[Resolved] Conditional Output for Editor Field/Box

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[paulS-17]

I need to display a conditional message in my Content Template if the Editor field is empty. My staff custom post types have custom fields for tile/email/location/department. The post title is the persons name and the editor field contains their biog.

I need to display wording saying 'Sorry but [wpv-post-title] has not entered any personal details yet!' if there is no content in the editor field.

I have tried:

[wpv-conditional if="( $(wpv-post-body) eq '' )"]Sorry but [wpv-post-title] has not entered any personal details yet![wpv-post-body view_template='None'][/wpv-conditional]

But this displays the message on all members pages and does not differentiate between and empty Editor field.

[Nigel]

Hi Paul

The wpv-post-body shortcode isn't available in the dropdown of Views shortcodes when using the conditional output button on the editor to insert the conditional shortcode.

That shortcode has a special purpose in Views, because it doesn't just output the post body, but is used to determine the Content Template used when outputting a post.

So I tested the following and found it works:

[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-post-body view_template='None']' eq '' )"]
<p>Sorry, no content here</p>
[/wpv-conditional]

Try that, and let me know if you have problems with it.

[paulS-17]

Thanks Nigel, that seems to work perfectly for this exercise. Saved me pulling out what little hair I have left 😉