4th post is the last post:

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IF ( ( postrow.S_ROW_COUNT == 4 ) and ( not postrow.S_LAST_ROW ) )
But since /viewtopic.php also emits S_NUM_POSTS (which is also used in /styles/prosilver/template/viewtopic_body.html) you could also use that one in i.e. this way:

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IF ( ( postrow.S_ROW_COUNT == 4 ) and ( S_NUM_POSTS >= 6 ) )
Both untested.
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